YES! Very much so! Thank you all for your helpful comments and replies! 

I love this idea of a grace period.Although, I'm wondering if this idea could also be useful when having 2 deadlines in discussions. One deadline is for the initial post and the second is for the repl...

 @hockin ‌ just an FYI. I haven't had a student figure it out yet but good to know! 

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HOPEFULLY! It needs to be considered! 

HOPEFULLY! It needs to be considered! 

Are you asking us why we need this feature or are you telling us you were asked this and your provided the response?Needless to say, this is one of the biggest flaws with Canvas and one of the most fr...

Yes dates could work and should be there as well but publishing and unpublishing would be much easier as a simple toggle on n off than adding/updating end dates - especially when they are automaticall...

Has this issue been resolved? Seems like you've been working on it for over a year now?

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