Publish Date Recorded?
To avoid receiving warning messages about not posting an announcement, the university requires all instructors to consciously change the Start Date to the appropriate date.
A more effective and efficient approach would be to monitor the Publish Date along with the Start Date, or provide a Posting Date which is the later of the two other dates.
My question is, does Brightspace save the Publish Date and how can my organization access it?
Answers
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Hi @William.J.146 !
There is a dataset in Data Hub called Announcements with the following fields captured:
Here is a link to an article that provides more information about this Dataset:
I am running a test and will have the results tomorrow to see if the Publish Date is in the report and if so, which field it is comprised within. I will provide additional information once the dataset has been generated.
Janet
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@William.J.146
The test shows the following dates are reported in the Announcements Dataset:
3 - Last Modified Date - Date the announcement is Published - would also include any Updates/Changes made after initial Publish
4 - Created Date - Date the announcement is first savedHope that helps!
Janet
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Thank you Janet,
It helps to confirm that the answer is no, a Publish Date is not recorded. My university could in theory monitor the isDraft bit during the Monday an announcement needs to be posted but an easier code would be a Publish Date.
