Limit access to course
Participants get automatic access to courses after registration. The registration opens approximately two weeks before the start of the course. This means that the student might have access to the course up to two weeks befor it starts. If you do not want registered to have access to the course while you are preparing it, make the course Private.
When a course is private only teachers/ staff can see and edit the course. When the course is private it is not possible to send announcements or messages. The students see the course in their Courses list, but can not access it. If they try they get a message informing them that the course is being prepared.
Make a course Private
In the course and on the menu to the left, click the link "Students can access this course".
In the dialog box, klick the button "Make course private"
Open a private course
n the course and on the menu to the left, click the link "Students can't access this course".
In the dialog box, klick the button "Open to students"