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Question

How do I set due dates for chapters or individual assignments in Vantage?

Solution

Locate your course on your My Courses dashboard and click Assignments.

From you My Courses dashboard, each course will have an Assignments tab.

If you are already in another area of your Vantage course, you can easily get to the Assignments from the top navigation menu.

If you are in another tab of your course, you can use the top navigation menu to access the Assignments tab.

The due dates for a chapter can be set on the right side of the Assignments page. After expanding the chapter's contents, due dates can further be set for assignments within that chapter.

You can click in any "due dates" field to set a due date for a chapter.

Clicking the calendar icon opens an interactive calendar for you to set the due date.

In the Due Dates field, click the calendar icon to open an interactive calendar.

You can navigate by month and year to choose the appropriate date. You can also set the specific hour/minute for that date. The calendar defaults to the current day's date at 11:59 PM.

The calendar allows you to pick a specific date and set an end time, such as 11:59PM, for your due date.

Once you set the due date, click OK to save the change. You can also Cancel without saving or use Clear to remove any date that is already set.

When you set the due date at the chapter level, all content within that chapter receives the same due date. It is possible to edit the due dates for the assignments separately from the chapter's due date.

The due date you set for a chapter cascades to all assignments within the chapter. You can also set due dates for each assignment that are different from the chapter-level due date. In this example image, due dates for some assignments have been set earlier than the due date for the chapter content.

When assignments within a chapter have a different due date than the chapter itself, the due date field for that chapter will have a red asterisk.

If you have assignments with a different due date than the chapter due date, the chapter Due Date field will have a red asterisk at the top right corner.

Once you have set a due date for the chapter or assignments within it, if you make further changes to the due date, a pop-up warning appears. This message tells you that the new date conflicts with the date(s) already set for the chapter. Changing the due date will change it for all content within that chapter. Click Change to proceed or Cancel to exit without saving.

If you change the due date for a chapter, you will see a pop-up warning message. This message explains that changing the due date will change it for everything within that chapter. You have the option to continue with the new due date or cancelling.

The due date you set will be clearly noted for your students in their dashboard and on the assignment page itself.

Once a due date is assigned to a chapter/assignment, that due date displays with the assignment to help students stay on schedule with their work. On their course overview page, the due date appears to the right of the assignment's title.

Once a due date is assigned to a chapter/assignment, that due date displays with the assignment to help students stay on schedule with their work. On the assignment in Vantage, the due date appears on the lower right before they begin.