There are many tasks involved in wrapping up a course as the semester winds down. Please see our recommended steps below for wrapping up a course.
End of Semester Technical Tips
Adjust course dates and availability within Canvas. From the Settings page, you can adjust a course’ End date, choosing to restrict access completely, allow the course to exist in a read-only/archive version, or to allow activity to continue beyond the term end date.
If you do not check the box next to Students can only participate in the course between these dates, you cannot allow activity outside of term dates.
Please reach out to canvas@cornell.edu if you need to provide access to a completed course for students with an incomplete.
Finalize grades in Canvas and Faculty Center. This process includes exporting grades from Canvas that can then be kept for your records. Please refer to Cornell Data Retention Policy guidelines.
Find full steps for finalizing grades at Process Checklist: Grading
Collect and archive student work from all of your collection points. Whether you collect student work via email, Box, or Canvas, you may want to collect all of the work together in a single secure space for your records.
For online submissions made via Canvas Assignments, see How do I download all student submissions for an assignment?
For student answers from the Student Analysis for a Canvas Quiz, see Once I publish a quiz what kinds of quiz statistics are available?
Canvas Discussion content is not available for export.
Export course content if you are not likely to teach the course again in the near future or if you will be making major changes.
For creating a course export file, see How do I export a Canvas course?
