Access Controls and Due Dates settings allow the teacher to control when an Assignment becomes available, scheduled, or locked for students and when an Assignment is due.
Navigating to the Access Controls and Due Dates Tool
You can find Access Controls and Due Dates settings by clicking Configure from the left-hand navigation menu.
Available Settings on this Page
Due Date Settings allow you to set due dates on assignments, lessons, and modules. Any student submissions of an item after its due date will be marked as late in the Gradebook.
Access Controls lets you lock modules, lessons, or assignments. Everything in a course defaults to being available. Students will see locked assignments on their assignments page, but will not be able to access them.
Is Assigned controls which curriculum is assigned to the section. Unassigned content will not be visible to students, will show as NA in the Gradebook, and won't be factored into student grades.
You can use the Section drop-down arrow to switch between settings for different sections.
Scheduling Assignments
When you set Access Controls to Scheduled, its time fields are based on your section’s settings:
The Start Time defaults to blank, so the assignment is available to students right away.
If the assignment has a Due Date, the End Time is set to that date at your section’s Due Time (the time in the Due Time box at the top of the page).
If there’s no Due Date set, the End Time defaults to blank. Clicking into the field opens the calendar with your section’s Due Time already filled in, so you only need to choose a date.
💡Tip: If you have both Start and End Time set up, under the End Time, you’ll see how long the assignment will be open. For example, Open for 50 mins.
You can change the values of any start or end time by clicking into the field and using the Calendar to adjust the settings.
Starting and ending times can be deleted by highlighting the value, clicking Delete, and clicking Done in the calendar window. Leaving the scheduled time field blank keeps the assignment available after it is scheduled to start.
Starting and ending times can also be copied and pasted from one cell to another.
Configuring Settings on a Per-Student Level from the Access Controls and Due Dates Tool
Select a student's name from the Student drop-down menu at the top of the page to edit settings for individual students. Use this drop-down menu to also switch between settings for different students.
Google Classroom Sections
For sections set up with Google Classroom, the Google Classroom App link will also appear on this Access Controls and Due Dates page. This is so assigning with Google Classroom using due dates and/or access controls is easy and editable.
Scheduled times for Google Classroom sections work the same way as described in Scheduling Assignments above.
Due Dates + Access Controls are available as part of CodeHS Pro. To get CodeHS Pro for your school, contact our team at sales@codehs.com.