How to Unpublish Items in Schoology
Modified on: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 2:14 PMKeywords: Schoology, Publish, Unpublish
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You are able to Publish or Unpublish items in Schoology. Publish items will be visible to students. Unpublished items are visible to course administrators but not students (members) and will be grayed out.
The Publish icon is a green circle located in the Options area of a material type:
Using Folder Availability
Folder Availability can be set to Published, Unpublished, Publish on start date, or Published during date range, giving you greater control over when the folder (and its material) is available to students. This way, you can create material ahead of time but keep it hidden from students until you are ready to cover the material.
If a folder is Unpublished, neither the folder nor its contents will be accessible to students. If it is set to Publish on start date or Published during date range, the folder and its contents will only be visible to students after or during the specified dates.
To adjust these settings, follow these steps:
- Select the Materials tab from the left menu in the Course Profile.
- In the folder that you wish to modify, click the gear icon
to the right and select Edit.
- In the Availability menu, choose Published, Unpublished, Publish on start date, or Published during date range.
- If you choose one of the latter two options, choose the appropriate dates in the calendars in the Date row.
- Click Save Changes to complete.
Note: The date and time of availability follow the user's time zone. If a student of a course has a different time zone than your settings, the folder will be available according to the date and time of the student's time zone. You can change your time zone in your personal Account Settings.