[Please Note: Assignment-specific late work settings were deprecated in May 2026 due to conflicts and confusion with course-wide late work policy settings.]

You cannot set a late work policy for an individual assignment. A late work policy can only be set course-wide. (See How do I set my course to automatically accept late submissions for all assignments?)

If you wish to allow a specific student to submit an assignment past the due date, there are two options:

Set an Override for that Student on that Assignment (applies to only the one specific assignment):

  1. Go to the Gradebook.
  2. In the cell that corresponds to the score for the relevant assignment for the student, click the three dots on the right side, and select Manage Overrides.
  3. Set the desired student-specific settings for Open Date, Due Date, Close Date, Submission Attempts, and/or Time Limit for the assignment.
  4. Click Save Changes.

Set Accommodations for the Student (applies to all assignments in the course):

  1. Go to Instructor ToolsEnrollments.
  2. Select the relevant student.
  3. Click the Actions menu and select Accommodations.
  4. Set the desired settings for Due Date Extension, Close Date Extension, Additional Submissions, and/or Time Limit Increase Factor for that student.
  5. Click Save.

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