[Discussions] Multiple Due Dates (checkpoints) for Discussions

[chriswhite]

This idea has been developed and is On Canvas Beta •  How do I access the Canvas beta environment?

For more information, please read through the Canvas Release Notes (2025-01-18) 

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With the way that many schools set up forum discussions and require "check-ins" to the forum throughout the week, it would be great if we could include multiple due dates in the discussion activities. For instance, I have classes that require everyone respond to the prompt by Thursday night and respond to at least 2 peers by the following Sunday. Being able to remind students that they have responses due, especially if we could scatter responses over multiple days, would likely increase participation.

[lindalee_massou]

Have we been having this conversation since 2015 and there is no resolution yet? 

Not to be rude, but isn't 4 years and 29 pages of comments plenty for Canvas to decide to DO something about it? 

Does anyone have a viable workaround? 

I am currently having after-grading submissions send me an email with a short subject line only ( a "code of section and disc bd name" and then I update by hand. I sure don't like THAT solution, although it is working). 

I know there is also a 2 due date option, but then I have to grade the whole discussion board TWICE. And I'm supposed to do that with how many sections of how many boards with how many students??!!  I don't thinks o! hahaha

Thanks for any ideas or suggestions!

[StephRowe]

I see that this a popular topic for people to comment on. I would so love this feature as I require two due dates with each discussion and having Canvas limit us to just one due date is very confusing to students. I do hope that this feature is enabled soon!! 

[studyvs]

I’m adding a comment to get more visibility on this suggestion. I would add, it would be ideal to have some settings to control the ability to post and reply. Meaning, include a setting that allows students to post initially before a specific date. And then a different setting to allow students to post between specific dates to post replies. I hope that makes sense.

[david_christia1]

There used to be a way to vote on ideas to move them into production. Please allow me to add my vote to this. I am contacted by more faculty trying to have one due date for an initial post and another due date for replies peers than with ANY other request.

[imagine]

Yes! For all the reasons everyone is expressing. 

[chriswhite]

I just saw "Multiple Due Dates" listed on the upcoming features for discussions in the CanvasCon 2020 Keynote. This is on the way!!!

[mkm17b]

Love all of these suggestions! Students in my courses have expressed concern that the Canvas gradebook shows just one assignment deadline when in fact there are two (e.g., I have students post to the discussion board Thursdays and reply to two peers by Sunday). Hope I "voted" correctly in favor of adding multiple due dates/checkpoints for discussion boards (which I did by clicking 5 stars on this idea). 🙂

[dbesch]

Give us this feature please

[eprendergas2]

This needs to be a feature. Like many others who have commented, I have an assignment that requires an initial post and a reply. Students in my course right now sometimes forget to submit their reply because they only get a notification about the due date for the first post. And that's the only due date that shows up in the Course Summary. 

[dspiel]

This should be a no brainer...