Objective: Learn to distribute due dates within a course. 

Notes: 1. Due Date Distribution allows for auto-population of due dates for assignments between a set start and end date. In addition, when adding Distribute Due Dates into a course it must match the term start and end dates set in the Terms section within the Admin settings. Ask your administration for the term start and end dates. In order to use Due Date Distribution, the feature option to distribute due dates on import must be turned on for your school. 

2. Unpublished items do not appear on student calendar, but those assignments are still considered in distribution. This means the students will have as many days blank as there are those unpublished assignments. It is recommended to remove those if using DDD.

3. DDD can only occur at the Course level and is the same for all students

4. If school holidays are set AFTER DDD is run, clear dates and rerun DDD.

Related Article: Enable due date distribution on import in the LMS

How-To Guide

• Select Courses on the left hand side in global navigation, then Select All Courses.

  • If you're an admin, make sure you have selected the correct school
    and course within that school.

• Select the course you want to work in. 

•  Scroll down and Select the Distribute Due Date tab.

• Add the course start and end dates. 
• Note: The course start and end dates must match the term start and end dates that were previously set by your administration.

• When done adding the dates, Select the Distribute Due Dates button.
  • Caution: Redistributing due dates after your course has started could cause assignments to be marked as late for students.

• Note: After clicking the Distribute Due Date's button the following message will appear "Due dates are now being distributed!" The message will stay for a couple seconds before disappearing, and then a progress bar will pop up. When the progress bar is done loading this means the due dates have been distributed and populated into the Course Calendar. Check the Course Calendar to confirm your due dates have been successfully distributed between the dates you set.