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 If a course is listed as unpublished, instructors can see and access course materials and tools, while students cannot.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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Spring Term 2025: (January 21 – May 7, 2025)
Course sites available to faculty	November 6, 2024
Last day to request a NEW LTI integration/installation	December 24, 2024
Blueprint Courses to be disassociated	May 15, 2025
Course site Term End Date	May 28, 2025

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Summer Mini-Term 2025: (May 16 – 30, 2025)
Course sites available to faculty	March 14, 2025
Last day to request a NEW LTI integration/installation	April 18, 2025
​Course site Term End Date	June 10, 2025

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Summer Term 2025: (May 27 – August 12, 2025)
Course sites available to faculty	March 14, 2025
Last day to request a NEW LTI integration/installation	April 29, 2025
Blueprint Courses to be disassociated	August 15, 2025
​Course site Term End Date	August 22, 2025