Rolling Enrollment vs. Pre-Populated Dates

[angelah]

Currently testing the capabilities of Course Pacing in my Sandbox.

The course Term is set to FY2023 and dates have been set at the admin level to indicate July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. Participation is set to Course. 

When entering Course Pacing from the Module page, the start and end dates listed above are already populated. I am trying to set up pacing for a new part time student who (hypothetically) started class today. It appears that due dates are calculated by the course start date, not the date a student first accesses the course. Is this correct? How does this work for rolling start dates as advertised?

[StephanieGilber]

thanks

[AllisonHowell · Accepted solution]

@Ange A student's pace begins on their "effective start date." In the case of Course Pacing that means:

1. On the explicitly set enrollment start date (configurable in the API and via SIS Import) OR
2. The most recent of enrollment creation date, section date, course date, and term date

When a student is added via People their enrollment creation date is when they are invited not when the invite is accepted.

The due dates should start from when a student is enrolled as you expected, and dates compress to fit into the course end date, if necessary. 

This can be a little confusing to talk about, so please let me know if this isn't helpful or if I've misunderstood your question! 

[angelah]

@AllisonHowell Thank you, this is how I hoped it would work; however the test did not.

My Sandbox course is set to Term participation for FY23 (July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.)

The student was invited (and accepted) today - November 2, 2022.

All due dates on the student's view are calculated from the July 1 date. The gradebook from my view shows all assignments as missing (red).

ETA - I believe I found the problem. This "student" had been enrolled before. (It's a student account I set up with my personal email.) I had removed the student from the course, then added them back. Even though these were new assignments created today, and the student had not submitted any work prior, it must have retained the original start date. This could potentially be a problem with our secondary students who are added and removed from courses regularly. 

ETA Part 2 - I added another student who had been in this course but removed a long time ago, and it seems to be working fine. I tested changing sections (with different course pacing) and it adjusted due dates even though a submission had been made. Important to note that due date updates on the student view are not immediate. 

[StephanieGilber]

how do i do that