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What is Batch Edit?

Content management is a time-consuming part of course setup and maintenance. Instructors spend valuable time in carefully organizing content and assessments, and release it for students to access at certain times.

You can use Batch Edit to update common settings across all content, such as visibility and due dates. You can also use the tool to delete a group of selected course content. With Batch Edit, you can control content settings in one place and all at once.

 

Access Batch Edit

On the Course Content page, open the three dot menu on the right side above the content list. Select Batch Edit.

Access Batch Edit with the three dot menu at the right side of the items you'd like to edit.

On the Batch Edit page, all content appears just as it does on the Course Content page. Sort the list by item title, due date, show on, hide after, or visibility.

When organizing items by date, the order of items in a learning module may change and differ from the actual order on the course content page. Remember this when making date adjustments for Learning Modules with forced sequencing selected. 

Edit Visibility

You can use Batch Edit to make items hidden or visible to students.

  1. On the Batch Edit  page, select the check box next to the items you want to update. You can choose individual content items, folders, learning modules, or all items.
  2. At the bottom of the window next to Edit selection, open the Options  menu and select Edit Visibility.
  3. Choose to show or hide the content from students and select Save Visibility.
  4. A message appears to confirm your content was updated successfully. Select View Details  to confirm changes.

If you chose 'Hidden from students' or 'Visible to students' , date and time release conditions are removed for all selected items.

Edit Dates

You can use Batch Edit to update due dates and date related release conditions:

  1. On the Batch Edit page, select the checkbox next to the items you want to update. You can choose individual content items, folders, learning modules, or all items.
  2. At the bottom of the window, next to the Edit selection, open the Options menu and select Edit dates.
  3. You have two options to edit dates:
    • Change dates based on course start: Add the previous start date for the course and the new start date. Batch Edit  will calculate the number of days between the two dates and adjust all dates using that number. After you choose the two dates, a message appears to confirm how many days are between them. Example: My course content was reused from the previous semester when the course's start date was August 19, 2019. The course's new start date is January 6, 2020. All dates for the items selected will be adjusted forward 140 days.
    • 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. Example: My course is all set up, but a snowstorm at the start of the semester pushes the academic calendar a few days. All due dates add 4 days.
  4. A message appears to confirm your content was updated successfully. Select View Details to confirm changes.

Only items with dates will be adjusted.

 

Delete items

You can use Batch Edit to delete items from the Course Content page:

  1. On the Batch Edit page, select the checkbox next to the items you want to update. You can choose individual content items, folders, learning modules, or all items.
  2. At the bottom of the window, next to Edit Selection, open the Options menu and select Delete Items.
  3. Select Delete if you're sure you want to permanently delete the selected items.

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

 

Edit content across folders

Batch Edit only lets you edit content within the folder you're currently viewing. You can't choose content within two different folders and update visibility, change dates, or delete at the same time.

Make a selection on the current screen and complete your task before you leave. You can select a mix of items and folders, but you can only edit the items together if they appear on the same screen.

When you navigate into or out of a folder, your previous content selections are cleared.

Supported item types

Items that appear on the Course Content page are supported by Batch Edit:

  • Assignments
  • Course Links
  • Discussions
  • Documents
  • Embedded Cloud Documents
  • Files
  • Folders
  • Journals
  • Learning Modules
  • SCORM packages
  • Teaching tools with LTI connections
  • Tests
  • Web Links

 

 

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.