{"id":649,"date":"2024-03-08T14:18:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T14:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.moodleanswers.com\/setting-your-course-to-visible\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T19:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T19:20:18","slug":"setting-your-course-to-visible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/2024\/03\/08\/setting-your-course-to-visible\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting your Course to Visible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By default, all Moodle courses are hidden to students until you as the instructor are ready to make the course visible.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>To make your course visible:<\/p>\n<p>Once you have logged in, navigate to the course you wish to set to visible by locating it in the list of courses in the Course Overview section of Moodle.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have navigated into your course, choose the\u00a0<strong>Settings<\/strong>\u00a0tab at the top.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-645\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/08\/course_settings-b72.png\" width=\"606\" height=\"132\" loading=\"lazy\" data-path=\"local-images:\/New Theme 4.1\/course_settings.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/08\/course_settings-b72.png 606w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/08\/course_settings-b72-300x65.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You are now on a page that allows you to edit the main settings for your course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"error\">WARNING:\u00a0Do not change the name, the short name, or the category of your course as this is the identification information used by the Registrar&#8217;s Office to push student data into your course.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-646\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2015\/08\/course_settings_fields-a06.png\" width=\"708\" 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