Updates to Calendar on March 18

With the update to 10.5.7 on March 18th, the Calendar tool will see several improvements.

No Multiple Events in Course Schedule

Previously, when you added a date to a dropbox folder, such as a due date, start date, or end date, an associated calendar event may have appeared in the course schedule multiple times.

Now, when you add a date to a dropbox folder, only one associated calendar event appears in the course schedule.

To reproduce this fix:
1. In a course, go to Content.
2. Click New > New Dropbox.
3. Enter a title and click Publish.
4. On the Activity Details tab, click Add dates and restrictions....
5. Click Add due date and enter a date.
6. Click Update.
7. Navigate to the course schedule and observe that there is only one calendar event for the due date you added in step #5.

Linked Module Descriptions Display Only Once in Calendar Events

In some cases, when a calendar event was linked to a content module or other tool item, the description of the module appeared twice.

Now, when a calendar event is linked to a content module or other tool item, the description of the module only appears once in Calendar, as expected.

To reproduce this fix:

1. Add a description to a content module.

2. Create a new calendar event and link it to the module.

3. Observe that the description only appears once in the calendar event.

Keyboard Navigation in Mini Calendar

In some cases, the mini-calendar in the sidebar of the Calendar tool did not respond to keyboard navigation as expected. The mini-calendar was not included in the tab key order, causing usability issues. If you successfully selected the mini-calendar, moving between days in the mini-calendar using keyboard navigation did not progress as expected.

Now, the mini-calendar in the Calendar tool better responds to keyboard navigation and usability is improved.

To reproduce this fix:

4. In Calendar, press Tab on your keyboard to shift the focus in the tool.

5. Observe that the mini-calendar receives the focus at the expected point in the tab key order cycle.

6. With the focus on the mini-calendar, press Tab on your keyboard to shift the focus to the next day in the calendar.

7. Observe that the focus shifts to the expected date.

(If you are in Day view, pressing Enter after shifting the focus changes the Day view to that date.)

Overdue assignments list added to the Course Schedule view

The Upcoming Events tab in Content has been renamed to Course Schedule. A new Overdue tab now appears in the Course Schedule view.

The Overdue tab only appears in the Course Schedule area when course activities are past the due date

Students can view a list of overdue assignments in the new Overdue tab in the Course Schedule view of the Content tool. Course activities that have a due date appear automatically in the Overdue list as soon as the due date passes. Only activities with an end date later than the due date (or no end date) appear in the list, to ensure that learners have time to complete the overdue activities. 

Learners can access an overdue activity directly from the list to complete it. Once the activity has been completed, it disappears from the list, and when all overdue items are completed, the Overdue tab disappears from the Course Schedule view.

The Overdue tab conveniently lists all overdue course tasks in one place so learners can more easily manage their time and workload. Overdue activities are sorted by most to least overdue.

Upcoming Events view renamed to Course Schedule view

The Upcoming Events view in Content has been renamed to Course Schedule.

You can click on the Course Schedule menu item to show any important dates in the course.