Set Availability Date
Defaults
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instructors have the option of choosing how assignments and discussions appear
to students in a course through the use of availability dates. Enabling start
and end availability dates allows instructors to schedule the visibility of the
activity while limiting if students can access or submit to an activity. Adding
end dates could limit the number of late assignment submissions because
students would need approval from the instructor to submit to the assignment
through the use of special access. Further, instructors can choose a preferred
availability option for all assignments and discussions in one location. This
tutorial demonstrates how to set the default assignment and discussion
visibility behavior through availability dates in MyFIRE.
Note:
If the visibility for an assignment or discussion should be different than the
default availability date behavior, then the instructor should change the
availability date behavior through the individual assignment or discussion
settings. Individual availability date settings will override the default
availability date settings.
1. Navigate
to the specified course in MyFIRE.
2. Once
within the course, select instructor tools at the top of the page in the
navigation bar.
3. Then
select course admin.
4. When
the page refreshes, locate and select availability date defaults.
5. Select
the default display option for assignments:
a. Select the Before
Start date behavior by selecting either:
i. Visible with access
restricted- This option will allow students to view that the assignment exists; however,
students will not be able to see the assignment instructions or be able to
submit to the assignment until the start date has passed.
ii. Visible with submission
restricted- This option will allow students to view the assignment and assignment
instructions. However, the students will not be able to submit to the
assignment until the start date has passed.
iii. Hidden- This option will
hide the assignment from students’ view before the start date.
b. Select the After
Start date behavior by selecting either:
i. Visible with access
restricted- This option will allow students to view that the assignment exists; however,
students will not be able to see the assignment instructions or be able to
submit to the assignment after the end date has passed.
ii. Visible with submission
restricted- This option will allow students to view the assignment and assignment
instructions. However, the students will not be able to submit to the
assignment after the end date has passed.
iii. Hidden- This option will
hide the assignment from students’ view after the end date.
6. Select
the default display option for discussions.
a. Select the Before
Start date behavior by selecting either:
i. Visible
with access restricted before start - The topic is visible to
learners before the start date, but they cannot access it.
ii. Visible
with submission restricted before start - The topic is visible to
learners before the start date, and they can access it, but they cannot post
new threads or replies. This effectively makes a discussion
read-only.
iii. Hidden
before start - The topic is hidden from learners until the start date.
The calendar event for when the availability starts is hidden until the start
date. Notifications are also not sent until the start date.
b. Select the After End
date behavior by selecting either:
i. Visible
with access restricted after end - The topic is visible to
learners after the end date, but they cannot access it.
ii. Visible
with submission restricted after end - The topic is visible to
learners after the end date, and they can access it; but they cannot post new
threads or replies. This effectively makes a discussion read-only.
iii. Hidden
after end - The topic is hidden from learners until the end date. The
calendar events for when the availability ends is hidden after the end date.
Notifications are also not sent after the end date.
7. Select save at the bottom of the page.
