why can't we batch edit the assignment options (not dates)?

KirstenThomson

I find it incredible that Canvas doesn't allow the batch editing of assignment options like it does with dates or a limited setting like points. If I want all my assignments to use the same options (how many attempts, if feedback offered, keep the best score, etc.) I have to open every single one. Yes, I can save the settings as a set and apply that set to each assignment I open, but Dear God, there has to be a way to apply that set to all assignments at one click?

Gabriel33

There doesn't seem to be a way to do it in bulk in the user interface, so here are two alternatives:

1. James' Google sheets for adjusting assignment dates can help you changing the point values more easily, but unfortunately not the other features (he made it before Canvas had its own system to bulk adjust dates).
   It might be possible to adjust the code to include other parameters. I don't have much experience with the Google Sheets scripts, but it seems to me that just replicating the mentions of "points"/"points_possible" (which shows up just 3 times that I could find) and slightly adjusting for the other assignment parameters should work.
   
   
2. Alternatively, the Canvas Assignments API can help you list each assignment and edit their properties with some scripting.

You might also want to submit it as a Canvas Idea, as I haven't found that specifically being asked. Though given that Ideas are currently being restructured, and that allowing negative bulk date adjustments have been stuck as an idea for 5 years, I'd recommend going with one of the two alternatives above.