Plans change: a fire drill eats a class period, a unit runs long, or you assign the wrong section. This article covers what you can change on an assignment after it's created, how to do it, and what each change means for your students and their progress. The short version: you can move a due date, change a simulator's or checkpoint's points, or delete the assignment. Anything else is a delete and re-create, which is safer than it sounds for reading and quizzes.
Available on: deleting works on every plan. Moving a due date is done by dragging on the Insights > Assignments calendar or in the Planner, which need Intertwined Solo or a school plan. Changing points is done in the Gradebook, which also needs Solo or a school plan.
What you can change
Due date: yes, by dragging it to a new day.
Points (Worth): yes, for simulator and Twine Town checkpoint assignments, from the Gradebook.
Publish date, content, title or who it's for: not after creation. Delete it and create it again.
Move a due date
From the all-classes Assignments page:
Go to Insights > Assignments.
Click Calendar (next to List). Every assignment sits on its due date, colored by status.
Use the arrows or Today to find the month you need.
Drag the assignment onto its new day.
You'll see a confirmation such as "Due date moved to Thu, Nov 12" with the assignment and class underneath. The due time stays the same; only the day changes. You can do the same in the Planner: assignments appear there with a dashed edge, and dragging one moves its due date. See The Planner: mapping out lessons on a calendar.
A due date can't move to before the publish date. If you try, you'll see "An assignment cannot be due before it publishes."
What students see: the new due date, the next time their Assignments page loads. Moving a past-due assignment to a later day takes it out of Overdue on their list, and students who finish before the new date count as on time in your completion panel.
Simulator assignments: if you've already recorded a grade for a student in the Gradebook, that grade stays. Suggested scores for students you haven't graded yet are worked out again for the new due date.
Change what a simulator or checkpoint is worth
Open the class's Gradebook and click the simulator or checkpoint column.
Change Worth and click Save points.
Grades you've already recorded keep the points they were given out of. More in Simulator scores in the Gradebook.
Delete an assignment
Open Classrooms > your class > Coursework > Assignments, or Insights > Assignments.
Hover over the assignment's row and click the trash can icon at the right end.
In the Delete Assignment box, which asks if you're sure and warns that this can't be undone, click Delete.
What deleting removes, and what it keeps
Deleting removes the assignment itself:
It disappears from students' Assignments pages and dashboards, and from your lists, calendars and Planner.
Students' Mark done records for it are deleted.
For a simulator or checkpoint, its Gradebook column and any grades you recorded in it are deleted.
Deleting does not touch the work behind it:
Lesson progress and quiz results stay, because they belong to the course, not the assignment.
Simulator games, Arcade play and Twine Town towns carry on as they were.
Your Planner items stay put.
Fixing anything else: delete and re-create
To change the section, the audience or the publish date, delete the assignment and create a new one. For reading and quizzes, nothing is lost: students who already did the work show as done on the new assignment straight away. For simulators, student tools and Arcade games, students who clicked Mark done would need to do it again, and simulator grades you recorded would need re-entering, so think twice before re-creating those once students have started.
Tips
Use the Publishing soon card on Insights > Assignments as a last check. Scheduled work is the easiest to fix, because students haven't seen it.
When a whole unit slips, drag the due dates in the calendar rather than deleting and re-creating everything.
Moving an assignment keeps its due time. One made on the Create Assignment page is due at the start of its day (12:00 AM), so drop it on the day after the last day students should have.
Common questions
Can I hide an assignment students can already see?
Not by moving its publish date. Delete it, and create it again later with a future publish date if you still want it.
Can I get a deleted assignment back?
No, but you can create it again. Reading and quiz progress comes back with it.
I'm on the Free plan. How do I change a due date?
Dragging due dates is part of Intertwined Solo and school plans. On Free, delete the assignment and create it with the new date.
Can a co-instructor reschedule or delete assignments?
Rescheduling and deleting are done by the teacher who owns the class. Co-instructors can see the class's assignments and who has finished. See Co-teaching: adding instructors to a classroom.
Are students told when I change something?
There's no message to students. They see the new date, or the assignment gone, the next time they open their Assignments page, so mention big changes in class.