incorrect "adjust dates" while importing a course

I provide support for Canvas usage on University of Wisconsin-Madison. A faculty member teaches the same eight-week course every summer. And, we are having problems with the "date adjustment" feature during the course import.

Are there any documents, or recommendations about how to best use that feature?

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SusanNiemeyer

I'm sure that there are documents available. Just check the Canvas Guides.

As an instructor, I have found that "removing" the dates and starting over has worked better than "shifting" them. When I have tried to "shift" the dates, there have always been issue with holidays as well as general glitches. It's not going to be "foolproof."

If an instructor has "shifted" the dates, the best solution is to click on "Assignments" and then the three dots in the upper righthand corner. In the dropdown menu, click on "Edit Assignment Dates." This brings up a list of all of the assignments, and multiple dates can be changed at once.

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SusanNiemeyer

I'm sure that there are documents available. Just check the Canvas Guides.

gnoack

I've found I get decent results by skipping the first field and only entering dates for the new course. I haven't tested this to compare, it's just my experience.

Then, to fix any incorrect dates, I use the calendar to drag and drop assignments to their correct due dates an/or the Edit Assignment Due dates.

You'd think if the semester was the same amount of days and weeks it would just work, but I haven't had that happen yet. Still, it's better than having to adjust all of the assignments.

SusanNiemeyer

Bumping this one up. I hope that the Canvas folks can address this. @greydon @igustafson @ColtonSwapp

hshaw1

@cliff_cunningha @Chris_Hofer et al: It's September 2022 and I'm still experiencing this problem. When you refer to the Canvas Help Desk, is that something that an individual (me?) can do or that Canvas reps at institutions (like Cliff) would do? Thank you.

MichaelGilliam

ONE Solution - Better Answer: If shifting the due dates is NOT working, go to the course settings you are trying to copy. Make sure Course participation in the settings is set to "course" and that the Start and End dates appropriately correspond/match the term assignment due dates of that course. If these do NOT match, then the due dates will not adjust to the new term when you try to import.

For example, oddly my Canvas Start/End dates were set for the Summer term, but the assignments in the page corresponded to the Spring term. This misalignment is what caused the dates to NOT adjust when I tried to import material from this Canvas course.

Once I got this align, importing from this course with dated due dates worked perfectly.

Way faster than adjusting individual due dates for all the assignments.

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