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Reach 360 and Course Due Dates
Hi John!
Happy to jump in here!
When setting the due date by the 'day', the due date begins counting down from the date the learner was enrolled, and it does not push forward. All learners will be given the same number of days, but the actual date is 20 days after the learner was enrolled in the course.
If you enroll Group A on Jan 1st, the course will be due on Jan 21st, which is 20 days later.
If you enroll Group B on Jan 10th, the course will be due on Jan 30th. Both groups will have exactly 20 days to complete the course, and that is not altered if a new group is enrolled later.
I would suggest using a 'by date' due date when you want all learners to complete the course on the exact same day. Use a 'by days' due date when you want to give learners the same amount of time to complete the course, but they were enrolled at different intervals.
Appreciate you weighing in Steve. Any planned enhancement to due date functionality to allow due dates to be set at the user/enrollment level, vs. at the course structure level?
Hi Joey,
We don't have any major changes planned for this functionality, but you're welcome to share your feedback with our product team through a feature request here!
12 months later and still nothing on the roadmap. This is among the most basic of LMS functionality. It's a huge drawback to not have granular control of something as critical as assignments and due dates.
This functionality is needed as different plants are on different timelines. Is the day option really the best solution as some assignments are open ended and will get a due date by day anyway.
It's just plain needed...for roughly a million different reasons. Not having granular control over assignments is maddening.
