How to: Add start dates and deadlines to activities

This article covers how you can set a start date and deadline for your AI activities, whether it is a quiz, worksheet, exit ticket, or reflection. Here are the eight steps:

Select the activity
Click "Activity settings"
Click "Build manually"
Hover over the sidebar
Click "Assignment"
Set a start date and deadline
Click "Update activity"

We've broken down each step below 👇

1. Select the activity

Go to "My activities" to find the activity you want to edit. If you want to add a start date and deadline while building your activity, skip to step 3.

The My activities grid with the Compromise of 1850 activity selected

2. Click "Activity settings"

"Activity settings" are on the top right corner of your screen. This will bring you to the Activity builder screen.

3. Click "Build manually"

At the top center of your activity builder, you can toggle between "Build with Sparky" and "Build manually." Click "Build manually." It will take you to the screen you see below.

The Build with Sparky and Build manually toggle highlighted with Build manually selected

4. Hover over the sidebar

On the left side of your screen, you'll see a sidebar with different icons. Hover over the sidebar.

The Activity Builder's left sidebar highlighted, showing icons for each settings section

5. Click "Assignment"

At the very bottom of the sidebar, you'll see "Assignment." Go ahead and click that.

6. Set a start date or deadline

You'll then be taken to the assignment screen, where you will find Available from (aka your start date) and deadline. You can go ahead and set the start date and deadline by clicking each of the boxes and choosing the desired date and time.

The Assignment panel with empty Available from and Deadline date fields

7. Click "Update activity"

Once you've added the start date, deadline, or both, you can go to the top right of your screen and click "Update activity." This will save your settings.

And voilá ✨ You've now set a start date and deadline. This feature was added as part of our October 2025 update. If you would like to learn more about our features, you can check out the What's new page!