How do I prevent late submissions and new attempts after the due date?

Instructors may set both a due date and a time limit on an Ultra assessment. Ultra courses will accept and mark submissions as "late" if received after the due date. In some cases, the due date is not a strict deadline, but the time limit is. In other cases, the time limit is less of a concern, but the student must complete the assessment by a specific date. There may be times when enforcement of both the due date and time limit is important. Depending on the situation, instructors may want to enforce a due date and/or a time limit on an assessment.

Two settings are available for Ultra tests and assignments:

Prohibit late submissions - Select this setting to enforce a hard deadline and disallow a late submission. In-progress and saved attempts will auto-submit at the due date. Students will receive a submission receipt via email. Specified accommodations are still honored.
Prohibit new attempts after due date - Select this setting to prevent students from beginning a new attempt after the due date.

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Prohibit Late Submissions

Open the assignment.

Check the box for submission restriction setting:

PROHIBIT LATE SUBMISSION AFTER DUE DATE
(requires prohibit new attempts)

NOTE: This setting has the following limitations.

"Prohibit late submissions" does not work in combination with:

Peer review
Group submissions
Offline submissions

As of the May 2022 release, when an instructor has selected this setting for an assessment:

If students have submitted attempts, the instructor cannot change the due date to a date in the past.
If the due date has passed, the instructor will not be able to select the "prohibit late submission" setting.

These changes prevent instructors from triggering the submission of in-progress and saved attempts.

Selecting "Prohibit late submissions" auto-enables "Prohibit new attempts after due date." However, an instructor can enable the "Prohibit new attempts after due date" option on its own to allow students to resume any attempt saved before the due date passes in the event there is a technical disruption during the assessment. Students who submit an attempt after the due date will have their submission marked as late.

Save the assessment. NOTE: If an instructor enables the due date and/or time limit, students see this information in the Details & Information section for the assessment.

What do students see?

Scenario 1 – "Prohibit late submissions" enabled:

In this scenario, the due date is at 6:00 PM.

Students starting an attempt before 5:00 PM today (1 hour before the due date expires) will have the full 1-hour time limit available.
Students starting an attempt after 5:00 PM today will not have the full 1-hour time limit available to them. For example, a student who starts the test at 5:15 PM will only have 45 minutes available.
Attempts not submitted before the 6:00 PM deadline will auto-submit at the due date.
No new attempts can begin after the 6:00 PM deadline.
Students with accommodations can continue working past the due date. Their attempt will not be auto-submitted.

When starting a 1-hour timed test with less time before the due date, students will see the following visual indicators:

Prohibit New Attempts After Due Date

PROHIBIT NEW ATTEMPTS AFTER DUE DATE
(does not require prohibit late submission)

NOTE: This setting has the following limitations.

"Prohibit new attempts after due date" setting enabled on its own does not work with:

Peer review
Offline submissions

Selecting "Prohibit late submissions" auto-enables "Prohibit new attempts after due date." However, an instructor can enable the "Prohibit new attempts after due date" option on its own to allow students to resume any attempt saved before the due date passes in the event there is a technical disruption during the assessment. Students who submit an attempt after the due date will have their submission marked as late.

Save the assessment. NOTE: If an instructor enables the due date and/or time limit, students see this information in the Details & Information section for the assessment.

What do students see?

Scenario 2 – "Prohibit new attempts after due date" enabled (no restriction on late submissions0 submissions" enabled:

In this scenario, the due date is at 6:00 PM.

Students starting an attempt before 5:59 PM today will have the full 1-hour time limit available.
Students who submit an attempt after 6:00 PM today will have their submission marked as late.
No new attempts can begin after the 6:00 PM.
Students with accommodations can continue working past the due date. Their attempt will not be auto-submitted.

When starting a 1-hour timed test with less time before the due date, students will see the following visual indicators: