[ARCHIVED] Date setting in multiple courses

[Lsacal]

Hi! every period, I have more or less 100 courses. And we are growing. My question is: Is there a way (maybe with IT)  to set all the dates of a course at the same time? Every period, I have to set like this every course. Imagine! More than 100 courses! Any idea? 

Periodo: 202202 (A39)                                                             Foros, tareas y evaluaciones
Inicio: 10 de enero de  2022		Cierre: 13 de febrero de 2022
Unidades		Fecha de apertura (lunes)	Hora
Unidad 1		10-ene-22	00:00 horas
Unidad 2		17-ene-22	00:00 horas
Unidad 3		24-ene-22	00:00 horas
Unidad 4		31-ene-22	00:00 horas
Unidad 5		07-feb-21	00:00 horas
Actividades		Fecha límite de entregas (domingo)	Hora
Unidad 1		16-ene-22	23:59 horas.
Unidad 2		23-ene-22	23:59 horas.
Unidad 3		30-ene-22	23:59 horas.
Unidad 4		06-feb-22	23:59 horas.
Unidad 5		13-feb-22	23:59 horas.
Bloqueo de entregas (Hasta)		El bloqueo de entregas debe ser la misma que la fecha límite
			Hora
Foro de presentación	Apertura	10-ene-22	00:00 horas
	Hasta	13-ene-22	23:59 horas.
Confirmación:	Apertura	10-ene-22	00:00 horas
	Hasta	16-ene-22	23:59 horas.
Evaluación diagnóstica:	Apertura	10-ene-22	00:00 horas
	Hasta	16-ene-22	23:59 horas.
Encuesta de satisfacción:	Apertura	30-ene-22	00:00 horas
	Hasta	13-feb-22	Periodo: 202202 (A39)                                                             Foros, tareas y evaluaciones
			Inicio: 10 de enero de  2022		Cierre: 13 de febrero de 2022
			Unidades		Fecha de apertura (lunes)	Hora
			Unidad 1		10-ene-22	00:00 horas
			Unidad 2		17-ene-22	00:00 horas
			Unidad 3		24-ene-22	00:00 horas
			Unidad 4		31-ene-22	00:00 horas
			Unidad 5		07-feb-21	00:00 horas
			Actividades		Fecha límite de entregas (domingo)	Hora
			Unidad 1		16-ene-22	23:59 horas.
			Unidad 2		23-ene-22	23:59 horas.
			Unidad 3		30-ene-22	23:59 horas.
			Unidad 4		06-feb-22	23:59 horas.
			Unidad 5		13-feb-22	23:59 horas.
			Bloqueo de entregas (Hasta)		El bloqueo de entregas debe ser la misma que la fecha límite
						Hora
			Foro de presentación	Apertura	10-ene-22	00:00 horas
				Hasta	13-ene-22	23:59 horas.
			Confirmación:	Apertura	10-ene-22	00:00 horas
				Hasta	16-ene-22	23:59 horas.
			Evaluación diagnóstica:	Apertura	10-ene-22	00:00 horas
				Hasta	16-ene-22	23:59 horas.
			Encuesta de satisfacción:	Apertura	30-ene-22	00:00 horas
				Hasta	13-feb-22	23:59 horas.

[gpillsbury · Accepted solution]

Yes, this is possible but you will need an administrator's assistance.  You can create a .csv file that contains the courses you want to change and the desired start and end dates, and the admin can upload that using the SIS Import tool in the admin menu. 

This page has details about how to construct the columns of the .csv: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.sis_csv.html. Scroll down a little bit to the "courses.csv" section.

Glenn

[gpillsbury · Accepted solution]

Yes, this is possible but you will need an administrator's assistance.  You can create a .csv file that contains the courses you want to change and the desired start and end dates, and the admin can upload that using the SIS Import tool in the admin menu. 

This page has details about how to construct the columns of the .csv: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/file.sis_csv.html. Scroll down a little bit to the "courses.csv" section.

Glenn

[Lsacal]

Thank you so much!

[Lsacal · Accepted solution]

Hi, Glenn. What I´ve been looking for is to set up all the activities, colaborrative forums and assesments. I´m sending a screen shot as an example of how many activities I have to set up in one course. In every course, I have to set up about 20 dates. I have 110 courses. And we do them manually. The administrator is assisting me. I´m reading all the documentation. So, do you think it is possible?

Thanks in advance. 

[gpillsbury]

If all 110 courses need the same content, set one of them as a Blueprint course.  Then, in the courses.csv file you can specify the ID of your blueprint course to be used by the 110 courses.  That will copy the activities.  However, the due dates of each activity in each course will still need to be checked manually.