How to Publish/Unpublish a Canvas Course

You can publish your course from the Dashboard, the Course Home Page sidebar, or the Course Settings sidebar. But you can only unpublish your course from the Course Home Page sidebar, or the Course Settings sidebar.

Note 1: When a Canvas course is created, it is set as Publish. If your course is not ready, you can unpublish it.

Note 2: When the class begins, if students have submitted the work, then you can’t unpublish the course.