Each group in the CBS Connect platform has an access end date that is automatically set when a group is created in a course. The access end date is the date when a course becomes archived and is moved from the ‘Started’ tab to the ‘Closed’ tab on the ‘My Courses’ page. Once your course has been closed, your group will no longer have access to the course homepage with the lesson videos and Learn More commentary, but a read-only version of any answers to the lesson questions that were typed in the platform will be available by opening the course on the Closed tab.
Group leaders have the ability to extend the access end date for their group if they need more time to complete the study. We would recommend checking the access end date for your group when your group is created in the platform to ensure that the course will be open long enough for your group to finish. You’ll receive an email reminder 1 week before your group is set to close in the platform as well.
To adjust the access end date for your group:
1). Login to your account at na.communitybiblestudy.org and click on My Courses at the top of the page.
2). Click the Group Leader tab to go to view the groups you are currently leading.
3). To view and edit the access end date for your group, click on the Pencil icon underneath ‘Access End Date’.
4). You will see your current access end date listed in the Current Access End Date box. If you would like to extend your end date, you can choose your new access end date in the New Access End Date box. Make sure to click Save at the bottom once you’ve entered in the new date to save the changes.
Note: The platform only allows you to set a new access end date to a date that is after your current access end date. Because of this, you won’t need to worry about changing the date to your group’s exact end date if the current end date is after the date you are planning to end. You will only need to update the access end date if the date in the platform is set to a date that is before the date your group is planning to finish the study.
If you need any ay assistance extending your end date, or if your group closes in the platform before you are finished, please send us an email at [email protected].