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 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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