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Problem statement: Our schedule functions on a six day rotation, so it is sometimes time-consuming for teachers to look up and choose the correct due dates for an assignment (especially if they have multiple sections that meet on different days of the rotation). Add in PD days, holidays, breaks, special schedules, etc and things can get even more complicated. Additionally, different sections of the same class often meet at different times during the day. If a teacher wants an assignment due at the beginning of class, they need to differentiate it for each section. Proposed solution: Create a method to load or link a calendar and map your Canvas course to that calendar. Then, based on the calendar, have the assignment due-date selector visually indicate which days the course or section meets. It wouldn't need to blackout the other dates (because having the flexibility is good) but having some sort of indication would be incredibly helpful. Also, create an option for different default times for different sections in the same course. User role(s): admin,instructor,ta ... View more

Problem statement: Many teachers at my school teach different sections of the same course. To help with this, they crosslist their sections (which is great!). The problem is many of these sections occur on opposite days and teachers regularly either a) forget to differentiate the assignment due dates to match the day where each section meets OR b) complain that it takes too many clicks to quickly differentiate these assignment due-dates. Proposed solution: Create some sort of way to automatically separate due dates for an assignment by section. Maybe it is a) a course setting where a person can indicate that they want this to happen automatically or b) an assignment setting where a person could simply click a checkbox to indicate they wanted separate due dates for their sections. Bonus points would be if a teacher (or administrator) could set something where Canvas knows that Section B is always X days after Section A. Then, if a person chooses a due date and clicks the checkbox, Canvas automatically differentiates the due dates by the appropriate time. To the extreme possibility, creating some sort of rules-based system where a user could personalize their own differentiation checkbox to quickly execute a desired rule would be cool. Any of these would both save teachers time AND improve the student experience. User role(s): admin,instructor,student,designer ... View more