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Stage or start an assignment

Stage an assignment when it is ready but should open later. Start it when students should have access now. Both transitions are explicit and explain what students will see before anything changes.

Clear launch blockers

Section titled “Clear launch blockers”

On a Draft, expand Launch readiness. Fix every item marked as blocking. Standards review may still appear as a warning; it does not prevent launch.

Readiness separates launch blockers from review warnings and intentional deferrals. Fix the named blockers; standards can be reconciled before or after launch. Select the image to enlarge it.

Stage for a future date

Section titled “Stage for a future date”
  1. Select Stage for launch.
  2. Review the Go-live date.
  3. Read the student-visibility and standards warnings.
  4. Select Stage for launch in the confirmation.
Staging makes the assignment visible as upcoming but keeps the work closed until the go-live date. Standards warnings do not block launch. Select the image to enlarge it.

A Staged assignment is visible to students as upcoming, but they cannot open the work. It starts automatically at 6 a.m. on the start date in the assignment owner’s timezone.

Staged work is visible to students as upcoming but cannot be opened. It starts automatically on schedule unless you start it early or return it to Draft. Select the image to enlarge it.

Start immediately

Section titled “Start immediately”

From a ready Draft, select Start project. Rectangle explains that students get access today, the schedule replans from today using the saved milestone lengths, and the assignment moves to Active.

Start makes the assignment Active immediately. Rectangle re-plans the schedule from today using the saved milestone lengths. Select the image to enlarge it.

Confirm only when students should begin now.

Change a Staged plan

Section titled “Change a Staged plan”

To open the work early, select Start now and confirm. This opens the assignment without replacing the schedule you already staged.

Start now opens the work immediately without changing the schedule that was already staged. Select the image to enlarge it.

To return to private setup, select Unstage and confirm.

Unstage returns the assignment to Draft. Students no longer see it as upcoming, while the saved schedule, teams, project copy, and settings remain available for editing. Select the image to enlarge it.

Unstage returns the assignment to Draft and removes its upcoming visibility from students. The schedule, participants, project copy, and settings remain available for editing.

Keep going

Section titled “Keep going”