What happens to course sites after the conclusion of the term?
Sites associated with an official course listed in DukeHub/DKU Hub will go into a concluded state 21 days after the official end of the term. A concluded state means that the site turns into read-only for all users enrolled in the site (including instructors). This is done so the state of the site is preserved and not altered by accidental changes, late submissions, etc. Concluded sites are removed from users’ dashboards but remain accessible via the Courses > All courses link.
If an instructor would like to continue making changes to a site, allow late submissions or other changes in their site, they can switch the site to be dictated by course participation dates instead of the default term dates. This is done within each site’s course settings. Reference Canvas’ guide on this process.
In addition, instructors may set within the course’s settings to ‘restrict students from viewing course after term/course end date’. By doing so, the instructor would retain access to the site but students would no longer be able to access the course at all. Reference Canvas’ guide on this process.
Note: Sandbox & Collaboration sites are not dictated by the same controls by default as they are not associated with a specific term.