Teachers have the ability to set both availability dates (which control when students can access course content) and due dates (which set a requirement for students to finish work) within the Project STEM platform. These settings can be edited individually or in bulk.
Due Dates
The date after which a graded item will be marked as late in the Gradebook.
Students can continue to submit items after the due date unless an availability date is set.
Overdue assignments will automatically be given a status and color-code in your Gradebook. To learn more, see the Grade Statuses section of this page.
Can be set to be different for individual students and for sections of the same course.
If a course has custom grading periods, this date determines which grading period the graded item falls in the Gradebook.
Availability Dates
The dates that a graded item can be accessed by an individual or section of students.
Students will not be able to view the course item outside of these dates.
Allows teachers to lock graded items so that students cannot submit items after a specific date and time.
Allows teachers to lock graded items so that students cannot view items until specific date and time.
Allows teachers to vary the pacing through a course by making different material available to different students (whether individually or in groups or subsections) at different times.
Editing Individual Course Items
1. Select "Modules" on the left-hand side menu of any course page, and click on to the assignment you'd like to edit.
2. Press the "Edit" button on the upper right-hand corner and scroll to the bottom to the "Assign" box to view the "Due", "Available from", and "Until" fields.
3. Set or change the due date or availability date of the item.
4. To add additional dates, click the "+Add" button at the bottom of the box.
5. Click the "Save" button when done.
Please note: you can give one assignment multiple due or availability dates for different students or student groups by clicking the "add" button shown in the videos above. However, you MUST ensure that every assignment is assigned to "Everyone" at some level; if not, the assignment will not appear in your gradebook for those students, and they will no longer be able to access it.
Editing Multiple Course Items
1. Select "Assignments" on the left-hand side menu of any course page.
2. Click the three-dot menu in the upper right corner and select "Edit Assignment Dates."
3. Adjust dates in the grid shown below as needed, then click save.
Please note that your students' account time zones need to match up to the course time zone in order for this function to work with precision. For further information, please see this article on time zones.