Batch Edit Content Settings

When to Use?

You can use Batch Edit to update common settings across all content. This is helpful as you can make items available all at once. It also allows you to change dates for assignments and other content for the next semester. Follow the instructions below or view the video to learn more.

Procedure

1. To get started, from the course content page, open the menu on the right side above the content list and select Batch Edit.

2. Your content appears just as it does on the Course Content page.

3. Select the checkbox next to the module, folder or items you want to update. You can select a maximum of 100 items at once. Items with long names are truncated.

4. At the bottom-right of the window, the following options are listed Edit dates, Edit visibility or Delete items.

Edit Dates

You can use Batch Edit to adjust due dates on items. Only items with dates will be adjusted. Select Edit dates at the bottom of the page.

You have four options for editing dates:

• Change dates by number of days
• Change dates based on course start
• Change to specific date and/or time
• Change individual item date

Select Edit Dates to confirm that you want to edit the dates for the items, or Cancel to return to the page.

Change dates by number of days

Enter a number in the Shift dates forward or Shift dates backward fields. All dates for the items selected will be adjusted forward or backward based on the field and number you choose.

For example: A snowstorm at the start of the semester pushes the academic calendar by a few days. You can use Batch Edit to add 4 days to all due dates.

Change dates based on course start

This option adjusts all the assignment dates based upon when the course started. All dates are moved forward by the number of days between the original start date and the new start date you selected. If you upload a previously created course into a new one, you can adjust all the dates in the new course to match the same cadence that the previously created course had.

For example: You reuse content from the previous semester when your course's start date was August 19, 2019. Your course's new start date is January 6, 2020. All dates for the selected items are adjusted forward 140 days.

Change to specific date and/or time

You can choose to change the specific time of day for a submission. 

For example: You've set the due date time to 8:00 PM and you've decided that you want to give students more time. You can use Batch Edit to change all the due date times to 11:59 PM. 

Change individual item date

If you want to change only one item's date in Batch Edit, select the calendar icon beside the item. You can now adjust the due date. You can also delete the item's due date by selecting the trash icon beside the due date. 

Edit Visibility  

You can use Batch Edit to make items hidden or visible to students. Select Edit visibility. Choose to make items hidden or visible to students. Previous visibility settings for the items are overwritten. Date and time release conditions are removed for all selected items.

Select Save Visibility to confirm that you want to change the visibility settings for the selected items, or Cancel to return to the page.

Delete Items

You can use Batch Edit to delete items from the Course Content page. Select Delete items.

Select Delete to confirm that you want to delete the items, or Cancel to return to the page.

Deleted items can't be restored unless you have an archive file or export of the course with the items you deleted.

Watch a Video About Batch Editing

The following narrated video provides a visual and auditory representation of some of the information included on this page. For a detailed description of what is portrayed in the video, open the video on YouTube, navigate to More actions, and select Open transcript.

Video: Batch edit explains how to batch edit content settings.