Is there a way for assignment alerts from unpublished courses to get removed from the Coming Up list on the Canvas Dashboard? The instructor only wants to see alerts from published courses in the Coming Up list.
Is this possible?
Hi @irizarryl-4,
I don't think there is really a way to customize what's on the coming up list. On the student side, items from unpublished courses won't show, but on the teacher side I think it's different because the expectation is that the course will be published before whatever the assignment is will be due. I *think* but am not 100% sure, that if the assignments themselves are unpublished (not just the course) that they might not show up for teachers, but then the teacher will need to remember to go back and publish all of those for student, which can be a lot of work in large courses.
I hope this info helps!
-Chris
Hi Chris,
Thanks for the reply! I can confirm that if you unpublish the assignment from the unpublished course it will not appear on the Coming Up list. I wish Canvas had some type of "off' switch for this since some courses have way too many assignments.
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