Learn - Set a deadline for a Course

Deadlines can be set for any Course. Email reminders can be configured to notify assigned the Users, their Manager, and a Course tutor that a deadline is approaching/has been reached.

Step One: Find a Course

Navigate to ‘Course’ to view a list of all Courses in Learn. Filter the list using the search options (Free text, Availability and Category). Note: the free text search references Course Title, Code and description). Click a Course Title to open:

Step Two: Configure the deadline

Select ‘Deadline’ from the Course Administration menu. A deadline can be based either on a static date or the date of Course assignment.  In the below example, the deadline specifies that the Course must be completed within 7 days of assignment. Note that the deadline can be retrospectively applied to all existing assignments:

Step Three: Specify the notification schedule for reminders

The remaining options in the deadline tab relate to reminder notifications. Users, Managers and the Course Tutor can each be notified according to the default schedule, or a custom schedule can be created for each recipient.    

Step Four: Save the changes

Scroll to the end of the page and click ‘Submit’ to keep the changes.