Again, Can't Remove Nicknames from Old Courses

[SterlingF]

Same issue as found here: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Question-Forum/Removing-Nicknames-From-Old-Courses/m-p/513...

That issue was erroneously marked "solved." The "solution" is to change the dates of the course...but if the term is ended, you still cannot do it. 

We need a real solution to this issue, but Canvas devs seem uninterested in repairing this. 

[Jeff_F]

Hello @SterlingF - until such time as a new approach for managing nicknames is created I'd like to suggest setting a reminder to remove or edit the nickname from courses near term end.

Another approach I've suggested is to have a 'sandbox' course for each course taught and use that as a repository for learning objects, assignments, etc. that I may wish to reuse. That way everything is in one place and I would not need to create an index of prior courses using course nicknames.

[SterlingF]

I have set a reminder indeed! I just have these old courses with nicknames from before I knew about this. Now when I go to copy a material to a course, if start to type in the searchbox, the old ones pop up. 😞