Publishing Your Course
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Open your course in Canvas.
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On the Home page, find the right-hand sidebar and click Publish under Course Status.
Publishing at the Course Level
The Publish button on the Home page controls student access to the course as a whole.
Tip: Use Student View (in the Home page sidebar) to verify what students can access.
Publishing Modules
Modules must be published to release their content, regardless of the status of individual items.
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Go to the Modules page.
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Locate the desired module.
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Click the publish icon next to each module. You’ll be prompted to choose:
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Publish module and all items: Makes the entire module and its contents visible.
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Publish module only: Module is visible, but only published items inside are accessible.
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Unpublish module and all items: Hides the module and everything in it.
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Unpublish module only: Hides the module, but published items may still be accessed elsewhere.
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Click the gray circle with a slash icon next to the module title.
Note: If the module is unpublished, all items inside are hidden—even if those items are published individually.
Publishing Individual Items
You can publish or unpublish any item (assignment, page, file, quiz, etc.) individually.
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Navigate to the Modules, Assignments, or relevant tool page.
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Locate the item.
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Click the gray circle with a slash icon next to the item title.
Tip: Be consistent. For content to be visible, both the module and the item must be published.