Create multiple assignments at once

When viewing a playlist there is an option to select each assignment (practice buddies in this case) and you can click on assign all. Which it does, as one assignment. We should be able to select the assignments we want, assign them all at once with different dates. I like to schedule my assignments ahead of time, and it's such a waste of time to search for and click on the same group over and over, and choose the date over and over. It should default to today's date start and the same date due.