If you need to give students more time for their assignment, you can adjust the deadlines directly in your FeedbackFruits activity. You can extend either:
The Hand-in deadline (submission phase),
The Reviewing deadline (peer feedback phase), or
Both.
When can deadlines be changed?
You can update deadlines at any time, even after the assignment has been published.
However, keep in mind:
If the hand-in deadline has already passed, extending it will reopen the submission phase for students who have not yet submitted.
If the reviewing deadline has already passed, extending it will reopen the review phase for students who still need to complete reviews.
If grading has already been finalized or synced to your LMS, you may need to recheck grades after making changes.
How to postpone a deadline
Open your course in your LMS.
Click on the relevant FeedbackFruits activity.
Click Edit (top left of the activity).
Go to the step where the deadline is set:
Hand-in step for submission deadlines
Review step for peer review deadlines
Adjust the deadline date and time as needed.
Click Save.
Once saved, students will immediately see the updated deadline.
Important notes
Changes apply to all students unless you are using extensions for specific individuals.
If the deadline was connected to your LMS gradebook, make sure to verify that the new timeline aligns with your course schedule.
Students who already completed their tasks will not lose their work when deadlines are extended.
Grant deadline extensions to specific students
If a student needs more time to complete their Hand-in or Reviewing step, you can grant an individual deadline extension directly within the activity. FeedbackFruits allows you to extend deadlines per student without affecting the rest of the class.
To do this, the instructor needs to click the person icon located to the left of the deadline date. This will open the extension menu.
From there, the instructor can search for the specific student and set a new deadline for them. If multiple students require different deadlines, the instructor can click the gray “+ Add new extension” button at the bottom to add additional individual extensions.
As always, make sure to click “Save” to confirm and apply the new deadline(s).
Important: Extending Reviewing when Hand-in is closed
If you extend the Reviewing deadline for a student, but the Hand-in deadline has already passed, the Reviewing step will not open.
This happens because FeedbackFruits activities follow a step-by-step workflow. Students must complete the Hand-in step before they can access Reviewing. If Hand-in is closed, the system will block access to Reviewing, even if an extension has been granted for that later step.
To resolve this:
First extend the Hand-in deadline for the student.
Ensure the student completes (or re-opens and completes) their submission.
Once Hand-in is completed, the Reviewing step will unlock.
Things to keep in mind
- Extensions can be granted individually.
- Other students will not be affected.
- Students may need to refresh their LMS page to see the updated deadline.
If you need further assistance with deadline extensions, feel free to contact FeedbackFruits Support.