[Discussions] Multiple Due Dates (checkpoints) for Discussions

[chriswhite]

This idea has been developed and is On Canvas Beta •  How do I access the Canvas beta environment?

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With the way that many schools set up forum discussions and require "check-ins" to the forum throughout the week, it would be great if we could include multiple due dates in the discussion activities. For instance, I have classes that require everyone respond to the prompt by Thursday night and respond to at least 2 peers by the following Sunday. Being able to remind students that they have responses due, especially if we could scatter responses over multiple days, would likely increase participation.

[trobb]

This thread has lived for 7 years now.  I would hope this is at least on Canvas' roadmap.

[graycastro]

Problem statement:

Add multiple due dates for all discussion boards and assignments.

Proposed solution:

I often create a two-week of a discussion board with two due dates in the instructions. On the first week/due date, the student must submit their post regarding the readings, then on the second week/due date, students must reply to two peers. I wanted to give students time to post and later read the posts to reply. I do not want to have two separate discussion boards with two due dates. Oftentimes, students focus only on the actual due date that has been set up on the homepage (To-do list) or in the calendar. I would like this idea to have multiple due dates for a single discussion board or assignment. This will help to let the student know they have two or more due dates for one discussion board/assignment. It makes it easier to do one overall grade rather than a separate one.

User role(s):

instructor

[KristinL]

  Comments from Instructure

For more information, please refer to the Product Roadmap and the Product Blogs. Updates about availability will be included in the Canvas Release Notes.

[akryzh]

Problem statement:

Currently, in discussions, only one deadline could be set. However, to encourage class participation, the discussion assignments typically include two parts: primary post and secondary post (which is a response to someone else's post).

Proposed solution:

It would be helpful to have a function that would allow adding multiple deadlines to one discussion board: for example, the primary post due Monday and the secondary post due Wednesday. It doesn't make sense to split these two [arts into two separate assignments and they must be kept together, but there's no way to indicate that in the assignment so that it appears on students' to-do lists on two different days.

User role(s):

instructor

[ModeratorPanda]

  Comments from Instructure

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[KristinL]

  Comments from Instructure

This feature is available in Beta. For more information, please read through the Canvas Release Notes (2024-11-16) 

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