Discussions Redsign: Where are the Checkpoints? (aka multiple due dates) DO IT NOW!

[jwalz]

I mean really.  This has been on the "radar" and "list of options we want" since at least 2011!

The discussion board about "discussions" has been alive since 2015:  https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Ideas/Discussions-Multiple-Due-Dates-checkpoints-for-Discu...  

Can it be done?   Instructure keeps pushing back the date for it:   It was Q2, then Q3.  Now is it Q4?   Or never?

This for us is the deal breaker.   All other options / updates / revisions are just eye candy and window dressing.   Please stop trying to fool us with all the flashy toys.   None of them are operational as we would like anyway - clearly from the discussion here where there are calls to halt the enforcement on July 20 until some of those are fixed!   We also support the calls for NOT enforcing this release.   Especially if it does not have checkpoints (aka multiple due dates for discussion posts).

Bring out the checkpoints!   No mention of them at all in the latest blog post.  https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/The-Product-Blog/Canvas-Discussions-Update-Our-Latest-Improvement...   

We would like to see them in this release if it is to be enforced upon us.  Otherwise, this is just an exercise in futility.  Customers are going with other products (LTIs) that do discussions much better.   

[jwalz]

More calls for this:  https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Discussions-Announcements/Multiple-Due-Dates-for-Discussion-Redes...

And this one:  https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Discussions-Announcements/Discussion-Multiple-Due-Dates-Not-What-...

   Don't be fooled by the "answered" button.   

[kari]

@jwalz I stumbled upon the roadmap, which I don't believe was there when I looked at it a month ago. "Students engage in deeper, more meaningful discussion with classmates with clear checkpoints to guide their way." . https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Product-Roadmap/ct-p/canvas-product-roadmap, but it looks like q4 or q1-2025. ☹️

[wakimsu]

The "answered" button is definitely misleading on those posts. And, it looks like they ?think? they solved this with the "manage due dates" options.  I thought that was it until I realized that the multiple due dates are set so that I can have different due dates for different people....that's not at all what we meant when we said we wanted multiple due dates!