There are a few ways to add due dates to your assignments:

• Add just due dates to each assignment
• Add due dates and availability dates

Due Dates: These will show up on the student's Perceivant Calander. They will also determine what shows up on the student's to-do list. If the grade book is set up with a Late Policy, the due date will trigger the default grade for missing assignments and will be used to determine any partial credit allowed for late work.

Availability Dates: These only show up for the student under the assignment name. They do not show on the calendar. Availability From determines when an assignment become enabled for a student to access it. Available Until determines when an assignment is no longer available for the student to complete. Generally, Availability Dates should only be added if you want to restrict students from accessing certain assignments. If a grading policy has been set-up in the grade book, it's often best practice to NOT use an Available Until date because it allows the student to access an assignment for study without giving them credit.

Add Just Due Dates to Each Assignment

Inside your course, click on the Assignments link on the course navigation menu on the left side of the screen.

Choose Assignment to Edit

On the right of the assignment, click on the three dots icon, then select Edit.

Edit Assignment Due Date

In the Edit Assignment pop-up, type the due date or select the date from the calendar widget. Enter the time you would like the assignment completed by. If you do not add a specific Time, the default time is set to 11:59pm of the date you selected. 

Click Save.

Add Due Dates and Availability Dates

Inside your course, click on the Assignments link on the course navigation menu on the left side of the screen.

Choose Assignment

On the right of the assignment, click on the three dots icon, then select Edit.

More Options

On the Edit Assignment pop-up, click More Options.

Edit Assignment

On the assignment's editing page, scroll down to the Assign section. For each date that you would like to set, click on the calendar icon. Select the date and enter the time you would like applied. You can leave the time blank if you would like the default times applied. For Due Dates and Until dates, the default time is 11:59pm. For Available From dates, the default time is 12:00am on the selected date.  All times are in the time zone set on the course.

Click Save.