Within Canvas, if a course is listed as published, students and instructors can see and access course materials and tools. If a course is listed as unpublished, instructors can see and access course materials and tools, while students cannot.

Canvas courses can be published but not available for active student participation outside of the course’s Term Dates. Term Dates for each semester begin two weeks before the beginning of the first day of class until one week after grades are due. Outside of these Term Dates, students cannot participate in courses. At the end of each semester, on the Term End Date, Canvas courses enter a read-only archived state and can no longer be edited.

Blueprint courses are used by some departments to manage classes that involve multiple sections and/or instructors. For this reason, Blueprints are not used in Winter MiniTerm or Summer MiniTerm.

Students with an incomplete grade can regain access to their officially registered Canvas course if an instructor requests access for the student by submitting an online help request. All incomplete course access requests are submitted to the Office of the University Registrar for approval.

For the university’s full academic calendar, visit the Office of the University Registrar’s Calendar Page.

Key dates by semester

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Fall Term 2025: (August 18 – December 2, 2025)
Course shells available to faculty	June 18, 2025
VolBooks course materials adoption site closes	July 1, 2025
Last day to request a NEW LTI integration/installation	July 21, 2025
Blueprint courses to be disassociated	December 10, 2025
Canvas courses Term End Date	December 23, 2025

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Winter Mini-Term 2026: (January 5 – 16, 2026)
VolBooks course materials adoption site closes	November 1, 2025
Course shells available to faculty	November 5, 2025
Last day to request a NEW LTI integration/installation	December 15, 2025
​Canvas courses Term End Date	January 21, 2026

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Spring Term 2026: (January 20 – May 6, 2026)
VolBooks course materials adoption site closes	November 1, 2025
Course shells available to faculty	November 5, 2025
Last day to request a NEW LTI integration/installation	December 23, 2025
Blueprint courses to be disassociated	May 19, 2026
Canvas courses Term End Date	May 26, 2026

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