When a Moodle course is created / rolled over for the next Semester / Trimester it is kept 'hidden' to allow the Tutor to edit and upload resources before making it available for student access.
You can identify if a course is 'hidden' or 'visible' to students in two ways:
On the Dashboard page
Courses you have access to are listed on the Dashboard page under Course Overview:
If you have Tutor access to a course and it is 'Hidden', the course will be at the bottom of your course list and have the message Hidden from students under the course name.
In the Course Settings
Go to the course and click the Settings link at the top of the course page:
Scroll down to 'Course visibility' to see what is selected:
If the setting shows 'Hide' the course is hidden from students.
Make a course visible to students
Once you have updated the course and it is ready for student access do the following:
1. Go to the course and click the Settings link at the top of the course page
2. Scroll down to Course Visibility and use the drop-down menu to select Show:
3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Save and display button to save the changes:
4. The course will now be visible to students.
Hide a Moodle course
To ‘Hide’ a course from students, follow the steps above but choose Hide from the Course visibility drop-down menu.
Then scroll to the bottom of the page and click 'Save and display' to save your changes.
More about the Moodle Course Settings can be found here: https://docs.moodle.org/401/en/Course_settings