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Grant Extensions or Accommodations

Give students longer to complete an assignment as an education accommodation or a one-time extension for a student.

Before you begin

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Extend due dates for all students or grant extensions to individual students. You can extend the due dates of multiple activities at the same time. Either set a new date explicitly, or move the dates forward from their original due dates by a number of days.

  1. To open the gradebook, click Progress > Gradebook.
  2. Select individual students or click Name to select all students.
  3. At the bottom of the page, click Actions > Extend Due Dates.
  4. Confirm that the correct students are selected and click Assignments.
  5. Select individual activities or click Select All to select all activities.
  6. Click Due Dates.
    Extending or removing due dates after students have submitted late work will remove any late penalty deductions that were previously applied. This change might take up to 5 minutes to be shown in the gradebook.
  7. Adjust the dates for the selected activities.

    To set a specific due date and time:

    1. Click Select.
    2. Set the Due Date and Due Time.
    3. Click Save Changes.

    To shift the current due dates forward:

    1. Click Shift.
    2. Set Days to the number of days you want to move the current dates forward.
    3. Click Save Changes.

Video: Due date extension for individual student/assignment

Video: Edit due dates for multiple activities & students

You can extend the due date or let students start the assignment early.

  • Students must be enrolled in your class.
  • An available date or due date must be set for the activity.
  1. Next to an activity, click Activity context menu >  Manage activity settings.

    This is sometimes labeled Manage activity title and settings.

    If any students have already started work on the activity, you are warned.

  2. Click Student Accommodations.

    Your enrolled students are listed on the left along with any current accommodations or extensions.

    Accommodations available for the assignment are listed on the right, and can include:

    • Date Available (if an available date is set)
    • Date Due (if a due date is set)
    • Time Limit (if the assignment is timed)
  3. Select the students whose accommodations you want to change.
  4. Extend the due date or make the assignment available early for the selected students.
    • To extend the due date, set the number of extra days or hours under Date Due on the right.
    • To make the assignment available early, set the number of extra days or hours under Date Available on the right.

    The extra days or hours are relative to the original assignment dates.

  5. Optional: To remove an existing accommodation, select Remove Accommodation.
  6. Optional: To apply your changes and set accommodations for other students:
    1. Click Set and Add More Accommodations.
    2. Repeat the previous steps to select new students and accommodations.
  7. When you are finished, click Save All.