Why do due dates set in a mastery path assignment not transfer to the list of assigned students based on the mastery

[Greengal]

When I set an assignment in a mastery path I put in a due date. When students are assigned that assignment it creates an new assigned to without that due date. So I have to remember to go back in after the first student is assigned and reset the due date. This makes no sense to me at all and it is both time consuming and problematic as you have to remember to do this.

[JamesSekcienski · Accepted solution]

@Greengal 

We have seen this issue at our school too and wish that the due date would automatically apply to the students once they are added too.  There is currently an Idea submitted for this feature request and we hope to see this get prioritized for development and released in the future: [MasteryPaths] Mastery Paths: Automatically Set Conditional Item Due Dates 

For now though, we also have to wait and monitor for the first student to get assigned in order to set the apply the due date to the students too.

[RichardMusgrave]

I did figure out a workaround for this, but it is still unwieldy, and we really need to get this feature request filled.

This will work if you have one quiz ("the opening quiz") to open one more quiz ("the second quiz"). It may work for longer chains, but I haven't tested that.

Go to "Grades" and assign a 100% grade to the Test Student for "the opening quiz". In Modules, click on "the second quiz", and you will see a new date box assigned to the Test Student. Set the dates in this box as desired. Save and click Continue in the warning box.

I know, I know...it's not ideal, but it's better than having to remember to go back in and set a date after a real student has taken "the opening quiz".