{"id":7461,"date":"2021-08-09T01:12:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T06:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/?p=7461"},"modified":"2021-08-09T13:22:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T18:22:55","slug":"shifting-dates-between-semesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/2021\/08\/09\/shifting-dates-between-semesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Shifting dates between semesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you import a course from one semester to another, you may see the option to &#8220;shift dates.&#8221;\u00a0 What this does is that it can pick the beginning of one semester and change it to the beginning of another semester, and shifts all your due dates accordingly. It can save you a lot of time in getting a new course ready.<\/p>\n<p>However, please note that you still want to check the dates to make sure everything is aligned with what you need.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, to take advantage of this feature, you may need to request a blank course first and import the content later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-09-at-1.15.40-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9002 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-09-at-1.15.40-PM-1024x452.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-09-at-1.15.40-PM-980x433.png 980w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-09-at-1.15.40-PM-480x212.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you teach on a schedule that is different from a past one, you can also substitute days of the week, by clicking on this button<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-09-at-1.15.56-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9003\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-09-at-1.15.56-PM.png\" alt=\"button showing +substitution\" width=\"160\" height=\"51\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can then substitute the days of the week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-09-at-1.16.13-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9004 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-09-at-1.16.13-PM.png\" alt=\"screen showing substitution of mondays to tuesdays, and Wednesday and Fridays to Thursdays\" width=\"1504\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-09-at-1.16.13-PM.png 1504w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-09-at-1.16.13-PM-1280x545.png 1280w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-09-at-1.16.13-PM-980x417.png 980w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-09-at-1.16.13-PM-480x204.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1504px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Substituting Wednesday and Fridays to Thursdays may not be what you need, but at least you move all the days to the current year. After this initial move, you can then go to the course calendar to adjust events to their appropriate days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you import a course from one semester to another, you may see the option to &#8220;shift dates.&#8221;\u00a0 What this does is that it can pick the beginning of one semester and change it to the beginning of another semester, and shifts all your due dates accordingly. 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