In structuring a Blackboard course, Due Dates and Visibility Dates are a key part of ensuring proper deployment and notification to students. The Date Management tool allows course instructors to view and alter these dates in a centralized area.
If Date Management has been run previously, you will see the results of the last run and the time stamp.
If running for the first time, you will see a menu with the three shown options. Select List All Dates For Review.
Once it has completed, you will be able to click Next to go to the next screen, which lists all the items and their current dates.
This page lists any items which have dates associated with them, as well as the classification of the item, and what the date(s) currently are.
To modify one date, click the pencil icon to the right of that item and set a new date and time for that item to either start or end visibility, then click the green checkbox to save, after which you will see a dialog box indicating that the update was successful.
By default, the items are sorted by their name, but you can sort based on the other headers, such as Due, Starts, and Ends, or filter in reverse order.
The changes you make are reflected immediately. It's important to note that Date Management cannot be used to remove structural components nor add or edit them, only to modify the date and time associated with that component's visibility setting, or indication of being due.