How to Show (or Hide) a Course

When a course is hidden, students will be unable to view any pages, activities, or resources in your course.  Students will also not receive Announcements if a course is hidden.

Hidden courses will not appear on an instructor’s Moodle Dashboard. Instead, they will be listed at the bottom of the Moodle homepage and can also be found by using the search bar.

Video of how to hide a course in Moodle.

  1. To show your course, click Edit settings from the Administration menu on the front page of your Moodle course.

Screenshot of Course Administration menu with an arrow pointing to edit settings and the number 1.

  1. Locate the course visibility settings and change the dropdown menu to Show.

A screenshot of the edit course settings window with an arrow and the number two pointing to the course visibility settings

  1. Scroll down and click Save and display.  Your course is now visible to students.

(To hide a course, change the course visibility settings to Hide and then Save.)

A screenshot of Save and Display button with an arrow and the number 3 pointing to it.

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