How can I change the visibility status of an item from 'Hidden. Conditions are inactive' to 'Visi...

Peter.Klabe97

How can I change the visibility status of an item from 'Hidden. Conditions are inactive' to 'Visible if conditions met'?
 

It seems the only way to achieve the 'Visible if conditions met' state is to 

1. Make whatever it is you want globally visible

2. Quickly add start dates in the Manage Dates screen or whatever condition it is you want.

3. Hope that no one noticed whatever it was was you were trying to hide but set a release condition for was actually visible for this short period of time.

 

This applies to Content.

 

If you add conditions such as a start date while objects are hidden, they end up stuck in the 'Hidden. Conditions are inactive' state. At this point, if you try to make something visible by using the on/off toggle on the object's page, it warns you 'Click "Clear Dates" to remove the date restrictions'.

 

I don't want to clear dates. I just want the conditions to be active.

 

There are several "states" of visibility to objects, at least 4. Visible, Hidden, Hidden with inactive conditions, Visible if conditions are active. The visibility toggle switch needs to be replaced with something that allows instructors fine-grain control, not a binary on/off.

 

It seems that multiple states are respected on Gradebook items. You can still "Make visible to users" but there is a stopwatch icon which persists, "Available on <date>".