Open Modules
In Course Navigation, click the Modules link.
View Status of All Modules
On the Index page, you can view the state of each module. Green icons indicate the module is published [1]. Gray icons indicate unpublished modules [2]. You can change the status of a module by toggling the published or unpublished icons.
Publish a Module
To publish a module, click the module’s unpublished icon. The hover text will confirm you want to publish the module.
Note: Publishing a module will automatically publish any unpublished content items within the module.
Unpublish a Module
To unpublish a module, hover over the published icon. The hover text will confirm you want to unpublish the module. Click the icon to confirm.
Change Status of Module Content Items
You can view and change the status of individual module content items as well. Although publishing a module will also publish all module items, you can manually unpublish individual module items later. Students cannot view unpublished module items as part of a published module. Learn more about managing assignments, quizzes, discussions, pages, and files.
If you add a restricted file as a module content item, restricted files appear with a lock icon. Restricted files act as published files and can be viewed by students (depending on the restriction setting). Learn more about restricting files in Canvas.
Note: Please be aware that an unpublished module overrides the state of individual module items. If an item is published within an unpublished module, students cannot view the item on the Modules page but they can still view the published items in other areas of Canvas. However, they will not be able to interact with the item until the module is published.
Modules Student View
Students cannot see any of the actions involved with published status, such as published and unpublished icons and setting icons. Students will only see published modules and available module content items, which are displayed in gray text.