Manage dates in Brightspace

Use the Manage Dates tool to view, manage individual dates, bulk edit dates, bulk offset the date availability, and set the calendar status of all content topics and modules, discussion topics and forums, assignment submissions folders, grades categories and items, announcement items, quizzes, checklists, and surveys in your course from one central location.

These course objects display in a grid that you can sort by any of the column headings. You can also use the Type column to sort the Manage Dates page based on the tool-specific order and use advanced filter options to work with smaller sets of objects. If you filter your course objects, any bulk changes you make apply only to the filtered results. This enables you to update multiple availability dates based on specific criteria.

In addition to managing dates, you can open each course object in a new window by clicking on its name. This launches the object's edit page where you can edit additional properties for that object without leaving the Manage Dates tool.

Clear Dates

Manage individual dates

In Quizzes, Assignments, and Discussions, you can edit dates in the Availability Dates menu. You can reset the dates by clicking Clear.

You can edit individual dates in the Manage Dates tool by finding the date to update and clicking on the date itself. (They are all hyperlinks.) You can also remove dates by clicking the "X" after the date itself.

1. On the navbar, click Course Admin.
2. Click Manage Dates.
3. Click the desired date to edit it. Click the "X" after the date to remove it. (See Figure 1 below.)
4. Click Save.

Bulk editing

The Manage Dates tool enables you to bulk edit due dates and availability dates of your course content. Use this option if there are several items in the course that share start, due, and end dates that can all be updated at once.

1. On the navbar, click Course Admin.
2. Click Manage Dates.
3. Select the check box of the items for which you want to bulk edit dates. You can check only selected dates by clicking the checkbox to the left of the desired dates or select all of the dates by clicking the the checkbox in the left column of the title bar. (See Figure 1 below.)
4. Click Bulk Edit Dates in the title bar of the date table.
5. In the Bulk Edit Dates dialog box, update the due dates and availability dates. (See Figure 2 below.)
6. Click Save.

Offset dates

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

1. On the navbar, click Course Admin.
2. Click Manage Dates.
3. Select the check box by any item for which you want to offset dates. You can check only selected dates by clicking the checkbox to the left of the desired dates or select all of the dates by clicking the the checkbox in the left column of the title bar. (See Figure 1 below.)
4. Click Bulk Offset Dates in the title bar of the date table. (See Figure 3 below.)
5. In the Bulk Offset Dates dialog box, enter your offset details.
6. Click Save.

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  Fig 1. Manage Dates lists all dates in the course

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  Fig 2. Bulk edit dates

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  Fig 3.Bulk offset dates

More information

• Setting Brightspace course start and end dates
• The Brightspace homepage