• When you create assignment, quizzes, discussions, set up the due date, so the date will show up in the course calendar. 
  • If you copy your course from last year, and you want to bulk edit the dates. Click on My Tools--Manage Dates
  • Use filter to find the tool, such as bulk edit quizzes. 
  • Select Bulk Edit Dates or Bulk Offset Dates. See below for a tutorial.

Manage course events with the Calendar tool

Use the Calendar tool to arrange and visualize course events in multiple views and enable integration of course content and your Calendar. You can use iCal to synchronize the Calendar tool to your personal calendars (such as Outlook and Google Calendar, as well as iPhone and Android).

HideTo navigate the Calendar tool

An overview of the Calendar user interface

1) Use the calendar views area to toggle between different event display layouts. Use the Agenda view to group your course events by Date, Course, or Category - events display in chronological order, and all-day events display at the top of each grouped listing. Use the Day, Week, and Month views to group your events in daily, weekly, or monthly increments. Use the List view to filter your events by Assignments, Checklists, Discussions, Grades, Materials, Modules, Quizzes, and Surveys.

2) Use the calendar content area to navigate through your content. Navigation will vary depending on the view you select.

3) Use the calendar menu to select multiple calendars to display, change the color scheme associated with individual calendars, and add new calendars.

4) Use the mini calendar to navigate quickly to a specific day, week, or month.

5) Use the task pane to create, track, and maintain personal tasks.

 
 
 
 

Import a calendar from your computer into the Calendar tool

You can add new events and update existing events by importing them from an external iCal file into your Calendar.

  1. Click calendar_icon Calendar.
  2. From the calendar menu, click the course you want your events to be grouped under.
  3. Click Import Events.
  4. To search for the iCal file containing your events, on the Import Events page, click Browse. If you want to import the events into a specific group or section, in the Attendees drop-down list, select the group or section.
  5. Click Open > Import.

Offset Dates in Manage 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. Click Manage Dates from the MyTools menu.
  2. Select the check box by any item for which you want to offset dates.
  3. Click Bulk Offset Dates.
  4. In the Bulk Offset Dates dialog box, enter your offset details.
  5. Click Save.