{"id":1826,"date":"2025-12-09T10:41:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty-redesign-dev\/?page_id=1826"},"modified":"2026-08-05T14:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T21:42:30","slug":"canvas-course-dates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/elearningfaculty\/canvas-guide\/canvas-course-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Canvas Course Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"section section-white body-section-wrapper alignfull wp-block-bc-sitka-spruce-body-section\">\n\t<div class=\"container-xl\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"body-section-content col-md-8\">\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-brutus-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-98e9826ce1da71df26655a5d52a0d46d\">What You Need To Know<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-lead lead\">The access to Canvas content for Student, Teacher, and other Canvas roles is\u00a0determined\u00a0by a combination of Canvas Admin settings and\u00a0the Course Participation setting in Canvas\u00a0courses. Before reading the information on this page, review the key terminology below.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<hr class=\"section-divider\" \/>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"section section-rainy-night-blue tabs-section-component dark-bg\" >\n\t\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-heading\" >\n  <div class=\"container-xl\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n               <div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-9 small-order-1 medium-order-1\">\n         <h2  class=\"section-heading__heading oho-animate oho-animate-single\">\n          Key Terminology\n        <\/h2>\n      <\/div>\n              <div class=\"col-sm-12 col-md-9 wysiwyg small-order-2 medium-order-3\">\n          <div class=\"section-heading__subheading\">Review key terminology used on this page:<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            \n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"tab-wrapper tab-wrapper-dark\">\n\t<div class=\"container-xl\">\n<div class=\"tabcordion tabcordion-list wrap-content row wp-block-bc-sitka-spruce-tabcordion\" id=\"tabcordion-af6d7164-cce1-4442-9e62-3ee90b8c05aa\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\n<div class=\"tab-header left-pane col-md-5\">\n\t<div class=\"nav-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"nav flex-column d-none d-md-flex card-header-tabs\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"nav-item\" role=\"presentation\">\n\t<a\n\t\tclass=\"nav-link active show\"\n\t\tid=\"academic-term-tab\"\n\t\tdata-bs-toggle=\"tab\"\n\t\tdata-bs-target=\"#academic-term-content\"\n\t\taria-controls=\"academic-term-content\"\n\t\taria-selected=\"true\"\n\t\thref=\"#\"\n\t>Academic Term<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"nav-item\" role=\"presentation\">\n\t<a\n\t\tclass=\"nav-link \"\n\t\tid=\"canvas-term-tab\"\n\t\tdata-bs-toggle=\"tab\"\n\t\tdata-bs-target=\"#canvas-term-content\"\n\t\taria-controls=\"canvas-term-content\"\n\t\taria-selected=\"false\"\n\t\thref=\"#\"\n\t>Canvas Term<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"nav-item\" role=\"presentation\">\n\t<a\n\t\tclass=\"nav-link \"\n\t\tid=\"course-participation-tab\"\n\t\tdata-bs-toggle=\"tab\"\n\t\tdata-bs-target=\"#course-participation-content\"\n\t\taria-controls=\"course-participation-content\"\n\t\taria-selected=\"false\"\n\t\thref=\"#\"\n\t>Course Participation<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"col accordion px-md-0\">\n\t<div class=\"tab-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\n<div\n\tclass=\"tab-pane active show accordion-item\"\n\tid=\"academic-term-content\"\n\trole=\"tabpanel\"\n\taria-labelledby=\"academic-term-tab\"\n>\n\t<h3 class=\"accordion-header d-md-none\" id=\"academic-term-acc-header\">\n\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#academic-term-acc-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"academic-term-acc-content\">\n\t\t\tAcademic Term\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<div id=\"academic-term-acc-content\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse d-md-block\" aria-labelledby=\"academic-term-acc-header\" data-bs-parent=\"#tabcordion-af6d7164-cce1-4442-9e62-3ee90b8c05aa\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"d-none d-md-block\">Academic Term<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-lead lead\">An academic term is\u00a0determined\u00a0by the first date of the quarter and last date of the quarter as published\u00a0on\u00a0the Bellevue College\u00a0Academic Calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\n<div\n\tclass=\"tab-pane  accordion-item\"\n\tid=\"canvas-term-content\"\n\trole=\"tabpanel\"\n\taria-labelledby=\"canvas-term-tab\"\n>\n\t<h3 class=\"accordion-header d-md-none\" id=\"canvas-term-acc-header\">\n\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#canvas-term-acc-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"canvas-term-acc-content\">\n\t\t\tCanvas Term\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<div id=\"canvas-term-acc-content\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse d-md-block\" aria-labelledby=\"canvas-term-acc-header\" data-bs-parent=\"#tabcordion-af6d7164-cce1-4442-9e62-3ee90b8c05aa\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"d-none d-md-block\">Canvas Term<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-lead lead\">A Canvas\u00a0Term is\u00a0determined\u00a0by start and end dates built for a named Term within Canvas.\u00a0At Bellevue College,\u00a0Canvas terms are built with a\u00a0Start\u00a0Date that is\u00a0five\u00a0weekdays prior to the\u00a0Academic\u00a0Term and\u00a0an\u00a0End\u00a0Date that is on the same day that finals are due.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\n<div\n\tclass=\"tab-pane  accordion-item\"\n\tid=\"course-participation-content\"\n\trole=\"tabpanel\"\n\taria-labelledby=\"course-participation-tab\"\n>\n\t<h3 class=\"accordion-header d-md-none\" id=\"course-participation-acc-header\">\n\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#course-participation-acc-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"course-participation-acc-content\">\n\t\t\tCourse Participation\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<div id=\"course-participation-acc-content\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse d-md-block\" aria-labelledby=\"course-participation-acc-header\" data-bs-parent=\"#tabcordion-af6d7164-cce1-4442-9e62-3ee90b8c05aa\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"d-none d-md-block\">Course Participation<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-lead lead\">Course\u00a0Participation is\u00a0a Canvas term and is\u00a0defined by the period when a user (student or instructor) has an\u00a0<strong>active\u00a0<\/strong>enrollment in a course (can both view and interact with the content).\u00a0At Bellevue College,\u00a0Course\u00a0Participation is set to &#8220;Term&#8221; by an Admin setting and is not editable by instructors.\u00a0Course Participation dates are created at the time of course creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"accordion-section-wrapper section section-xlight\">\n\t<div class=\"container-xl\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"accordion-section-content col-md-8\">\n\t<div class=\"accordion-section-heading\">\n\t\t<h2>Active and Concluded Course States<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-collapsibles accordion\" id=\"accordion_9afb26df-6334-42d3-9751-10ae159a8749\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-collapse accordion-item\"><h3 class=\"accordion-header mb-0\" id=\"heading_4612efd2-764d-4d78-bd68-dbbbe44a858d\"><button class=\"accordion-button bg-default text-bg-default\n\t\t collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse_4612efd2-764d-4d78-bd68-dbbbe44a858d\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_4612efd2-764d-4d78-bd68-dbbbe44a858d\">While a Course Is Active<\/button><\/h3><div id=\"collapse_4612efd2-764d-4d78-bd68-dbbbe44a858d\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"heading_4612efd2-764d-4d78-bd68-dbbbe44a858d\" data-parent=\"#accordion_9afb26df-6334-42d3-9751-10ae159a8749\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion_9afb26df-6334-42d3-9751-10ae159a8749\"><div class=\"accordion-body bg-default text-bg-default\n\t\t\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While a CourseWhile a course is&nbsp;<strong>active<\/strong>, students can view and&nbsp;submit&nbsp;assignments and quizzes, respond to discussions and announcements, and interact with other&nbsp;students and the instructor\/s in the&nbsp;course via the Canvas Inbox.&nbsp;&nbsp;Instructors can view, create, and edit content,&nbsp;assignments, and quizzes,&nbsp;grade and make grade changes, and message students via the Canvas Inbox.&nbsp;Both students and instructors can favorite any&nbsp;<strong>active&nbsp;<\/strong>course so that it&nbsp;remains&nbsp;on their Canvas dashboard. Is Concluded<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-collapse accordion-item\"><h3 class=\"accordion-header mb-0\" id=\"heading_0b6576c5-80d3-4f79-8c22-a98ff3959c14\"><button class=\"accordion-button bg-default text-bg-default\n\t\t collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse_0b6576c5-80d3-4f79-8c22-a98ff3959c14\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_0b6576c5-80d3-4f79-8c22-a98ff3959c14\">While a Course Is Concluded<\/button><\/h3><div id=\"collapse_0b6576c5-80d3-4f79-8c22-a98ff3959c14\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"heading_0b6576c5-80d3-4f79-8c22-a98ff3959c14\" data-parent=\"#accordion_9afb26df-6334-42d3-9751-10ae159a8749\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion_9afb26df-6334-42d3-9751-10ae159a8749\"><div class=\"accordion-body bg-default text-bg-default\n\t\t\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Concluded&nbsp;<\/strong>courses are automatically removed from the user\u2019s dashboard unless the course was previously&nbsp;favorited.&nbsp;<strong>Concluded&nbsp;<\/strong>courses are automatically removed from the&nbsp;Compose area of&nbsp;Canvas&nbsp;Inbox.&nbsp;Instructors will need to use an alternative to Canvas Inbox&nbsp;for communicating with students in a concluded course.&nbsp;Because concluded courses are not editable by instructors after the instructor conclude date, instructors are&nbsp;advised to make&nbsp;final&nbsp;changes to their Canvas shells&nbsp;at the end of the quarter and before&nbsp;they&nbsp;lose editing access.&nbsp;For incompletes, instructors are&nbsp;advised to submit&nbsp;an incomplete request with&nbsp;ITS.&nbsp;Instructors are able to course copy concluded courses.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-collapse accordion-item\"><h3 class=\"accordion-header mb-0\" id=\"heading_93da5da3-323f-4c17-94dd-a0d035c3a71e\"><button class=\"accordion-button bg-default text-bg-default\n\t\t collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse_93da5da3-323f-4c17-94dd-a0d035c3a71e\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_93da5da3-323f-4c17-94dd-a0d035c3a71e\">Access During and After Course Dates<\/button><\/h3><div id=\"collapse_93da5da3-323f-4c17-94dd-a0d035c3a71e\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"heading_93da5da3-323f-4c17-94dd-a0d035c3a71e\" data-parent=\"#accordion_9afb26df-6334-42d3-9751-10ae159a8749\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion_9afb26df-6334-42d3-9751-10ae159a8749\"><div class=\"accordion-body bg-default text-bg-default\n\t\t\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information on what students and instructors can access and edit please refer to this&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/community.instructure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/612280-course-participation-access-during-and-after-course-dates?utm_source=community-search&amp;utm_medium=organic-search&amp;utm_term=Course+participation+access\">Course Participation Access During and After Course Dates article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-brutus-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-974d6374f99788453c0d9e845d2c90fe\">Course Participation Timeline<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bellevue College has adopted the following schedule for course participation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">START\/END TYPE<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">SUMMER 2026<\/th><th>FALL 2026<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>INSTRUCTOR ACCESS STARTS<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">April 6<\/td><td>April 6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>STUDENT ACCESS STARTS<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">June 29<\/td><td>Sept 15<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>ACADEMIC TERM STARTS<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">July 6<\/td><td>Sept 21<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>ACADEMIC TERM ENDS<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Aug 20<\/td><td>Dec 10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>STUDENT CONCLUDE DATE<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Aug 24<\/td><td>Dec 14<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Summer and Fall courses are created on the first day of Spring Term.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Winter Courses are created the first day of Fall term.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spring Courses are created the first day of Winter term.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Instructor access starts on the first day of the prior academic term.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Student access starts five days prior to the Academic Term start date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-alert alert alert-info\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-brutus-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4412f2a21526bce58e829ec724062c09\">Messaging Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Need to message students after the term has ended? You can continue to reach out to students after the term via ctcLink email.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-wrapper alignstandard\">\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course Participation Timeline Bellevue College has adopted the following schedule for course participation. 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