In a Canvas Quiz or Assignment, you can use the "Assign To" field to assign varied availability dates to individual students or to sections, but there are issues with using both together.
For example, a course has section 101 and section 102, and student A belongs to section 101. A quiz is assigned multiple available from & until times as follows:
- Section 101 - 10am-11am
- Section 102 - 12pm-1pm
- Student A (exception) - 10pm-11pm
The expected result is that student A has the quiz available to them from 10pm - 11pm, while the rest of section 101 takes the quiz from 10am-11am. However, the actual result is that student sees the quiz available from 10am (section 101 start time which is the earliest of the two) to 11pm (student A end time which is the latest of the two). Since the student is assigned one time to them but also a different time to the section they belong to, it seems to trigger the scenario of "if multiple due dates apply to a student").
This is not ideal since it does not accurately reflect the time assigned to the individual student, and for added confusion it behaves differently from when a time is assigned to "Everyone" and entering an exception for an individual automatically adjusts the "Everyone" to "Everyone else".
Is it possible to allow Canvas to recognize and exclude a student from the assigned section when they have a custom "assign to" settings entered?
