before i get in a deeper hole

Management/Features/Configuration/CoursePlanner.cs

@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ public class CoursePlanner
     StateHasChanged?.Invoke();
 
     var (canvasAssignments, canvasModules, canvasModuleItems) = await LoadCanvasData();
+    LoadingCanvasData = true;
+    StateHasChanged?.Invoke();
     LocalCourse = LocalCourse.deleteCanvasIdsThatNoLongerExist(canvasModules, canvasAssignments);
 
     var canvasId =
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ public class CoursePlanner
 
     LocalCourse = await LocalCourse.SyncModulesWithCanvasData(canvasId, CanvasModules, canvas);
 
-    await LocalCourse.SyncAssignmentsWithCanvas(canvasId, CanvasAssignments, canvas);
+    LocalCourse = await LocalCourse.SyncAssignmentsWithCanvas(canvasId, CanvasAssignments, canvas);
     CanvasAssignments = await canvas.Assignments.GetAll(canvasId);
 
     await syncModuleItemsWithCanvas(canvasId);

Management/Features/Configuration/CoursePlannerSyncronizationExtensions.cs

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public static class CoursePlannerSyncronizationExtensions
 
     var canvasHtmlDescription = canvasAssignment.Description;
     canvasHtmlDescription = Regex.Replace(canvasHtmlDescription, "<script.*script>", "");
-    canvasHtmlDescription = Regex.Replace(canvasHtmlDescription, "<link .*\">", "");
+    canvasHtmlDescription = Regex.Replace(canvasHtmlDescription, "<link\\s+rel=\"[^\"]*\"\\s+href=\"[^\"]*\"[^>]*>", "");
 
     var dueDatesSame = canvasAssignment.DueAt == localAssignment.due_at;
     var descriptionSame = canvasHtmlDescription == localHtmlDescription;
@@ -131,11 +131,21 @@ public static class CoursePlannerSyncronizationExtensions
 
       if (!descriptionSame)
       {
+        Console.WriteLine();
         Console.WriteLine($"descriptions different for {localAssignment.name}");
+        Console.WriteLine();
+
         Console.WriteLine("Local Description:");
         Console.WriteLine(localHtmlDescription);
+        Console.WriteLine();
         Console.WriteLine("Canvas Description: ");
         Console.WriteLine(canvasHtmlDescription);
+        Console.WriteLine();
+        Console.WriteLine("Canvas Raw Description: ");
+        Console.WriteLine(canvasAssignment.Description);
+        Console.WriteLine();
+        
+
       }
 
       if (!nameSame)

Management/Features/Configuration/CoursePlannerValidationExtensions.cs

@@ -8,17 +8,33 @@ public static class CoursePlannerExtensions
 {
   public static LocalCourse GeneralCourseCleanup(this LocalCourse incomingCourse)
   {
-    var modulesWithUniqueAssignments = incomingCourse.Modules.Select(
+    var cleanModules = incomingCourse.Modules.Select(
       module =>
         module with
         {
-          Assignments = module.Assignments.OrderBy(a => a.due_at).DistinctBy(a => a.id)
+          Assignments = module.Assignments
+            .OrderBy(a => a.due_at)
+            .DistinctBy(a => a.id)
+            .Select(a => a.validateSubmissionTypes())
         }
     );
 
+    var cleanStartDay = new DateTime(
+      incomingCourse.StartDate.Year,
+      incomingCourse.StartDate.Month,
+      incomingCourse.StartDate.Day
+    );
+    var cleanEndDay = new DateTime(
+      incomingCourse.EndDate.Year,
+      incomingCourse.EndDate.Month,
+      incomingCourse.EndDate.Day
+    );
+
     return incomingCourse with
     {
-      Modules = modulesWithUniqueAssignments
+      Modules = cleanModules,
+      StartDate = cleanStartDay,
+      EndDate = cleanEndDay,
     };
   }
 
@@ -80,4 +96,17 @@ public static class CoursePlannerExtensions
     }
     return assignment;
   }
+
+  public static LocalAssignment validateSubmissionTypes(this LocalAssignment assignment)
+  {
+    var containsDiscussion =
+      assignment.submission_types.FirstOrDefault(t => t == SubmissionType.discussion_topic) != null;
+
+    if (containsDiscussion)
+      return assignment with
+      {
+        submission_types = new string[] { SubmissionType.discussion_topic }
+      };
+    return assignment;
+  }
 }

Management/Services/Canvas/CanvasAssignmentService.cs

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class CanvasAssignmentService
     {
       name = localAssignment.name,
       submission_types = localAssignment.submission_types.Select(t => t.ToString()),
-      description = localAssignment.description ?? "",
+      description = htmlDescription,
       due_at = localAssignment.due_at,
       lock_at = localAssignment.lock_at,
       points_possible = localAssignment.points_possible