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Keywords: unhide, hide, visible, make available, student access

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What is it?

Moodle courses that contain student enrolment can be hidden from students. This allows tutors/course administrators  to hide Moodle courses that already have student enrollment on them without the need to un-enrol users. Tutors can for instance hide courses that are not ready for use 

Why use it?

This allows tutors/course administrators  administrators to hide Moodle courses that already have student enrolment enrolments on them without the need to un-enrol users. Tutors can for instance hide courses that are not ready for use.

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Staff with Tutor or Course Administer Administrator role on a Moodle course can hide and ' Hide' and 'Show'(make courses visible). 

Before I start...

If you are hiding a course that was previously visible to users, ensure that you inform other staff that are involved in Teaching or editing the course that you have hidden it to avoid any confusion. 

How do I

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'Hide' or 'Show'(make a course visible?

  1. Navigate to the relevant course
  2. Go to the Administration block ( usually on teh right hand side of the page) >  Course administration > Edit settings > Set course Course visibility to either Hide' or 'Show'

Caution

Avoid hiding a course without especially during teaching and examination periods informing students of your actions especially  during teaching and examination periods. We recommend hiding resources within rather than the entire course

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