A function that I would love to see happen is for the derivatives to tie into the master a bit deeper. Right now you can duplicate agendas from the master to the derivative. I would love to see that extended to the scheduling tab found in the editor. Currently, if my derivatives have different due dates for an assignment, I need to go to each individual course and change the due date by editing the assignment independently from the master or using the scheduling tab in the editor. This can get tedious when you're doing this for more than one assignment and for 6-7 different derivatives.
I would like to see the scheduling tab have a drop-down to either directly switch to that tab in the derivative or to simply see all derivatives at the same time on the same calendar.
I know this probably isn't a priority, but having to click SO many buttons just to change due dates between courses is tedious for those of us who are savvy with echo, and downright intimidating for those who aren't.
As a fellow Buzz user, this post caught my eye (I've had different but related questions/considerations in the past).
If you want the scheduler & due dates to be the same for all the derivative copies of the master, have you considered putting all the students in the same single copy of the course, instead of having multiple siblings with a master? You could then utilize groups to view specific groups of students in the gradebook, and differentiate assignment visibility and due dates as needed.
I have done something similar to that in the past, however my school has uniformed on each derivative being a different class period. So unfortunately that's not an option for me anymore, and I know of other schools that are in the same boat.
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Hi Stephane -
As a fellow Buzz user, this post caught my eye (I've had different but related questions/considerations in the past).
If you want the scheduler & due dates to be the same for all the derivative copies of the master, have you considered putting all the students in the same single copy of the course, instead of having multiple siblings with a master? You could then utilize groups to view specific groups of students in the gradebook, and differentiate assignment visibility and due dates as needed.
I have done something similar to that in the past, however my school has uniformed on each derivative being a different class period. So unfortunately that's not an option for me anymore, and I know of other schools that are in the same boat.