Course Begins Date Setting, the Student View and Course Copy

By default, student access at JCCC is enabled on the first day of the semester (January 14, 2009 for Spring 2009). Most production courses and source courses have that date set when created. When you copy from your source course to your production course, the Course Begins and Course Ends dates are transferred to the production course, so you want to be sure these dates are set correctly (by default to the first day of the semester and at JCCC we use two weeks after the last day of class; e.g., May 28, 2009). That means you cannot use the Student View (Sunglasses icon) to review your class until the Course Begins date occurs. If you’re working in your source course (development course shell), you can always change the Course Begins date to today so you can use the Student View. Just be sure to set the date back before you copy from your source course to your production course(s).

Just a reminder; to make your course available earlier:

1. Go to the Manage tab and select General Course Settings.
2. Be sure the check box following the Course Begins label is selected.
3. Set the date to the date when you want students to have access.
4. When finished, be sure to click the Save button and that should do it.