Change Available and View Until Dates for an Assignment

When scheduling an assignment, the Available and View Until dates are set by default to the start and end of the course. If needed, you can change either of these dates or the rule on which each date is based.

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  1. Click calendar icon beside either Available or View Until.

  2. Click a date in the displayed calendar.

    two month calendar with controls to change months
    • The current Available or View Until date is highlighted in blue.
    • The assignment Due date is highlighted in dark gray.
    • Today's date is highlighted in light gray.

    If needed, click the arrows at the top of the calendar to see the next or previous month.

    The date is changed and a rule for the date is displayed.

    If you have already set the assignment Due date, the Available and View Until rules are based on the number of days before or after the assignment is due. Otherwise, these rules are based on the start or end of the course.

  3. Edit the Available or View Until rule.

    You can:

    • Change the number of units.
    • Change the unit of time — minutes, hours, days, or weeks.
    • Change the event on which the rule is based.Depending on how the assignment Due date is calculated, rule events include: Available View Until after start of course before assignment is due after previous class ends before class meeting starts after class meeting starts before end of course after assignment is due before next class starts before class meeting ends after class meeting ends Available and View Until rules can be set relative to class meetings only if the Due date is also set relative to a class meeting.
    • Type a time for the rule.You can type a time only if the rule is calculated as either days or weeks relative to the assignment due date, the start of the course, or the end of the course.

    Two examples of Available and View Until rules follow.

    Available

    3

    weeks

    before assignment is due

    at 8:30 AM

    View Until

    2

    days

    before end of course

    at 11:59 PM

    Available

    60

    minutes

    after Friday's class starts

    View Until

    0

    minutes

    before next class starts