{"id":18596,"date":"2022-08-21T15:52:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T20:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=18596"},"modified":"2022-08-21T15:52:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T20:52:48","slug":"brightspace-tip-341-due-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-341-due-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #341: Due Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Use due dates in Brightspace to help students stay on track. Students will see due dates when they look at entries in the course calendar and in the <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-340-is-your-course-pulse-friendly\/\">Pulse App<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Due dates and availability dates are generally entered when the instructor creates assignments, assessments, discussion topics and forums, etc. The dates automatically populate into the course calendar.<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/due-today.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14738\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-112-due-dates\/due-today\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/due-today.png?fit=1376%2C1029&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1376,1029\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"due-today\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/due-today.png?fit=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/due-today.png?fit=625%2C467&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/due-today.png?resize=625%2C467\" alt=\"calendar with due today circled on Thursday the 9th\" width=\"625\" height=\"467\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14738\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Instructors can use the <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-251-manage-dates\/\">Manage Dates tool<\/a> to view, edit in bulk, and bulk offset date availability from one central location. You can also set the calendar status of all content topics and modules, discussion topics and forums, assignment submissions folders, grades categories and items, announcement items, quizzes, checklists, and surveys in their course in the Manage Dates tool.<\/p>\n<h2>Follow these steps to do it.<\/h2>\n<p>To add availability and due dates in Content:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Get into the course you want to add availability and due dates to course objects.<\/li>\n<li>On the NavBar (of the course you want to change dates in), click <strong>Content<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>On the <strong>Table of Contents<\/strong> page, click <strong>Bulk Edit<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>For any topic or module that you want to add availability or due dates to, click <strong>Add dates and restrictions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Do any of the following:\n<ul>\n<li>Click <strong>Add start date<\/strong>. Enter your start date details.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Add due date<\/strong>. Enter your due date details.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Add end date<\/strong>. Enter your end date details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Update<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Done Editing<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Want More Information?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.brightspace.com\/EN\/le\/content\/instructor\/add_availability_due_dates.htm\">Add availability and due dates in Content<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/its\/knowledge-base\/setting-dates-in-discussions-quizzes-and-assignments\/\">Setting Dates in Discussions, Quizzes, and Assignments<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-251-manage-dates\/\">Manage Dates<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-340-is-your-course-pulse-friendly\/\">Pulse App<\/a><\/p>\n<p>View all the <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?s=Brightspace+%2Brecap\">Brightspace training recaps<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/catwiki.xula.edu\/Brightspace:_Instructors_Quick_Start_Tutorial\">Instructors Quick Start Tutorial<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/community.brightspace.com\/s\/article\/All-Release-Notes\">Continuous Delivery release notes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/catwiki.xula.edu\/index.php\/Brightspace_Known_Issues\">Brightspace Known Issues<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-2-sandbox-courses\/\">Request a sandbox course<\/a><br \/>\nSign-up for <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/events\/\">Brightspace training sessions<\/a><br \/>\nYou can find <a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.brightspace.com\/EN\/-\/-\/-\/welcome_page.htm\">Brightspace help<\/a> at D2L's website.<br \/>\nJoin the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.brightspace.com\/\">Brightspace Community<\/a>.<br \/>\nTry these <a title=\"Brightspace How-to\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-documents\/\">Brightspace How-To documents<\/a>.<br \/>\nVisit our <a title=\"Brightspace FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-faq\/\">Brightspace FAQs<\/a> for additional Brightspace information<br \/>\nor <a title=\"Schedule 1-on-1\" href=\"http:\/\/jflorent.youcanbook.me\/\">schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, <a title=\"Send email\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a>, or <br \/>call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: Are you doing something innovative in Brightspace or perhaps you've discovered a handy tip? Share how you are using Brightspace in your teaching and learning in <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-189-educator-share-showcase\/\">The Orange Room<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><small>Image credit: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/due-today.png\">due today<\/a>\u201d by jflorent is dedicated to public domain under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">CC0<\/a>\u00a0and is a derivative of <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/calendar-date-time-month-week-660670\/\">calendar<\/a> by\u00a0tigerlily713\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/service\/license\/\">Pixabay<\/a><\/small>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use due dates in Brightspace to help students stay on track. Students will see due dates when they look at entries in the course calendar and in the Pulse App. Due dates and availability dates are generally entered when the instructor creates assignments, assessments, discussion topics and forums, etc. The dates automatically populate into the <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-341-due-dates\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Brightspace Tip #341: Due Dates\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[403],"tags":[402,99,450],"class_list":{"0":"post-18596","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-brightspace","7":"tag-brightspace","8":"tag-date-management","9":"tag-due-dates","10":"h-entry","11":"hentry","12":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-4PW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13979,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-112-due-dates\/","url_meta":{"origin":18596,"position":0},"title":"Brightspace Tip #112: Due Dates","author":"Janice Florent","date":"July 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Use due dates in Brightspace to help students stay on track. 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