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Multi Tool Due Date Modifier

Overview

With the Due Date Modifier, you can modify all of your course due dates in one place. You can perform the following operations:

Add or modify:
- Dues dates for assignments, discussions, and quizzes
- Assignment availability dates
- Quiz show/hide answer dates
- Page to do dates

Info: Section Due Dates

The Due Date Modifier does not currently support changing due dates for different sections within a course. This is a feature that we hope to add in the future although we are not sure when it will happen. If your institution is interested in this feature, we would appreciate greater insight into how your institution uses section due dates.

Instructions

Modify a Date

To modify a date, follow these steps:

On the course navigation menu, click Multi Tool.
On the Multi Tool main page, click Due Date Modifier.
On the Due Date Modifier page, add or change dates by typing a new date or selecting the date from the pop-up calendar.
Click the Update button.

Set Blackout Dates

Blackout Dates allow you to identify dates that you want to avoid when setting assignment dates. Dates or days of the week specified will not be selectable using the pop-up calendar.

Set blackout dates interface

Note: Blackout Dates are saved in your browser for future use.

To set Blackout Dates:

On the course navigation menu, click Multi Tool.
On the Multi Tool main page, click Due Date Modifer.
Open the Set Blackout Dates panel.
Use the date picker in the Blackout Dates field to pick specific dates
Modify due, lock or unlock dates and the listed dates will not be selectable.

To set Blackout Days of the week:

On the course navigation menu, click Multi Tool.
On the Multi Tool main page, click Due Date Modifier.
Open the Set Blackout Dates panel.
Check the box next to the Checkout Days you wish to blackout.
Modify due, lock or unlock dates and the selected days will not be selectable.

Set Default Times

You can set default times that will auto-populate when you select a date.

Default time inputs

To set Default Times:

On the course navigation menu, click Multi Tool.
On the Multi Tool main page, click Due Date Modifier.
Open the Set Default Times panel.
Use the time picker in the pick the desired default time.

Bulk Updates

The May 2019 release included the ability to bulk update dates.

Bulk updates interface

Open the Bulk Updates tool

On the course navigation menu, click Multi Tool.
On the Multi Tool main page, click Due Date Modifier.
Open the Bulk Updates panel.

Select content items to update

Check the box next to the desired item(s) in the Assignment Data table.
Selected items will be listed in the Bulk Updates panel.

Move dates forward or backward a set number of days

Bulk day adjust controls

Open the Bulk Updates panel
Select content items to update
In the Bulk Day Adjust section, check the box next to each of the date types you would like to adjust
Enter a positive or negative number of days
1. Examples:
  1. Entering 7 will move the dates forward one week
  2. Entering -7 will move the dates backward one week
Click the Adjust Dates button to shift the listed dates
Click the Update Canvas button to push updates to Canvas

Bulk set dates

Bulk date adjust interface

Open the Bulk Updates panel
Select content items to update
In the Bulk Dates section, set the values for desired date types
Click the Change Dates button to set the dates
Click the Update Canvas button to push updates to Canvas

Note: Using this feature will pull in the default times

Bulk set times

Bulk time interface

Open the Bulk Updates panel
Select content items to update
In the Bulk Times section, set the times you would like to adjust
Click the Change Times button to set the desired times
Click the Update Canvas button to push updates to Canvas

Note: This feature will only set times if a date has already been set.

Clear All Dates/Times

Open the Bulk Updates panel
Select content items to update
In the Bulk Times section, click Clear All Dates/Times
Click the Update Canvas button to push updates to Canvas

Note: This feature will clear all dates for the selected content items.

Clear Specific Dates/Times

Open the Bulk Updates panel
Select content items to update
In the Bulk Day Adjust section, check the boxes for the date/time types you wish to clear
Click the Clear Dates/Times button
Click the Update Canvas button to push updates to Canvas