{"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":"2026-07-27T08:42:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:42:49","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-5313d714-ea50-4dcf-9a83-22e2b1629e3c\">\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-5313d714-ea50-4dcf-9a83-22e2b1629e3c\">\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-5313d714-ea50-4dcf-9a83-22e2b1629e3c\">\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-5313d714-ea50-4dcf-9a83-22e2b1629e3c\">\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 Course 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_0f7b5059-a600-4ec6-8a6b-2a0b2ab7bf58\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-mayflower-blocks-collapse accordion-item\"><h3 class=\"accordion-header mb-0\" id=\"heading_73a2e8c4-def4-4b8e-acd7-07aafe42eb4c\"><button class=\"accordion-button bg-default text-bg-default\n\t\t collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse_73a2e8c4-def4-4b8e-acd7-07aafe42eb4c\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_73a2e8c4-def4-4b8e-acd7-07aafe42eb4c\">While a Course Is Active<\/button><\/h3><div id=\"collapse_73a2e8c4-def4-4b8e-acd7-07aafe42eb4c\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"heading_73a2e8c4-def4-4b8e-acd7-07aafe42eb4c\" data-parent=\"#accordion_0f7b5059-a600-4ec6-8a6b-2a0b2ab7bf58\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion_0f7b5059-a600-4ec6-8a6b-2a0b2ab7bf58\"><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_188f06b7-112b-4b08-872d-dbee9f68aa27\"><button class=\"accordion-button bg-default text-bg-default\n\t\t collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse_188f06b7-112b-4b08-872d-dbee9f68aa27\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_188f06b7-112b-4b08-872d-dbee9f68aa27\">While a Course Is Concluded<\/button><\/h3><div id=\"collapse_188f06b7-112b-4b08-872d-dbee9f68aa27\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"heading_188f06b7-112b-4b08-872d-dbee9f68aa27\" data-parent=\"#accordion_0f7b5059-a600-4ec6-8a6b-2a0b2ab7bf58\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion_0f7b5059-a600-4ec6-8a6b-2a0b2ab7bf58\"><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_48ff0b22-2b30-4a2c-b8e1-20755b38b3e8\"><button class=\"accordion-button bg-default text-bg-default\n\t\t collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\" data-bs-target=\"#collapse_48ff0b22-2b30-4a2c-b8e1-20755b38b3e8\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse_48ff0b22-2b30-4a2c-b8e1-20755b38b3e8\">Access During and After Course Dates<\/button><\/h3><div id=\"collapse_48ff0b22-2b30-4a2c-b8e1-20755b38b3e8\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse \" aria-labelledby=\"heading_48ff0b22-2b30-4a2c-b8e1-20755b38b3e8\" data-parent=\"#accordion_0f7b5059-a600-4ec6-8a6b-2a0b2ab7bf58\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordion_0f7b5059-a600-4ec6-8a6b-2a0b2ab7bf58\"><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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