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Multi Tool Delayed Announcements

New May 2019!

Overview

The Delayed Announcements tool is a variation of the Due Date Modifier that gives you one place to set/adjust the Delay Posting date for the announcements within a course.

Info: Section Announcement Dates

The Delayed Announcements tool does not currently support changing 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 dates.

The Interface

Announcment data table

The Announcement Data table has a variety of columns to help you work with your announcements.

Column	Description
Name	The name column includes the title of the announcement as well as a checkbox that can be used to bulk update announcements
Delay Post Date	This column allows you to set/adjust the delayed posting date for your announcements.
Actions	The Actions column contains links that will allow you to view or edit the announcement as well as the option to delete the announcement.
Text	Contains all of the text for the announcement to help ensure you are adjusting the right announcement. This column will also include links to download any attachments. Note: This is text only, all formatting has been removed.
Settings	The icons in the Settings column give a visual indication of the settings for an announcement. These include: Students can comment Users must post before seeing replies Podcast feed enabled Podcast feed includes student responses Liking allowed Only graders can like Sorted by likes

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 Delayed Announcements.
On the Delayed Announcements 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 and are shared between the Delayed Announcements tool and the Due Date Modifier.

To set Blackout Dates:

On the course navigation menu, click Multi Tool.
On the Multi Tool main page, click Delayed Announcements.
Open the Set Blackout Dates panel.
Use the date picker in the Blackout Dates field to pick specific dates
Modify delayed post 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 Delayed Announcements.
Open the Set Blackout Dates panel.
Check the box next to the Blackout 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.

Set default time interface

To set Default Times:

On the course navigation menu, click Multi Tool.
On the Multi Tool main page, click Delayed Announcement.
Open the Set Default Times panel.
Type a time or use the time picker to set the desired default time.

Bulk Updates

You can also bulk update announcement dates and times as needed.

announcement bulk update interface

Open the Bulk Updates tool

On the course navigation menu, click Multi Tool.
On the Multi Tool main page, click Delayed Announcements.
Open the Bulk Updates panel.

Select content items to update

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

The following will explain how to make bulk updates:

Move dates forward or backward a set number of days

Open the Bulk Updates panel
Select content items to update
In the Bulk Day Adjust section, 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

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 time

Bulk set times

Open the Bulk Updates panel
Select content items to update
In the Bulk Times section, set the desired time
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.