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title: "Making your Course Available"
type: "article"
space: "Blackboard Ultra"
author: "Anh Lam"
created: 2022-10-06T19:20:59Z
updated: 2025-07-03T17:46:49Z
tags: ["blackboard-ultra", "close-course", "course-available", "open-a-course", "open-course", "opening-a-course", "private-course", "setting-up-your-course", "student-access", "teaching-and-learning", "teaching-and-learning-centre", "ultra"]
url: "https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/266/blackboard-ultra/articles/setting-up-your-course/15381/making-your-course-available"
---

# Making your Course Available

By default, courses are not available or visible to students, allowing you to create and organize content before a student can access it. Before the semester starts, you need to open your course to allow students to access course materials.

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1. Select **Courses** from the Global navigation. ![Screenshot of step 1 on From the Course Page as explained on this page](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=USRLthgxUh6Q%2FBxH145mHQ%3D%3D)
2. Locate the course you want to open. **Note:** A lock icon indicates that a course is set to private, meaning students cannot access the materials. ![Screenshot of step 2 on From the Course Page as explained on this page](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=%2F1yvMHwgiRjuDdYahiXmAA%3D%3D)
3. Select the **ellipses**next to the course name for more actions. ![Screenshot of step 3 on From the Course Page as explained on this page](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=kHd9zSQ394NDBarol7pTgQ%3D%3D)
4. Select **Course Settings**. The Course Settings page is displayed. ![Screenshot of step 4 on From the Course Page as explained on this page](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=m2ntZjklo2KM8A%2BcDOADFw%3D%3D)
5. Select the **toggle button** next to **Course content will be unavailable to students**. The course is now available to students.
![Screenshot of step 2 on From Inside the Course as explained on this page](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=d9HDi9LCbNHLNCJMGE%2B75A%3D%3D)

**Note:** At the top of the Course Action section it will now read **Open to enrolled students**. This is also visible next to the Course Settings button on the Content Page. If the option is turned on it will say **Unavailable to enrolled students**.

![](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/attachment?file=GltDkrarUxKxrW8x7XV9Bg%3D%3D)

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