If you need to give extra time, extra attempts or extend the deadline for a students, here's how you do it in the Blended Teaching Control Center.
1. Extra Time
There are two methods for providing extra time for timed assessments:
Globally - for all assessments relating to one student.
Per assessment - for one assessment relating to one student.
1.1. Global Extra Time
To provide Global Extra Time for a student for all timed assessments is:
Go to the Quizzes tab in the Control Center
Pick any assessment, it doesn't matter which one, and go to the right hand side of the assessment, click on the 3 dots to open up the drop-down menu, and select Moderate.
Find the relevant student from the list and click on the 3 dots on the far right hand side to open up the drop-down menu, and select Global Accommodations.
Add the amount of extra time (as a percentage, or in terms of minutes and hours) you would like to provide for all timed assessments.
1.2. Extra Time for One Assessment
The setting for providing extra time for one student for one assessment is found in the moderate page of any assessment.
To provide Extra Time for a student for a single assessment:
Go to the Quizzes tab in the Control Center
Pick the relevant assessment for which you'd like to add time, go to the right hand side of the assessment, click on the 3 dots to open up the drop-down menu and select Moderate.
Find the relevant student from the list and click on the 3 dots on the far right hand side to open up the drop-down menu, and select Quiz-Level Accommodations.
Add the amount of extra time (as a percentage, or in terms of minutes and hours) you would like to provide for this assessment.
2. Extra Attempts
The setting for providing an extra attempt for one student for one assessment is found in the Moderate page of any assessment.
To provide an extra attempt a student for a single assessment:
Go to the Quizzes tab in the Control Center
Pick the relevant assessment for which you'd like to add time, go to the right hand side of the assessment, click on the 3 dots to open up the drop-down menu and select Moderate.
Find the relevant student from the list and click on the 3 dots on the far right hand side to open up the drop-down menu, and select Quiz-Level Accommodations.
Add the number of extra attempts you would like to provide.
3. Extending Deadlines
You can provide Deadline Extensions for one assessment, or globally. When you extend a deadline, it extends both the Due Date and the End Date by the same period.
3.1 Global Deadline Extension
To extend the deadline for all assessments for one student:
Go to the Quizzes tab in the Control Center
Pick any assessment, click on the 3 dots to the right and select Moderate.
Find the relevant student from the list, click the 3 dots on the right and select Global Accommodations.
Add in the Additional Days for Due/End Dates in number of days.
3.2 Deadline Extension for One Assessment
To extend the deadline for one assessment for one student:
Go to the Quizzes tab in the Control Center
Pick any assessment, click on the 3 dots to the right and select Moderate.
Find the relevant student from the list, click the 3 dots on the right and select Quiz-level Accommodations.
Add in the Additional Days for Due/End Dates in number of days.
Note: Accommodations for dates only extend Due/End Dates. It is not possible to make an accommodation to allow early access before the start date and time.
4. Allowing Late Submissions
You may want to allow students to submit assignments after the due date, but penalize them for being late.
To allow late submissions:
Go to the Quizzes tab in your Control Center.
Find the relevant assessment from the list, click on the name of the assessment.
Scan down until you find the section called Availability.
Here you can change the Start Date, Due Date and End Date.
The Due Date is the date until which an attempt can be submitted and be considered on time.
The End Date is the date until which a student can submit an attempt at the assessment.
The End Date must be after the Due Date for you to allow late submissions.
Once you've set the End Date after the Due Date, you will be asked to provide a Late Submission Penalty (%), which is applied against the student grade.
e.g. If a students scores 80% in the assessment, but you have applied a 20% penalty, their grade will be 80% x (1- 20%) = 64%.
If you don't want to apply a penalty, set this to 0%.
Then click the Save button.
5. FAQ
I extended the deadline for a student but the dates did not update in Canvas or Blackboard.
If your course is integrated with Canvas or Blackboard, assessment due dates set in Blended Teaching sync automatically to your LMS. However, Canvas and Blackboard only support syncing a single date per assessment — so when an extension is granted in Blended Teaching, the updated date won't reflect in your LMS. The original due date will still appear there.
The extension is still fully active. When the student opens the assessment through Canvas or Blackboard, they'll be directed into Blended Teaching, where their extended due date will display correctly.
I extended a deadline for a student, but they still can't access the assessment link in Canvas or Blackboard.
If the assessment link has been locked by your LMS based on the original dates, the student may not be able to click through — even though the extension is active for them in Blended Teaching. To restore access, you'll need to adjust the end date in your LMS for that assessment.
Note that LMS dates only control whether the link is accessible — they don't affect attempts or determine whether a student can begin the assessment. That is fully controlled by Blended Teaching. If you extend the LMS end date to restore link access for the extended student, other students whose deadline has passed may also find the link clickable again. However, since the assessment is still closed for them in Blended Teaching, they will see a message indicating it is closed and will not be able to begin the assessment.
How to adjust the assessment end date in your LMS
In Canvas:
Navigate to the course and open Assignments.
Click the title of the relevant assessment, then click Edit.
Scroll down to the Assign section.
Update the Until date to match or exceed the student's extended deadline.
Click Save.
In Blackboard (Ultra):
Navigate to the course and locate the relevant assessment.
Click the three-dot menu next to the assessment and select Edit.
In the side panel, find the availability or release date settings.
Update the Display Until date to match or exceed the student's extended deadline.
Save your changes.
In Blackboard (Original):
Navigate to the course content area where the assessment is located.
Click the chevron/arrow next to the assessment title and select Edit.
Under Availability, update the Display Until date.
Click Submit to save.