# How do I publish or unpublish a page as an instructor?

As an instructor, you can publish or unpublish a page in a course. Unpublished content is invisible to students.

**Note**: If you use Modules in your course and add a Page to a Module, please be aware that the state of the Module overrides the state of all module items. You may want to consider leaving Pages unpublished until you are ready to publish the entire Module. For more information please see the [Modules Draft State lesson](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-publish-or-unpublish-a-module-as-an-instructor/ta-p/571).

## Open Pages

<div data-step-uuid="f0156900-1dcb-4e92-bb72-b012dbf666c7" id="bkmrk-"><div data-step-uuid="f0156900-1dcb-4e92-bb72-b012dbf666c7"><div>![Open Pages](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/647/384/original/open-pages.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>In Course Navigation, click the **Pages** link.

## View Status of All Pages

<div data-step-uuid="5d6247d0-4674-4faf-a3c7-9cf1f0e1460f" id="bkmrk--0"><div data-step-uuid="5d6247d0-4674-4faf-a3c7-9cf1f0e1460f"><div>[![View Status of All Pages](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/857/118/medium/5345293a-02bd-417c-8c34-1389b54fe9e1.png)](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/857/118/original/5345293a-02bd-417c-8c34-1389b54fe9e1.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>On the Pages Index page, you can view the status of each page. Green icons indicate the page is published \[1\]. Gray icons indicate unpublished pages \[2\]. You can change the status of a page by toggling the published and unpublished icons.

If enabled by your institution, you can schedule a page to be published. Calendar icons indicate scheduled pages \[3\].

### Publish a Page

<div data-step-uuid="5d6247d0-4674-4faf-a3c7-9cf1f0e1460f" id="bkmrk--1"><div data-step-uuid="5d6247d0-4674-4faf-a3c7-9cf1f0e1460f"><div data-step-uuid="b8b04b9b-063e-4940-a936-c9884feb52be"><div>![Publish a Page](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/647/670/original/593a5a34-66e1-4f64-bfd2-91b185beff29.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div>To publish a page, click the **Unpublish** icon. The hover text will confirm you want to publish the page.

### Unpublish a Page

<div data-step-uuid="5d6247d0-4674-4faf-a3c7-9cf1f0e1460f" id="bkmrk--2"><div data-step-uuid="5d6247d0-4674-4faf-a3c7-9cf1f0e1460f"><div data-step-uuid="93d8ebe5-560d-4eb7-aa63-ff7bbbc5578e"><div>![Unpublish a Page](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/006/647/672/original/3889685d-5b31-4571-a9df-5b6133a8fd42.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div>To unpublish a page, hover over the **Publish** icon. The hover text will confirm you want to unpublish the page. Click the icon to confirm.

### View Scheduled Page Publication

<div data-step-uuid="5d6247d0-4674-4faf-a3c7-9cf1f0e1460f" id="bkmrk--3"><div data-step-uuid="5d6247d0-4674-4faf-a3c7-9cf1f0e1460f"><div data-step-uuid="890cae3c-63f6-486e-b48f-d146ab98b5ce"><div>[![View Scheduled Page Publication](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/857/120/medium/f5a9bcca-2f28-4756-aa1b-bf8e8551a483.png)](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/857/120/original/f5a9bcca-2f28-4756-aa1b-bf8e8551a483.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div>If enabled by your institution, you can view when a page is scheduled to publish by hovering over the calendar icon. The hover text displays when the page is scheduled to be published. Click the calendar icon to change the publication status.

## View Status within an Individual Page

<div data-step-uuid="9520d1e3-f25d-4410-9770-8290bd36b5b3" id="bkmrk--4"><div data-step-uuid="9520d1e3-f25d-4410-9770-8290bd36b5b3"><div>[![View Status within an Individual Page](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/857/108/medium/486cabed-b024-4f41-bc9e-150c3494b055.png)](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/857/108/original/486cabed-b024-4f41-bc9e-150c3494b055.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Within individual pages, the page status is shown next to the page options.

### Publish a Page

<div data-step-uuid="9520d1e3-f25d-4410-9770-8290bd36b5b3" id="bkmrk--5"><div data-step-uuid="9520d1e3-f25d-4410-9770-8290bd36b5b3"><div data-step-uuid="a56ab34b-1b68-4dff-9b88-0f8506d83812"><div>[![Publish a Page](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/857/110/medium/a13aecb9-31ca-48c6-8a1f-ebf7d0f7b22f.png)](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/857/110/original/a13aecb9-31ca-48c6-8a1f-ebf7d0f7b22f.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div>To publish a page, click the **Publish** button. The button will change from gray to green.

### Unpublish a Page

<div data-step-uuid="9520d1e3-f25d-4410-9770-8290bd36b5b3" id="bkmrk--6"><div data-step-uuid="9520d1e3-f25d-4410-9770-8290bd36b5b3"><div data-step-uuid="5c736c28-fc16-4546-a84e-677bf40d1b99"><div>[![Unpublish a Page](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/857/113/medium/b34bf731-2b3a-44fa-8c9b-18d80cc13ff7.png)](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/857/113/original/b34bf731-2b3a-44fa-8c9b-18d80cc13ff7.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div>To unpublish a page, hover over the **Published** button. The hover text will confirm you want to unpublish the page, and the button will change from green to gray. Click the button to confirm.

**Note:** You cannot unpublish a page that has been set to the Front Page.

### View Scheduled Page Publication

<div data-step-uuid="9520d1e3-f25d-4410-9770-8290bd36b5b3" id="bkmrk--7"><div data-step-uuid="9520d1e3-f25d-4410-9770-8290bd36b5b3"><div data-step-uuid="da4b1771-7e77-4a91-824c-559e1d80c142"><div>![View Scheduled Page Publication](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/857/115/original/7b1346f7-970d-4e8b-af50-c60fbbb1a518.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div>When your page is saved for scheduled publication, you can return to the page and manage the publishing of it at any time by clicking the **Will publish on...** button \[1\].

You can choose between publishing the page, unpublishing the page, or scheduling the page for publication options and then click the **OK** button \[2\].

## Pages Student View

<div data-step-uuid="2c3d6897-4403-405c-8c8e-5547beaa6db8" id="bkmrk--8"><div data-step-uuid="2c3d6897-4403-405c-8c8e-5547beaa6db8"><div>[![Pages Student View](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/857/122/medium/f1c82e48-bd3e-4ccd-981f-ccd010a6c8d9.png)](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/857/122/original/f1c82e48-bd3e-4ccd-981f-ccd010a6c8d9.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>Students cannot see any of the actions involved with published status, such as published and unpublished icons and setting icons. Students can only see published pages, which are posted in blue text.

\[Content retrieved from [https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-publish-or-unpublish-a-page-as-an-instructor/ta-p/592](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-publish-or-unpublish-a-page-as-an-instructor/ta-p/592)\]