[ARCHIVED] How do I delete undated events from the syllabus calendar?

[jfreema]

Undated events from the previous semester were carried over to my new fall Canvas site when I imported course content from last spring. I deleted these events from the calendar, but they still appear in the syllabus list and on the calendar's side menubar as “Undated items.” I see no way to delete the events from the syllabus or the list of undated items.

[abunag]

Delete them from the Assignments area.

[jfreema]

They are not assignments; they are events, so unfortunately your suggestion won't work.

Julie Freeman

Associate Director of Writing

Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI

Department of English/Writing Program

Cavanaugh Hall 423D

425 University Boulevard

Indianapolis, IN 46202

(317) 274-0092

jfreema@iupui.edu

liberalarts.iupui.edu<http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/>

[Stef_retired]

 @jfreema , did you toggle the calendar to the new fall course when you deleted the events? When you click on one of these undated events, where does it take you?

[jfreema]

When I click on the undated events, nothing happens in most cases. For a couple of them, the event popped up and I was given the option to delete it.

Julie Freeman

Associate Director of Writing

Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI

Department of English/Writing Program

Cavanaugh Hall 423D

425 University Boulevard

Indianapolis, IN 46202

(317) 274-0092

jfreema@iupui.edu

liberalarts.iupui.edu<http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/>

[Stef_retired]

 @jfreema , since it seems that your course copy came over with some unwanted artifacts, I think your best course of action at this point is to open a support case (click on the Help link at the lower left of your Canvas page, then select Report a Problem). Canvas Support should be able to delete the undated events for you.

[jfreema]

Thanks!

Julie Freeman

Associate Director of Writing

Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI

Department of English/Writing Program

Cavanaugh Hall 423D

425 University Boulevard

Indianapolis, IN 46202

(317) 274-0092

jfreema@iupui.edu

liberalarts.iupui.edu<http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/>

[snugent · Accepted solution]

 @jfreema ​

You can access undated events from the calendar. On the right sidebar click undated items. You will need to drag them onto a date in the calendar. Once an event is listed on a day you will be able to delete the event.

[jfreema]

Thank you! This solved the problem!

Julie Freeman

Associate Director of Writing

Indiana University School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI

Department of English/Writing Program

Cavanaugh Hall 423D

425 University Boulevard

Indianapolis, IN 46202

(317) 274-0092

jfreema@iupui.edu

liberalarts.iupui.edu<http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/>

[Stef_retired]

Thank you for teaching me a new trick, snugent!

[tdelillo]

I love it when somebody asks me a weird question, and I find a simple answer. Canvas Community for the win (again)! Thank you snugent‌!

[kmeeusen]

It appears that the old homily is wrong, snugent , you can teach an old dog a new trick; and this old dog is dang glad you just did! I did not even know you could pull a list of undated events from the Calendar area!

An update:  I just went into my own Canvas account to test this. apparently this functionality has been updated and it is now even easier to use - you no longer need to drag the items into the calendar to delete them. If you click on an item in the list, you are now presented with the opportunity to delete. Woo hoo! Life is good!

Thank you,

Kelley

[snugent]

Glad this old post is still helpful. That was one of the first tricks I figured out back in 2012. Calendar drag and drop was exciting to faculty at the time (not so much now) and this was handy way to put assignments where you wanted them on the calendar. 

[tdelillo]

We should start a discussion called "I've been using Canvas for 6 years and HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS?" where we list these strange little discoveries. I feel like it's happening to me a lot lately

[kmeeusen]

Great idea,  @tdelillo  !

It must be something in the air, or water or something, because it has happened to me three times just this week!

Shade s of the Twilight Zone, or some kind of hoodoo the voodoo!

Kelley

[lbshaver]

This bug is a HUGE pain. 

I have seen it addressed several times by people who do not actually understand the problem.

I really wish Canvas would fix this.

Nobody actually wants old events imported.

Your work-around saved me from having to lose my work and start over.

I wold never have figured it out on my own!

THANKYOU!!!