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How to set Dates & Points for Assessments

A short guide on how to set the Points, Start Date, Due Date and End Date for your assessments.

Each assessment has a Setup tab where you can set the Quiz Information (including name, type of quiz, number of points, etc.) and the Availability (start date, due date, end date).
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If Blended Teaching is integrated in your LMS, the points, start date and due date (and, in Canvas, the title) update in your LMS gradebook after you save them in Blended Teaching. The end date is not sent to your LMS.
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This short guide walks you through those settings in the following steps:

  1. Quiz Information

  2. Availability

1. Quiz Information

1.1. Accessing Quiz Information Settings

Opening a quiz from the Assessments tab and jumping to Assessment information to see the Quiz Information box

To access the Quiz Information settings:

  1. Go to the Assessments tab in your Control Center

  2. Click on the name of the Assessment

  3. Quiz Information settings are in the box just below Availability

1.2. Title

This is the name that students will see when they take the assessment. It will also be the name that appears in the Assessments tab for you when you are searching through assessments.

Note: In a course integrated with Canvas, a new title updates the matching Canvas assignment and its gradebook column automatically once you click Save setup, usually within a few minutes. In Blackboard, check the assignment name after renaming, and rename it there if it has not changed. The name only travels one way: renaming the assignment in your LMS does not change it in Blended Teaching, so always rename here.

The Quiz Information box on the Setup tab, showing the Title, Type, Points and Submission Type

1.3. Quiz Type

Each assessment is graded, practice or an assignment, which each provide a different experience for you and the students. The Type shows which one (for example, Quiz · Graded), and Change type lets you switch it.

  1. Graded. This option is used for graded quizzes or exams. The results of a graded assessment are displayed in the Blended Teaching Gradebook, as well as detailed feedback provided for each attempt (as per your Results Display settings).

  2. Practice. This option is used for practice quizzes or mock exams. The experience is just like a graded assessment except that the results are not displayed in the Blended Teaching Gradebook. Detailed feedback is provided for each attempt (as per your Results Display settings).

  3. Assignment. This option is currently only used by Blended Teaching instructional designers for pre-built assignments that you can use in your class.

1.4. Points

The number of points attributable to the assessment. If you are integrated, this governs the number of points recorded in your LMS.
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Changing the Points in Quiz Information and clicking Save setup

Note: If Blended Teaching is integrated with your LMS, points set in Blended Teaching automatically update in your LMS gradebook once saved. If the points in your LMS gradebook appear incorrect, ensure they are correctly set in Blended Teaching.

2. Availability

2.1. Accessing Availability Settings

The Availability settings are found in the same place, on the quiz's Setup tab.

Setting the Start Date, Due Date and End Date with the calendar picker in Availability, then clicking Save setup

To access the Availability settings:

  1. Go to the Assessments tab in the Control Center.

  2. Find the quiz you want to set dates for from the list.

  3. Click on the relevant quiz name.

  4. The Availability section is at the top of the page.

  5. Add in date and times for the Start Date, Due Date and End Date using the calendar picker.

2.2. Time Zone

Dates use the course time zone, which is shown above the date fields.

2.3. Start Date

This is the date from which students are able to access the assessment. Before the start date, students cannot start it. This is how it looks in Student View:

Student View before the Start Date: the quiz shows Not Started and students cannot take it until the start date

After the Start Date, but before the Due Date, students see this:

Student View after the Start Date: the quiz page shows the due date and a Start Quiz button

2.4. Due Date

This is the last date that a student can submit an attempt without being considered late.


​Note: If Blended Teaching is integrated with your LMS, the start date and due date set in Blended Teaching for graded assessments automatically update in your LMS gradebook once saved (dates for practice assessments do not sync).

2.5. End Date

This is the date until which the assessment is available for students to attempt. Most often, this date is set to be in line with the Due Date.

If you want to allow students to attempt and submit their assessment after the Due Date, set the End Date after the Due Date.

You may want to do this if you want to provide an extension to students, or if you want to allow late submissions in return for a penalty.

After the End Date, students can no longer take the assessment. This is how it looks in Student View:

Student View after the End Date: the quiz shows Expired and students can no longer take it

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