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Extending Assignment Due Date - Override

Learn how to extend a due date for an existing assignment.

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to provide step-by-step instructions on how to extend an assignment due date for a single or a few students.

Procedures

  1. Click on the assignment title on your course page.

    Assignment activity as displayed on course page.

  2. Click on the More dropdown menu and select Overrides.

    Tab labeled More with menu options including Overrides.

  3. Choose either a single user override or a group override and click the Add user override button.

    Add user override button with override menu highlighting user overrides.

  4. Click on the dropdown menu in the Search box and select a user. The user will appear in gray above the search box.

    User Abbie Student appearing above the search box.

  5. Change your assignment dates for that student. Below, the student was given a few extra days and the cut-off date extends an additional day for good measure.

    Abbie student assignment due dates.

  6. Save and enter another override or just save.

    Save button and Save and enter another override button.

  7. The student and the override dates will display after saving.

Display of student due dates.

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