How To Extend Activation & Expiration Dates

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1 How To Extend Activation & Expiration Dates Instructors sometimes need to give students additional time to complete Assignments, Forums and Tests. This can be done for an entire class or for selected students only. If the situation warrants changing all items with the same date, the SpeedDater option can be used. Expiration Date for Assignments Click the Assignments tab. Scroll to the Assignment you want to update. Click the gray gear icon for that Assignment, then click Modify assignment. This opens the EDITING ASSIGNMENT page. To extend the Expiration date for the whole class, change the date/time for the Expiration date (optional): option. If you have set a Due on / calendar date you should update that to the new date. To extend the Expiration date for selected users only, click on the Expiration date for selected users: link. This opens a drop down list of all the students in the course. Click the checkbox to the left of the name of the student(s) you want to extend the Expiration date for, and enter or select the new Expiration date/time in the To box. How To Extend Activation and Expiration Dates Page 1 of 5

2 Activation/Expiration Dates for Tests Click the Tests tab. Scroll to the Exam/Quiz you want to update. Click the Edit button. This opens the Edit this Exam frame in the bottom half of the screen. To extend the Activation and/or Expiration date for the whole class, change the date/time for the Activation date: and/or Expiration date (optional): option. If you have set a Takes place on / calendar date and extend the Expiration date, you should update the calendar date to the new date. To extend the Activation and/or Expiration date for selected users only, click on the Activation and Expiration date for selected users: link. This opens a drop down list of all the students in the course. Click the checkbox to the left of the name of the student(s) you want to extend the Activation and/or Expiration date for, and enter or select the new Activation date/time in the From box, and/or enter or select the new Expiration date/time in the To box. How To Extend Activation and Expiration Dates Page 2 of 5

3 Activation/Close Forum Dates Click the Forum tab. Scroll to the Forum you want to update. Click the Edit button. This opens the Edit this Forum frame in the bottom half of the screen. To extend the Activation and/or Close Forum date for the whole class, change the date/time for the Activation Date: and/or Close Forum Date: option. If you have set a Due on / calendar date and extend the Close Forum date, you should update the calendar date to the new date. Note: There is no option to extend the Activation and/or Close Forum dates for selected students. How To Extend Activation and Expiration Dates Page 3 of 5

4 Use SpeedDater to change all Selected Date to Revised Date Click on the About tab, and then the Edit Course Data button to access the SpeedDater. Click on the SpeedDater button to open the SpeedDater frame in the bottom half of the screen: By default, all items in the course are Selected. In the example above, all but the first two Assignments were manually unchecked/de-selected. To view what other items are selected, click on each tab (Course, Forums, Materials, etc.). For example, you might not want to change Course activation/deactivation dates, so you could de-select those. In our Scenario of changing all items with the same date to a new date we could leave the other items checked. You might especially want to leave the Timeline session dates selected because if you extend the date on Assignments, Forums and Exams that students access from the Timeline, and use Deactivation dates on the Timeline, you would need them to be the same as extended dates in the items. How To Extend Activation and Expiration Dates Page 4 of 5

5 The next step is to enter the date you want to change in the Selected Date box. Then click in the Revised Date box to open the Calendar. The Selected date is highlighted in yellow on the Calendar. Click on the Date you want to change the selected date to. It will then appear in the Revised Date box. To automatically change the Selected Date in all checked/selected items in the course to the Revised Date, click the Shift Date button. Important: this will change all dates matching the Selected date without regard to whether they are Activation, Expiration/Deactivation, or Calendar dates. Click on each tab to verify that all dates were changed as you intended. If they were not changed as intended, you can click the Undo date button to cancel the changes. How To Extend Activation and Expiration Dates Page 5 of 5