Making a Brightspace Course Available (Active) or Unavailable (Inactive) to Students

When first created, Brightspace course sites—by default—are inactive (students will not see the course at all; instructors will see an “Inactive” sticker on the course). 

Make your course active (available to students) so your students can access course materials and syllabi.

Instructor Course Availability Timeline

Brightspace course sites are usually available for instructors to begin adding course materials during

• Early November for Winter and Spring semesters
• Early April for Fall and Summer semesters

Make a Course Active or Inactive

1. Hover over a course tile in the My Course list, click on the 3-dots that appear and select Course Offering Information
   (or select Course Admin and then select Course Offering Information)
   
2. Under Active, select/check ☑︎Course is Active to make the course visible to students 
   (or uncheck it to hide the course from students)
   
3. Click Save
4. As an instructor, you will see an INACTIVE sticker on inactive courses on the Brightspace homepage under My Courses. 
   Note: The Inactive sticker has a slight delay; it will appear a few minutes after you have made a course inactive and will stay for a few minutes after you make a course active.