Every Canvas course is associated with a term, and all terms end on September 30th of the following academic year. This is to accommodate resits and any post-term access that may be needed for a course, because closed courses no longer allow students to upload submissions.

At the end of the semester or academic year, after supplementary examinations have been completed, we recommend that teachers set an "end date" for their Canvas courses. This will supersede the September 30th end date.

Once student interaction on your course is no longer needed (only viewing), setting an end date will manually 'archive' your course and remove it from your, and your students', dashboards. The course will still be accessible in archive format by clicking on courses and viewing Past enrolments.

To close / end a course:

Navigate to the course settings.
Select the Course details tab.
In the Ends box, enter the end date.
Select the Users can only participate in the course between these dates option.
At the bottom of the screen, select Update course details.

This process effectively converts courses into read-only archives. Teachers and students can continue to view courses that have ended but it will no longer be possible to grade assignments, submit assignments, post discussions or use other interactive elements of the course.

When a course reaches its end date, it is automatically removed from the users' dashboards. Instead, users will find the course listed in their Past enrolments, which appears at the bottom of page when a user selects the option to display All Courses.