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Some course lesson settings lock (cannot be changededited) after the course starts. This article explains why, when it happens, and how you can unlock it.

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Before you begin

Enrollment also locks, but that happens on the enrollment close date. See Enroll, unenroll, and waitlist learners to learn more.

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Who can access the course front-end editor?This Only Site admins, at this time. Instructors will get access in future releases.edit lessons?

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Why we lock lesson editing

Locking course lesson editing prevents issues with inaccurate grading. This could happen if someone alters you alter a lesson after a learner already completed it.

How do you know when editing is locked?

In general, lessons cannot be edited once a course’s start date has passed.

The specific status of the course is shown below the course title. Below, we explain what each status means.

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Status

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When you’ll see it

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What’s locked

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How to unlock editing

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🟢 Course is upcoming

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Before the start date

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Nothing

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N/A

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🟠 Course in progress: Update the course live dates to make changes to lesson content

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After the course start date

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🔴 Course is locked: The course is in progress and lesson changes can no longer be updated without removing the in-progress learners.

[ADD NOTE ABOUT LOCKED ENROLLMENT, EITHER LINK TO THE ENROLLMENT DOC OR EXPLAIN HERE. IT’s not related to the status, but feels the same as an editing lock in practice]

Unlock editing

Info

The internal JUNO team doesn’t have any special access to edit locked courses. The following workaround applies to everyone, whether on the front-end or backend.

If a course already started, but you need to make changes, [WHAT TO DO?]

When does it lock?

The lock begins on the course’s start date, which is set in the Course Info tab.

Which settings lock?

Only a few important lesson settings lock. Here are the details:

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  • Create new lessons.

  • Delete lessons.

  • Reorder lessons.

  • Create new lesson parts.

  • Delete lesson parts.

  • Edit question lesson parts, which includes:

    • Add a question title, description, and question type.

    • Set a score and correct answer.

    • Add, delete, and reorder answers.

  • Edit lesson information, like the title, slug, abstract, description, and image.

  • Set a passing percentage.

  • Toggle grading on and off.

  • Reorder lesson parts.

  • Edit video and blurb lesson parts.

Note

If you edit grading settings after the course start date, you should recalculate grades in case learners already started the course.

Unlock lesson editing

If you need to unlock editing for the settings listed above, there is a workaround.

How you do it depends on the status of the course. Look for an orange, red, or green colored dot at the top of the page in the course’s editor. Then look at the table below to find out how to unlock editing.

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The status isn’t visible while you are editing a lesson. Go to the Lesson Plan or Course Info tab instead.

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When it appears

Are settings locked?

How to unlock editing

🟠 This course is live but no learners have started yet. After adjusting the course dates, you may still edit all course and lesson details.

After the course start date

Yes, see the list above.

  1. Edit the Start Date so that it’s in the future.

  2. You might also be prompted to change the End Date and Close Enrollment Date, if these are now before the Start Date.

  3. Save changes.

  4. Once you are done editing, change the dates back to make the course live again.

🔴 This course has active learners in progress. Some parts of a lesson can no longer be edited.

After the course start date, and when at least one learner has already started the course

Yes, see the list above.

  1. Unenroll all learners. Save changes.

  2. Edit the Start Date so that it’s in the future.

  3. You might also be prompted to change the End Date and Close Enrollment Date, if these are now before the Start Date.

  4. Save changes.

  5. Once you are done editing, change the dates back to make the course live again and re-enroll learners.

🟢 Feel free to edit anything, this course hasn't started yet!

Before the start date

No

No need! If you’re having trouble editing something, please reach out to your site organizer or the JUNO team for help.

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