Important Dates to Remember

Important Dates

Table of Important Dates
Application and Description Audience/User Start Date End Date
Canvas Course Shells for New Semester become available Faculty 

Approximately 3 months before new semester. After the early creation dates mentioned below, courses are created within a day after the department staff add you as the instructor and the course appears in your Faculty Center.

  • End of April for Fall/Summer Terms
  • End of October for Spring/Winter Terms
N/A
Canvas Courses are Published Faculty and Students If faculty Publish the courses, then students can access Canvas courses 2 weeks before the start of each semester (at the earliest). Want to set custom start/end dates? See Enabling Student Access Students have access up to 2 weeks after grades are officially due for the term (unless a custom date was established). After two weeks, courses appear in Past Enrollments area (Courses > All Courses) in Canvas, but can no longer be accessed by students.
Canvas Courses are Removed from Dashboard Faculty and Students N/A Faculty and students have access up until approximately 2 weeks after grades are officially due for the term (unless a custom date was established). After two weeks, courses appear in Past Enrollments area (Courses > All Courses) in Canvas, but can no longer be accessed by students. Faculty can still access content, grades and student submissions.
Course Evaluations Become Available for Student Feedback Faculty and Students Approximately 3 Weeks before Finals Week Friday Before Finals Week
Grades Are Due  Faculty Faculty can start posting grades in My Sac State approximately 1 week before finals week. See Academic Calendar Links to an external site. for dates.
  • Fall: First business day of the new calendar year.
  • Winter: First Monday after instruction ends.
  • Spring: Wednesday after finals week.
  • Summer: The Tuesday after each 6-week or 12-week session ends.

 

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