# How do I lock course objects in a blueprint course as an instructor?

<div id="bkmrk-if-you-are-enrolled-"><div><div><div><div><main id="bkmrk-if-you-are-enrolled--0"><article>If you are enrolled in a blueprint course as an instructor, you can lock and unlock course objects and sync content for the blueprint course. Depending on your admin's preference, locked objects may include attributes for content, points, due dates, and availability dates. Attributes may apply to some or all object types: assignments, discussions, pages, files, and quizzes.

If you are not sure how objects are defined for the course, you can view locked attributes by viewing an individual object. Attributes for locked objects may be changed by an admin in the blueprint at any time.

**Locked Objects**

Locking an object in a course enforces the attributes defined by your Canvas admin. Any change to an attribute retroactively applies to all locked objects in the associated course. If an attribute is enabled for locked objects in the blueprint course, any locked attributes in the associated course that vary from locked attributes in the blueprint course will trigger unsynced changes in the blueprint course and override the associated course objects.

Locking or unlocking an object applies immediately to all associated courses. However, the change will still be noted as an unsynced change and will not appear in the Sync History page until the sync is complete. Additionally, changes are not identified as unsynced change until the page is refreshed.

**Unlocked Objects**

Objects that are unlocked can be managed by a course instructor in the associated course like any other Canvas object. If the blueprint course is synced and the instructor has modified unlocked objects in the associated course, unlocked objects are not overwritten with the synced changes.

Unlocked blueprint objects can be locked at any time. If you lock an unpublished object, and that object was previously removed from an associated course, the object will be replaced in the associated course.

**Object Management**

This article shows how to lock an object from the Assignments page. Objects can also be managed in the Files, Modules, Pages, and Quizzes pages.

In Modules, only individual module items can be locked. Changes to the module structure are triggered as part of a course sync.

**Notes:**

<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>- You can only lock and unlock objects created in the blueprint course. Any new objects added to an associated course by an instructor do not include a blueprint icon and are not associated with the blueprint course.
- For details on what course settings and features are synced or not, refer to [Blueprint Sync Functionalities](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Resource-Documents/Blueprint-Sync-Functionalities/ta-p/628548).

</div></div><div data-step-uuid="a9aa5bad-427d-4b2c-b549-bfe608f13caa"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>## Open Course

<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div data-step-uuid="a9aa5bad-427d-4b2c-b549-bfe608f13caa"><div>![Open Course](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/949/743/original/3541bd4b-1a81-42d7-94ca-f7d76ab6f3a8.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>In Global Navigation, click the **Courses** link \[1\], then click the name of the blueprint course \[2\].

## Open Assignments

<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div data-step-uuid="11c600d4-c67c-4e87-821c-829d52bbe578"><div>![Open Assignments](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/759/224/original/ccb389e8-5ede-4e95-ba1e-5911b89aff80.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>In Course Navigation, click the **Assignments** link.

**Note:** Objects can also be managed in the Files, Modules, Pages, and Quizzes pages.

## View Icon Status

<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div data-step-uuid="851dfcee-d5d9-44f6-8a3c-d68c042d29ea"><div>![View Assignments Page Bluprint Icons](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/259/795/original/9b261e5b-bff4-4d52-8c60-7ccc584f8e0b.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>In any Index page, you can view the status of each object. White squares indicate the object is unlocked \[1\]. Blue squares with a lock icon indicate the object is locked \[2\].

By default, objects are unlocked. You can change the status of an object by toggling the lock and unlocked icons.

### Lock Object

<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div data-step-uuid="851dfcee-d5d9-44f6-8a3c-d68c042d29ea"><div data-step-uuid="c6d3a589-934d-45b0-899a-3a0e4a991ddf"><div>![Lock Object in Index Page](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/001/264/529/original/cd6a8ef2-4194-4196-95b1-9c6c6cc2ee0d.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>To lock an object, click the object’s unlocked icon. The hover text will confirm you want to lock the object.

### Unlock Object

<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div data-step-uuid="851dfcee-d5d9-44f6-8a3c-d68c042d29ea"><div data-step-uuid="0a4e63f1-23ba-48ec-851e-fcefc15519ec"><div>![Unlock Object in Index Page](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/001/264/536/original/54ec6492-1150-492d-9520-f9f980a70238.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>To unlock an object, click the object’s lock icon. The hover text will confirm you want to unlock the object.

## View Status in Individual Object

<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div data-step-uuid="64c4e57b-46b8-4622-bcbe-cd07e36f0111"><div>![View Status in Individual Object](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/259/788/original/9b44cde1-b697-497e-83e6-dfa2b5ce7811.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Except within Files, blueprint status can be modified within individual objects.

Files can only be locked or unlocked from the main Files page.

### Lock Object

<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div data-step-uuid="64c4e57b-46b8-4622-bcbe-cd07e36f0111"><div data-step-uuid="514ebe45-08c1-48ab-a220-96ada7feec24"><div>![Lock Individual Object](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/259/790/original/8b47b535-b08b-43d1-a59c-e8c1f921b565.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>To lock an unlocked object, click the **Blueprint** button. The button will change from gray to blue and indicate the object is locked.

### Unlock Object

<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div data-step-uuid="64c4e57b-46b8-4622-bcbe-cd07e36f0111"><div data-step-uuid="3d6298cb-fe2b-4762-ba35-3fcbfd88e395"><div>![Unlock Individual Object](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/259/797/original/537a6330-5da6-4f5b-adda-462d8a0c92e3.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Individual objects show the attributes that have been locked.

To unlock a locked object, click the **Locked** button. The button will change from blue to gray and indicate the object is unlocked. The locked attributes banner will also be removed from the page.

## View Instructor Access

<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div data-step-uuid="5ace1cf0-af50-4ed5-bc0e-39726f9b84fa"><div>![View Locked Assignment Instuctor View](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/259/793/original/57f3c370-5413-48fe-814b-81365709b0ce.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Instructors in an associated course can view locked and unlocked icons in the Index page. However, they cannot manage the existing status of an object.

For locked objects, the individual page displays the locked attributes selected in Course Settings, if any. Instructors in associated courses cannot modify locked objects, so any attributes that are locked cannot be edited.

<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div data-step-uuid="5ace1cf0-af50-4ed5-bc0e-39726f9b84fa"><div><div></div></div><div>![View Edit Page for Locked Assignment](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/259/786/original/83c58505-4eb3-488c-b034-78157c8ddf39.png)</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div></div></div></article></main></div></div></div></div></div>\[Content retrieved from [https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-lock-course-objects-in-a-blueprint-course-as-an/ta-p/1278](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-lock-course-objects-in-a-blueprint-course-as-an/ta-p/1278)\]