Concluding Enrollments
If a course is defined by term, course, or section dates, all enrollments are automatically concluded as defined by the term, course, or section end date. A course can also be manually concluded at any time, which affects all enrollments.
However, as an instructor you may need to conclude an individual enrollment before the end date. Concluding an enrollment allows the user to view a course in read-only mode. This means the user will be able to access the course but not be able to submit assignments, participate in discussions, or send/receive conversation messages in the course. The user's analytics will still be available. Once a course is concluded, if you do not want students to view prior course content, you can restrict students from viewing prior courses.
You can also restore an enrollment if necessary.
To see course participation for a concluded enrollment as compared to other enrollment types, view the Canvas Enrollment Status Comparison PDF.
Note: Enrollments may be added by your institution's student information system (SIS). You can conclude enrollments that include an SIS ID, but you cannot delete an enrollments with an SIS ID. Additionally, concluding enrollments is a course permission. If you cannot conclude enrollments in your course, your institution has restricted this feature.
1. In Course Navigation, click the People link.
2. In the search field [1], search for the name of the user. You can also filter users by role in the Roles drop-down menu [2].
3. Click the user's Options icon [1], then select the User Details link [2].
4. Locate the Membership Section in the user details page. Click the Conclude link.
5. Click the OK button.
Concluded enrollments for manually concluded courses or manually individually concluded enrollments are located in the prior enrollments section of the People page.
Note: If a course was naturally concluded through term, course, or section dates, or if it was concluded through SIS data, concluded enrollments appear as a read-only version of the People page.
1. In Course Navigation, click the People link.
2. In the Options drop-down menu [1], click the View Prior Enrollments link [2].
All concluded enrollments can be viewed in prior enrollments. Deleted enrollments do NOT appear in the prior enrollments.
All prior enrollments will be listed alphabetically by last name. To view account details for a prior user, click the name of the user. As when viewing user details for an active student, the prior user's detail page may a sidebar that may include links to additional information about the user, such as grades, user interactions, analytics, and outcomes.
If you manually conclude an enrollment in your course, you can restore the enrollment at any time before the course concludes via term, course, or section end date.
Note: Enrollments may be concluded by your institution's student information system (SIS). If a concluded enrollment includes an SIS ID, you cannot restore an enrollment from the course. Additionally, restoring an enrollments is a course permission. If you cannot restore enrollments in your course, your institution has restricted this feature.
1. In Course Navigation, click the People link.
2. In the Options drop-down menu [1], click the View Prior Enrollments link [2].
3. Click the name of the student.
4. Locate the Membership Section in the user details page. Click the Restore link.
Note: When restoring an enrollment, Canvas does not display a confirmation message. View the updated enrollment status by refreshing the page.
