# Set Course to Hide/View

By default, all courses are initially hidden from student view. **Courses are automatically made visible to students 1 week prior to the beginning of the semester.** If you wish for your course to be hidden after the 1-week mark, follow the instructions below.

#### Instructions


<div id="bkmrk-%2A%2A-best-experienced-" style="max-width: 100%; width: 800px; margin: 0 auto;">*\*\* Best experienced in Full Screen (click the icon in the top right corner before you begin) \*\**</div>[https://www.iorad.com/player/2415651/Set-Course-Visibility](https://www.iorad.com/player/2415651/Set-Course-Visibility)

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*4 STEPS*

1\. The first step is to open your course and click **Settings**

![Step 1 image](https://www.iorad.com/api/tutorial/stepScreenshot?tutorial_id=2415651&step_number=1&width=800&height=600&mobile_width=450&mobile_height=400&apply_resize=true&min_zoom=0.5)

2\. Next to **Course visibility**, choose show or hide.  
  
If <u>show</u> is selected, all students, instructors, and TAs can see the course on their Moodle dashboard. If <u>hide</u> is selected, only instructors can see the course on their Moodle dashboard.

![Step 2 image](https://www.iorad.com/api/tutorial/stepScreenshot?tutorial_id=2415651&step_number=2&width=800&height=600&mobile_width=450&mobile_height=400&apply_resize=true&min_zoom=0.5)

3\. Scroll down and click **Save and display**

![Step 3 image](https://www.iorad.com/api/tutorial/stepScreenshot?tutorial_id=2415651&step_number=3&width=800&height=600&mobile_width=450&mobile_height=400&apply_resize=true&min_zoom=0.5)

4\. That's it. You're done.

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#### Notes

- You can check if your course is hidden or shown by looking at your dashboard. Courses that are hidden say that they are hidden underneath the course name.

[![uw2hiddendashboard2.png](https://help.mlc-wels.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2021-08/scaled-1680-/uw2hiddendashboard2.png)](https://help.mlc-wels.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2021-08/uw2hiddendashboard2.png)

- After setting your course to view, you might end up with orphaned activities, making it look like content has disappeared. See [Fixing Orphaned Activities ](https://help.mlc-wels.edu/books/moodle-for-faculty/page/fixing-orphaned-activities)to remedy this issue.
- Online instructors are encouraged to make their courses visible to students a few days prior to the start of the semester so that students can become familiar with the course layout and content.
- At the end of the semester, courses should be [hidden from student view](https://bookstack.mlc-wels.edu/books/moodle/page/set-course-to-hide) to protect copywritten material.