Managing Dates

The Manage Dates tool allows you to view and change the availability dates for a variety of different tools including Content, Discussions, Assessment Dropbox, Grades, News and Quizzes from one central location.

All tools are displayed in a sortable grid that allows you to use advanced filter options, giving you complete and flexible control over when students can access them.

The steps to manage dates include:

• Step One: Access Space Admin
• Step Two: Select Tool Filter
• Step Three: Bulk Edit Dates
• Step Four: Remove Dates
• Step Five: Offsetting Dates

Step One: Access Space Admin

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1. Navigate to the desired VU Collaborate Learning Space.

2. Click on Space Admin from the navigation bar.

3. Click Manage Dates under the Site Resources section.

 

Step Two: Select Tool Filter

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When you click Manage Dates you will see the Specific Tools Filter options which will enable you to narrow your results based on the desired tool.

Note: Advanced filter options enable you to further narrow your results by a unit object's name, dates, duration, and Calendar status.

1. Click Show Advanced Filter Options to access these additional filter options.

2. Use the Name filter to specify how the system should compare your keyword with existing objects in your Space.

3. Enter a Start Date to find objects that were accessible to students before, after or between certain times.

4. Enter an End Date to find objects that were not accessible to students before, after or between certain times.

5. Click on Apply Filter to commence the search for objects that meets your search criteria.

 

Step Three: Bulk Edit Dates

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You can edit availability dates for individual or multiple tools by selecting the check boxes beside the objects you wish to edit dates for.

1. Click Edit Dates from the top of the grid.

2. Modify the start and end dates.

3. If you wish to add this event to the calendar, click the Add to Calendar check box.

4. Click Save.

 

Step Four: Remove Dates

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1. If you wish to remove dates associated with a tool, click on the X icon next to either the start or end date.

 

Step Five: Offsetting Dates

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The Manage Dates tool enables you to move start and end dates forward or backwards by a specified number of days. You can use this to move unit content forward to a new term.

1. Select the check boxes beside the tools you want to offset dates for and click Offset Dates from the top of the grid.

2. Specify which dates you want to offset.

3. Use the Days drop-down list to specify whether you want to offset the dates forward or backwards and enter the number of days you want to offset those dates by.

4. Click Save.