Is it possible to change the default values in the assignment due time drop-down menu?

[TW42]

Hi Folks,

Our school has a schedule full of class periods that do not meet on the half hour. I was hoping to speed up my assignment creation process by changing the default values in the drop-down menu that lists the due time. It would be so much more convenient if I could get that menu to only list all the weird times my classes start and not type them in all the time.

Any help would be much appreciated!

-TW

[clpatter]

You want to go to the "Settings" page for your course. There, you'll find a default due time option that you can set for any time you'd like. Once it's set, any new item you create will automatically be due at that time.

[TW42]

Thanks tremendously for your response. I should have been more detailed - sorry!

I am in a block schedule where my classes meet at different times on different days. For example, Class A can meet at 8:10, 9:15, 10:40, 11:45, 1:50. I would love to configure the drop-down menu for the times an assignment is due so it includes those times (and possibly *only* those times). I can't figure out how to do that, or if that is even possible.

[Ron_Bowman]

@TW42 There is a javascript written by a user that does what you want.  It requires the use of tampermonkey and the installation of the script.

here is a link to the page with the information.  or if you want, just do a search on "set canvas default due times"

set canvas default due time 

Unfortunately, I just tried it out (I had it turned off because I did not need it), and it seems to no longer work.  I know Canvas has been modifying parts of the underlying aspects of the display information.  So, they changed something that broke this script.  Unfortunately, I do not know how to determine what.

If you want, you can try it and see if it works.  It was working in early 2025 as I was trying to put the same option in for the until times and did not have any success modifying the script.

Ron