Sounds like you may have found some incorrect directions if this is just a plain Canvas assignment... What you'd actually want to do is change the availability/due date for single student using the How do I assign an assignment to an individual stu... - Instructure Community - 717 guide. Make sure you leave the "everyone else" group with the original dates, otherwise grades may disappear. In general this is a pretty easy process.
Sounds like you may have found some incorrect directions if this is just a plain Canvas assignment... What you'd actually want to do is change the availability/due date for single student using the How do I assign an assignment to an individual stu... - Instructure Community - 717 guide. Make sure you leave the "everyone else" group with the original dates, otherwise grades may disappear. In general this is a pretty easy process.
