You can set due dates when assigning individual courses in Learning Groups, as well as edit and remove due dates for previously assigned courses. The due date specifies the date the course must be completed by all the learners in the group. A course is considered completed when the learner has viewed all content and completed all quizzes.
Learning Groups offers two options for setting due dates for courses:
- Specific Dates set a specific date to complete the assigned course for all members of the group, no matter when they are added to the group.
- Relative Dates sets the due date for the assigned course to a specified number of days from the date of course assignment. This option ensures that each member of the learning group has the same number of days to complete the course, no matter when they are added to the Learning Group.
After a due date is set for an assigned course in Learning Groups, the due date appears in Manager Dashboard to enable managers to track user progress through a course. Overdue course alerts appear in Manager Dashboard for individual learners who do not complete their courses by the set due date.
Notes:
- You must enable Course Completion Tracking for each course before you can set a due date. Ensure that completion tracking remains enabled for any courses with a due date.
- D2L recommends only setting due dates for active courses with no end date.
- You cannot set due dates for the learning paths you assign using Learning Groups.
Set a course due date for learning groups
Before you begin: Ensure Completion Tracking is enabled for the course.
- Click the learning group.
- From the Learning tab, in the Learning Item column, click the course name.
- Click Options. From the drop-down menu, click Edit Due Date.
- For each course, click +Add Due Date.
- Select a Due Date type from the drop-down menu and do one of the following:
- For a Specific Date, select a date from the calendar.
- For a Relative Date, enter the number of Days.
Click Save.
Notes:
- Adding a due date to a course is optional. If no due date is assigned for a course, the course remains available to users indefinitely, and no overdue status alerts will ever appear in Manager Dashboard.
- You cannot set due dates for courses within learning paths.
- All due date times are set automatically to 11:59 PM in the default locale of your organization. This time cannot be altered.
Edit or remove a course due date for learning groups
- Click the learning group with the course you want to edit.
- From the Learning tab, click the link in the Completion Status column of the course you want to edit.
- Click Options. From the drop-down menu, click Edit Due Date.
- Click the Delete icon for the due date, or select a Due Date type from the drop-down menu and do one of the following:
- For a Specific Date, select a date from the calendar.
- For a Relative Date, enter the number of Days.
Click Save.
Notes:
- Adding a due date to a course is optional. If no due date is assigned for a course, the course remains available to users indefinitely, and no overdue status alerts will ever appear in Manager Dashboard.
- All due date times are set automatically to 11:59 PM in the default locale of your organization. This time cannot be altered.
- You cannot set due dates for courses within learning paths.