MindTap Dates Transfer into Canvas

[patriciaguillor]

Is there a way that I can select ALL assignments that are structured in Modules to begin and end at the same time?  Maybe have a pop up calendar when I select Module 1, for example, and all of the assignments associated with Module 1 can have the same start date and end date, which would eliminate the task of going into each individual assignment and setting the dates.  The dates can be set in MindTap for example, but the dates do not transfer into Canvas.

[Stef_retired]

Hi, patriciaguillory‌, thanks for submitting this idea. It's going forward as a Partner Integration idea as a request for auto-population of due dates from MindTap into Canvas.

Your submission also contains a separate idea that generally requests the ability to edit all assignment due dates on one screen, regardless of the origination point of the assessments. For that, we'd refer you to https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/2214-adjust-all-assignment-and-quiz-dates-on-a-single-page ; that idea doesn't specifically request organization of assignments/quizzes by module, but if implemented it would make it easier to give a set of assignments the same due date.  @James  has written a phenomenal user script for this that any instructor can implement right now: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-8585-adjust-all-assignment-dates-on-one-page?sr=search&sear... (video is here: ).

[pecchiog]

Hello.

Has anyone looked into this since this thread began? I have an instructor who is having the same issue. It is a time-suck for her to have to enter the dates two separate times. Is there a way to use Cengage as an external tool under submission type that avoids having to set the due dates twice? 

[ahorn]

I wish blanket dates could be given to all items within a module.  My Cengage MindTap activities cannot always be Canvas course copied, so when I add them I have to go into each one to set the date.  It's so laborious (over 100 items) that I haven't done it this semester, warning the students to look in modules instead of the to-do list.

[ProductPanda]

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