Set the Course Run Schedule

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After you determine the start and end dates for a course run, and whether you want your course run to be self-paced or instructor-paced, you specify these settings on the Schedule & Details page in Studio.

For more information about determining how to schedule your course, see Course Schedule.

Set Start and End Dates and Times in Studio

To set dates and times for the course and for course enrollment in Studio, follow these steps.

Note

It is recommended that you verify all important dates in Studio one week before you plan to start the course.

1. With the course open in Studio, from the Settings menu, select Schedule and Details.

2. For course pacing, select Instructor-Paced or Self-Paced.

3. Enter date and time information for the course:

   • Course Start Date and Course Start Time: The date and time that learners can access and begin the course.

   • Course End Date and Course End Time: The date and time that learners must end the course, and after which they no longer have access.

   • Enrollment Start Date and Enrollment Start Time: The date and time that learners can begin to enroll in the course. This must be before or the same as the date and time you set the course to start.

   • Enrollment End Date and Enrollment End Time: The date and time deadline for enrollment. This must be before or the same as the date and time you set the course to end.

4. At the bottom of the screen, click Save Changes.

Note

The times that you set are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). You might want to verify that you have specified the times that you intend by using a time zone converter such as Time and Date Time Zone Converter.

Advertise a Different Start Date

You can advertise a start date for your course that is different from the course start date you set in the Schedule & Details page. You might want to do this if the exact start date is uncertain.

You can enter a specific date or a description. For example, you could advertise the start date as either “15 Oct 2016” or “Anytime, self-paced”.

To set an advertised start date in Studio, follow these steps.

1. On the Settings menu, select Advanced Settings.

2. Locate the Course Advertised Start Date field. The default value is null.

3. Enter the start date that you want learners to see for your course in MM/DD/YYYY format.

   A date value entered in MM/DD/YYYY format appears to learners in DD Mon YYYY format. For example, 10/15/2016 appears as 15 Oct 2016.

4. Add quotation marks (" ") before and after the start date value. An example follows.

   "Anytime, self-paced"
   

5. Select Save Changes.

   A message lets you know whether your changes were saved successfully.

Note

If you do not change the default course start date (01/01/2030), and the Course Advertised Start Date policy value is null, no start date appears for the course. Learners just see that the course has not yet started.

See also

Guide to Basic Course Details (reference)

Edit Basic Course Details (how-to)

Guide to Course About Page (Schedule & Details) (reference)

Edit the Course About Page (how-to)

Set Course Pacing (how-to)

Maintenance chart

Review Date	Working Group Reviewer	Release	Test situation
03/05/2023	Leira (Curricu.me)	Suumac	Pass

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