Overview
You can give an assignment a start date. Build it today, and it goes live for your learners on the date and time you pick, with no extra steps from you.
This helps if you plan training ahead, for example a whole semester of coursework or a quarter of team upskilling. Instead of releasing everything at once, you can set it all up in one sitting and let each assignment unlock when it should.
The start date is optional. If you don't set one, assignments go live the moment you create them, just like before.
How to schedule an assignment
In your management dashboard, go to Assignments and create a new assignment as usual.
Under Start, choose Schedule for later. (Pick Now if you want it live straight away.)
Choose the date and time the assignment should go live. The start date must be in the future.
Set a deadline if you want one. If you turn the deadline on after picking a start date, we pre-fill it two weeks after the start. You can change it. The deadline must be after the start date.
Leave Enable reminder email on if you want learners to get a reminder one week before the deadline. Turn it off if you don't.
Save the assignment.
Your assignment now shows in the assignments list with a purple Scheduled tag. You'll also see its start date in the new Start date column, right before Due date.
Tip: Without a deadline, learners won't get due-soon or overdue reminders. Add one if you want those nudges.
What your learners see
| Before the start date | From the start date |
Assignment visible to learners | No | Yes |
Email to learners | None | The usual "new assignment" email, sent once |
Counts in completion, overdue and reports | No | Yes |
Counts in "Total assignments" | Yes | Yes |
You don't need to do anything at the start date. The assignment goes live on its own.
Change, publish early or delete a scheduled assignment
You can change a scheduled assignment any time before it goes live. In the assignments list, open the ⋮ menu next to it.
Change the start date: choose Edit details, pick a new date and time, and save.
Publish it now: choose Edit details, set Start to Now, and save. It goes live straight away and your learners get the assignment email.
Delete it: choose Delete. Learners never see it.
FAQ
Do existing assignments change? No. Assignments you already created stay live and keep sending the one-week reminder email.
Can I schedule an assignment without a deadline? Yes. Learners just won't get due-soon or overdue reminders.
Can I turn off the reminder email? Yes. Use the Enable reminder email switch when you create, edit or clone an assignment. It's on by default.
Does "Assign one module at a time" still work? Yes, it works the same with scheduled assignments.
Do scheduled assignments show up in the API? Not until they go live. The API, reports, and completion and overdue numbers only count an assignment from its start date.
Still stuck? Reach out to your Customer Success Manager or our support team.