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Students typically gain access to Canvas courses after they have registered, the instructor has published the course, the course starts within 1 week, and the course did not end more than 1 month ago.
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Melbourne, Education Center, Virtual Ed. Center, and Corporate Program students* can access academic courses in Canvas (fit.instructure.com) when ALL of the following conditions are met:
- The student registered for the course via PAWS more than 3 hours ago. (Canvas rosters update automatically every ~2.5 hrs.)
- The instructor has published the Canvas course. (Instructor action required. Unpublished courses appear in Canvas but are not accessible to students.)
- The course starts within one week. (Default; subject to instructor override. Prior to one week before official start date, courses appear in Canvas but are not accessible.)
- The course ended less than one month ago. (Default; subject to instructor override. Courses close one month after official end date and are removed from Canvas.)
*Note: this article does not apply to ABA Online or Florida Tech Online courses.