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Extending Assignment Due Date - Override

Learn how to allow a single student to submit an assignment or quiz late

Updated over 7 months ago

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 icon and assignment link called Test Assignment

  2. Click on the More dropdown menu and select Overrides

    Assignment tabs with the More tab selected and the Override option available

  3. Click the Add user override button

    Button labeled Add user override

  4. Click on the dropdown menu in the Search box and select a user

    Dropdown menu showing enrolled students with Charlene Student selected

  5. After you select the student, that student’s name will appear above the Search box

    Charlene Student appears about the search box

  6. Change your assignment dates for that student. Below, the student was given 3 more days to submit the assignment

    Assignment due date

  7. Save and enter another override or just save

    Save button and Save and enter another override button

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

Display of student override information

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