This article describes how the availability of content is set when creating or editing it.

When creating or adding new Content to your Course Offering you have the option to set availability through the Availability Dates section. These Availability Dates are shown in the Content Topics in your Course Offering under the title of the Content Topic. In this example we will use the workflow to create a new HTML file, but it will also work for most other Content, either when creating content via Add Existing or Create New or when editing existing Content.

When adding the Content you will see Availability Dates on the right side with the option to add the following:

1. Start Date: If you add a start date, your students will not be able to see this Content until the start date has passed.
2. End Date: If you add an End Date, your students will no longer be able to view this Content once the End Date has passed.
3. Due Date: Due Dates can be set optionally for Content, but the way depends on the type of Content.
   • For Content such as HTML files, Lessons, Web links etc, Due Dates have no impact. This is because Due Dates are linked to Brightspace functionality that has not yet been unlocked.
   • For Content such as Assignments and Quizzes will function as you would expect. The student must hand in his or her work before the Due Date.
   • For External Learning Tools, it depends on the relevant tool whether the Due Date is transferred to Brightspace. 
4. Make sure the visibility toggle is set to visible. Availability Dates do not overrule this!

The image above shows the result of setting Availability Dates for Content Topics and Modules.