Dartmouth College Instructional Technology/Design FAQ

Setting Due Dates within Blackboard provides visual cues for both the Instructor and Students regarding the status of items due.

• Items that have come past due or are submitted after the due date are identified as Late in the To Do module for students and in the Alerts modules for Instructors. 
• Due Dates also appear in My Grades for Students and, when associated with tools such as the Assignment Tool or Tests and Surveys, can be used by Instructors to generate various Reports, make grading decisions, etc.

See Course HomePage and Notifications tutorials for additional information.