What do the dates mean?

In assignment and test settings you have the option of setting three dates: Display After, Display Until, and Due Date.

Display After* – First date/time the assignment will be viewable for the students.

Display Until* – Last date/time the assignment will be viewable for students.  Students who are completing a test or assignment attempt will not have their sessions interrupted by the display until date expiring.

Due Date* - used by the Notification system to fill in the "To Do" module for students to know when an upcoming test/assignment/etc. is going to be due (or is past due).  The Notification system also uses the Due Date to fill in the instructor's "Alerts" module that lets them know when students have tests or assignments that are past due.

*Please keep in mind that you must check the box to the left of a date item if you want the date to apply.  Simply putting a date/time in the available areas does not make the date/time applicable. 

Dates in Assignment settings:

Dates in Test options:

For more information about creating Assignments in Blackboard, visit
http://www.uhd.edu/computing/ttlc/training/documents/bblearn/Assignments_Creating.pdf

Additional information regarding Test creation in Blackboard can be found at
http://www.uhd.edu/computing/ttlc/training/documents/bblearn/Assessments_Creating.pdf

Please contact UHD Blackboard Support at 713-221-2786 if you have any questions.