How do I use Course Pacing?

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If enabled by your institution, you can use Course Pacing to define a pace in which students much complete course tasks. This allows students with different start dates to have the same time frame in which they must complete course tasks..

Notes:

• The Course Pacing feature preview is in active development. To provide direct feedback about this feature, please post in the Course Pacing user group.
• Course Pacing must be enabled in the course settings.
• If the Course Pacing feature preview is not available in your course, the feature has not been enabled by your institution.

Open Modules

In Course Navigation, click the Modules link.

Open Course Pacing

To view or manage gradebook filters, click the Course Pacing button.

View Course Pacing

You can manage pacing for the course or for a specific student using the Course Pacing dropdown [1].

To exclude weekends from course pacing, click the Settings icon [2]. Then click the Skip Weekends checkbox [3].

Note: The first assignment that is adjusted is based off the course start date. The second assignment that's adjusted is based off the first assignments due date.

Manage Course Pacing

Course Pacing start and end dates default to the course start date and end dates noted in Course Settings [1].

You can create a course pace to determine when course assignments are due using the assignments' Days field. By default, all course pacing assignments display the course start date.

To modify the number of days an assignment is due based on the course start date, use the Days field [2]. Subsequent assignments display the adjusted due date [3]. You can manage a subsequent assignment's due date using the Days field.

Manage Student Pacing

If a student's name is selected from the Course Pacing dropdown [1], the start date displays the student's enrollment date. The student's end date is based on your determined course pace [2].

The student's assigned due dates display based on their enrollment date and the course pace [3].

Publish Course Pace

To save your changes, click the Publish button.