Limit access to course

Participants get automatic access to courses after registration. The registration opens approximately two weeks before the start of the course. This means that the student might have access to the course up to two weeks before it starts. If you do not want participants to have access to the course  while you are preparing it, make the course Private.

When a course is private only teachers/ staff can see and edit the course. The students see the course in their Courses list, but can not access it. If they try they get a message informing them that the course is being prepared.

NOTE! When the course is private it is not possible to send announcements or messages.

Make a course Private

In the course and on the menu to the right, click the link "Students can access this course". 
In the dialog box, click the button "Make course private"

Open a private course

In the course and on the menu to the right, click the link "Students can't access this course". 
In the dialog box, click the button "Open to students".