When a student is made inactive in a WebCT Class, they no longer have access to the class and it will not appear in their myWebCT. Students are made inactive in a class after the term ends, but their activity in the course remains for instructor inspection.

Making Students Inactive during the semester

Occasionally an instructor may wish to make a student inactive during the course of a semester if they drop the class.

Making a student inactive

1. Go to Manage Course > Manage Students and select the student you want to inactivate.
2. You will be taken to the Edit Record page and see the options for that student.
   Select Make inactive.
3. You will see a dialogue box similar to the left.
4. Select OK
5. You will be returned to the Edit Record Page.
6. Select Update.
7. Inactive Students are marked with a tilde ( ~ ).
   To re-activate the student repeat the steps above.

Hiding Inactive Students

Once students are inactive they can be hidden from view. (Note: hidden students are not removed from the list and will appear on an exported grade book)

Showing/Hiding Inactive Students

1. Go to Manage Course > Manage Students.
2. Under Actions: Organize, select Change settings from the drop-down menu.
3. Select GO.
4. You will be directed to:Homepage > Manage Course > Manage Students > Settings.
5. Select the appropriate radio button to show/hide inactive users.
6. Select Update.