How to Adjust Dates

There are 3 ways to adjust dates in XYZ Homework:

  1. Mass Change:
  2. Individual Assignments
  3. Drag & Drop

A Start Date refers to the first date a student can access an assignment, and an End Date refers to the due date.

CHANGING DATES USING MASS CHANGE

  1. The dates can be adjusted on multiple assignments at once by selecting “Dates” under “Mass Change” from your course homepage on the left-hand side.

Image showing the course homepage and the calendar with assignments

  1. The Mass Change Dates screen has a column for the Name, Start Date, and End Date of each assignment.

 Image showing the Mass Change Dates screen with options available for adjusting the Start Date and End Date

  1. To update the due dates for all assignments, first adjust the Start Date and End Date on the first assignment by clicking on the calendar icon next to the date in each column. For example: to make the Start Date for section 1.1 August 26th (8/26/24), click on the calendar icon next to the Start Date for the assignment and select 8/26/24:

Image showing the Mass Change Dates screen with the steps to change the first assignment Start Date.

Repeat the same process to adjust the End Date.

Image showing the Mass Change Dates screen with the steps to change the first assignment End Date.

  1. To apply these changes, click on the “Action” menu to the right:
  1. Send down date & time changes: Adjusts all assignments by an equal number of days
  2. All Copy down options: Adjusts all assignments to specific date and/or time change selected.

In most cases “Send down date & time changes” is selected.

Image showing the Mass Change Dates screen with the options under the Action drop down.

  1. A message will appear warning the changes will apply to ALL items.  Select “OK” to confirm. Note: the changes have not yet been saved, you must click “Save Changes” as shown below.

Image showing the Mass Change Dates screen with the warning that the chosen action will apply to all assignments below the selected assignment.

Click “Save Changes”

Image showing the Mass Change Dates screen showing the updated dates after sending down changes.

  1. Adjusted dates will now be reflected in the calendar on the course homepage.

Image showing the course homepage and the calendar with the adjusted dates.

CHANGING DATES FOR INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENTS

  1. Select a date from the calendar on the course homepage.  A list of assignments will populate below the calendar for the selected day.  Click on the “Settings” for an individual assessment.

Image showing course homepage with the assignments due on the selected day listed below the calendar.

Alternatively, you can select assignment “Settings” from the gear icon in the chapter block.

Image showing the Chapter folder with options showing so settings can be accessed.

  1. Click on the calendar icon next to the “Available After” and “Available Until” fields to adjust those dates, then click” Save Changes” at the bottom of the page:

Image showing the settings screen where start and end dates can be adjusted for an individual assignment.

CHANGING DATES USING DRAG-AND-DROP EDITING

  1. Click on the Calendar link at the top of the course homepage:

Image showing course homepage including the calendar.

Click “Enable Drag-and-Drop Editing.”

Image showing the Calendar view.

  1. On this screen, you will see two icons for each assessment. One icon represents the Start Date (with an arrow before the assessment name), and the other icon represents the End Date (with an arrow after the assessment name). Using a mouse, drag-and-drop the icons to a different date. For example, to move the section 1.1 assessment to start on 8/27/24, and end on 8/28/24, drag the section 1.1 Start Date icon to 8/27/24 and drag the 1.1 End Date icon to 8/28/24:

Image showing Calendar view with Drag-and-drop Editing enabled. Each assignment has an icon for the start date and another icon for the end date. Assignment 1.1 dates have been changed by Drag-and-drop.

  1. Your changes are automatically saved, click on “Course” in the top page menu to return to the Course homepage, The changes will be reflected on the Calendar.

Image of main course page including calendar showing 1.1 with new due date.