The Modules tab can be found in the Course Navigation to the left in Canvas.

Select the + Module button on the right.

Give the new module a name.

Select the Lock Until box.

Enter or choose a date and time when you would like students to be able to access this module. Select Done.

Select Add Module.

By default, a new module is unpublished. Publish the module by selecting the gray circle so that it and its content will become available on the selected date. The circle will turn green when the module is published.

Use the + button to add course content to the published module.

To add a Lock Until Date to an existing module, select the three-dot kebab menu to the right of the module.

Select the Edit option.

Select the Lock Until box.

Add or choose a date and time for the module and its content to become available. Select Done.

Select Update Module.

In this example, the module and the assignment are published. If a Lock Until date is added to an unpublished module, students will not be able to access the module or its materials even after the Lock Until date.

Students will see the module's name and it's assignments. They will also see a lock and the date when the module will become available.

Skip to Section 2.2 if you have an existing module. Skip to Section 2.3 if you have already added all content to this module.

Go to the Modules link in the Course Navigation Menu.

Select + Module.

(1) Name the Module and then (2) Select the Add Module button.

Find your new module. Add content to it by selecting the gray + icon.

By default, the Add dropdown menu shows a list of existing assignments. If necessary, choose a different content type from the Add dropdown menu.

Select the content type: assignment, quiz, file, page, discussion, text header, external URL, or external tool.

(1) Choose an item from the list. (2) Select the Add Item button.

Continue adding content to the module using the gray + icon.

Select the three-dot kebab menu on a module that has content. Then choose the Edit option.

Select + Add requirement.

The Requirements feature allows faculty to choose whether students must

• complete all required material in a module (in sequential or any order)
• complete one requirement (i.e. multiple assignments can fullfil this requirement, so students only need to do one)

Select the appropriate radio button to determine how students will complete the requirements or requirement for this module. In the following example, students must complete all of the requirements that will be added and they will not need to navigate the module in sequential order.

If necessary, adjust the first requirement. You can choose (1) a different content item and (2) how students will fulfill the requirement. 

Expanding the first dropdown menu shows all items in a module.  

Expanding the second dropdown menu shows different ways a requirement for a particular item type can be fulfilled.

Select the + Add requirement button to add more requirements.

Select the dropdown menu to change the content item.

Select a different content item.

Then select the view the item dropdown menu to change how students fulfill the requirement for this item.

In the example below, students must complete all of the module's requirements in sequential order. They can interact with the content items in different ways. Students can be required to

• view an item
• mark as done
• submit the assignment
• score at least

Select Update Module to save requirements.

If the module is in an active course, you will be prompted to either "re-lock" the module or allow students to continue. Re-locking the module may force students who have already started to access content in the module to redo assignments or even go back to a previous module they thought they had completed. Allowing students to continue may allow students to skip over content or access content out of order.

Select Student View to make sure students can see the module's contentt.

The image below shows the same module in Student View.

To create a prerequisite relationship, set up an an initial module and a dependent module, in this example Week One Module: Course Introduction (initial) and Week 2 Module (dependent). (1) Select the three-dot kebab menu for the dependent module and (2) choose the option to Edit.

Select + Add prerequisite.

Choose the prerequisite module from the Prerequisites drop down menu.

Select the Update Module button.

If your course is active, you will be asked to either allow students who started assignments in the modules to either be able to continue or to potentially go back to an earlier module, possibly re-doing coursework in a re-locked module.

The dependent module's title will include its prerequisite: In this example, Week One Module is the prerequisite for Week Two Module.

To test prerequisite settings, select Student View from the top of the Modules page.

(1) The requirement to Complete All Items is included on the right of the initial module. In this example, students are required to move through this module in sequential order, so only (2) the first task is available and its black link is active. (3) The other tasks have gray links. (4) The dependent module has a lock symbol next to its prerequisite; (5) all materials in this module are listed but unavailable.

Depending on whether requirements and prerequisites were added before or after students started your course, students may see different materials.

While in Student View, select Home from course navigation to see the Test Student's To Do list.

Students will see assignments with due dates in their To Do lists even if they are not yet in a module that is available.  

If students select an assignment or a quiz from the To Do list, they will see a message letting them know that this task is locked until its prerequisite is met.