Could you set up Discussions in the same way as Assignments with the ability to have an "end date"

Caroline.P.196

I would like for my students to be able to contribute to a Discussion AFTER the due date. Assignments allow me the ability to set it up so that students can submit their assignment it it shows me that they submitted it LATE. Could we leave Discussions open (not have an END DATE) so that students could submit responses but it would show up as LATE?

Sreelakshmi.N.546

Hi Caroline,

Thank you for reaching us through community!

Yes, you can create Discussion topic with or without end date or have only due date. You can refer to the below community article that provide details on how you can create discussion forums and topics

https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/3454-create-discussion-forums-and-topics

Thanks,

Sreelakshmi

Caroline.P.196

Thank you Sreelakshmi.

I looked through the articles you linked to and then I looked at my D2L classes and I do not have the ability to set a "Due Date" for Discussion Forums. I only have the ability to set "End dates."

Here is how an Assignment can be set up:

Here is how a Discussion can be set up:

Is it possible to add a "Due Date" but not an "End Date" for a Discussion?

Thank you!

Caroline

Renee.J.194

It is not possible to have a due date for Discussion. What many of our instructors do is put a due date on the content link to the Discussion topic.

Caroline.P.196

How could I submit this as a request for D2L to change?

Thank you,

Caroline