Purpose
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to make a Moodle course visible to students by adjusting the visibility and start date settings.
Note
If you do NOT open your courses to students on your own, your 16-week and 8-week courses will open automatically on the business day before the first day of classes at 4pm. Instructors are fully responsible for opening variable start/end date courses.
Also, please do not adjust the end dates of your course. The end date should only be set to the date that coincides with the college calendar
Procedure
Log in to Moodle and navigate to your course homepage
Click on the Settings tab in the in-course navigation bar (just below your course banner image)
In the General section, change the Course visibility option from Hide to Show
Set the Course start date to the first day of class or earlier if you want students to be able to view the course before the term officially begins. You do not need to fill in the time blocks, but if you do, use the 24 hour clock. Example: 24 00 for midnight
Click Save and display
Your course is now visible to students!