When to Use?
The Due Dates feature allows you to remind students about upcoming coursework. Any Due Dates that you set for coursework will appear on your and your student's Blackboard Calendar. Due Dates can be set for the following content items in Ultra courses:
- Tests
- Assignments
- Discussions
- Journals
- SCORM
These content items do not appear in Due Dates for Ultra courses:
Procedure
By default, Due Dates for assignments and tests are pre-populated with the next day’s date but can be adjusted for any future time and date. To adjust the Due Date, click on the calendar or clock icon located in the date and time fields and adjust as needed.
For Discussions and Journals, the item needs to count for a grade for a Due Date to be assigned. Grading for the item can be enabled within the item’s settings.
To remove a Due Date, navigate into the item’s settings, click in the date field, and backspace until the date has been deleted. Blackboard will automatically remove the time, too.
NOTE: Be sure to click Save at the bottom of the settings panel to save any new changes.
No Due Date Assessment Option
To make the option for not having a due date more evident, Anthology added a "No due date" option for Tests and Assignments. To enable no dates for an assessment, check the No Due Date box option below the date picker.
There may be cases when the “No due date” selection conflicts with the Assessment Results settings. When this occurs, the instructor is prompted to review the settings.
