User Guide Due Date Modifier

Overview

Use this tool to:

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

Related Tools:

Video Guide

You may use the chapter indicators in this video's timeline to jump ahead to the Due Date Modifier section of the video.

Instructions

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.

Section due dates can be added using the Canvas Edit Assignment Dates tool.

Modify a date

To modify a date, follow these steps:

On the course navigation menu, select Multi Tool.
Select Due Date Modifier.
Add or change dates by typing a new date or selecting the date from the pop-up calendar.
Select the Update button for an individual item, or modify multiple items and select one of the Update All buttons, found at the top and bottom of the list.

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.

Set specific blackout dates

On the course navigation menu, select Multi Tool.
Select Due Date Modifier.
Open the Set Blackout Dates panel.
Use the date picker in the Blackout Dates field to pick specific dates

After choosing your blackout dates, when you modify any due dates, lock dates, or unlock dates, the listed dates will not be selectable.
date picker with dates blacked out

Set blackout days of the week

To set Blackout Days of the week:

On the course navigation menu, select Multi Tool.
Select Due Date Modifier.
Open the Set Blackout Dates panel.
Check the box next to the desired Blackout Days of the week.

After choosing your blackout days, when you modify any due dates, lock dates, or unlock dates, those days of the week will not be selectable.
date picker with days of the week blacked out

Set default times

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

Default times must be set prior to date selection. You cannot retroactively apply a default time from the Set Default Times area; however, you can use the Bulk Updates section to accomplish this goal.

Default time inputs

To set Default Times:

On the course navigation menu, select Multi Tool.
Select Due Date Modifier.
Open the Set Default Times panel.
Type a time or use the time picker to select the desired default time.

Bulk updates

Bulk updates interface

Open the Bulk Updates tool

On the course navigation menu, select Multi Tool.
Select 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

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
Select the Adjust Dates button to shift the listed dates.
Select the Update Canvas button to push updates to Canvas.

Bulk set dates

Bulk date adjust interface

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

Select content items to update.
In the Bulk Times section, set the times you would like to adjust.
Select the Change Times button to set the desired times.
Select 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

Select content items to update.
In the Bulk Times section, click Clear All Dates/Times.
Select 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

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