How to set Start, Due, and End Dates in Brightspace/D2L

Educators control some features of their FlatWorld Homework assignments inside our systems, but if you do not choose to use the "Limit Student Access" settings in stage 1 of assignment creation, then the start, due, and end dates will be set inside Brightspace itself. These instructions are for setting due dates in Brightspace itself.

Note: If you instead wish to use the date settings in FlatWorld Homework, you should select "Limit Student Access" then choose the settings and dates you want as described in the "Step 1 - Settings" section of the How to create an Assignment in FlatWorld Homework (Instructor) article. If you limit student access using the FlatWorld settings, we recommend setting the Brightspace settings so that there is no due date and attempts are unlimited.

There are two ways to get to the date settings in Brightspace:

1. Visit Content > Assignments

2. To edit dates directly from the Assignments list, click the menu button next to the desired Assignment

3. Select Edit Properties In-place

4. Click Add dates and restrictions…

Alternatively, if you are already viewing the page for a specific Assignment (i.e. did not follow steps 1-3) then the Add dates and restrictions… link is in the Activity Details section at the bottom of the page:

5. Click Add start date…, Add due date…, and/or Add end date… to set the desired date(s)

Due dates vs. End dates

Due dates only display the due date/time to students; if you set a Due date, students can still submit to the folder after the date passes. End dates close access to the Submission folder.

Educators typically use Due dates to identify the deadline for an assignment inside Brightspace. If a student submits to the folder past the Due date, their submission will show the amount of time the submission is "late by."

See this teaching guide (unofficial documentation) for more information.