all quizzes, assignments, checklists, etc., with due or end dates in the near future or in the past appear in one place on your homepage. Any overdue work will appear at the top of the list, and upcoming items appear below. If there are more than six items available, you’ll have a link to View all work, which takes you to a new page with all recently overdue work and all work for the upcoming year! You’ll never again have to manually create a to-do list of assignments across your different courses.

Q. Will the widget display activities that don’t have a Due Date or an End Date?

A. No. The Work To Do Widget specifically displays learning activities with an overdue or upcoming deadline.

Q. Does it always display activities across all Courses?

A. No. The Work To Do Widget displays activities across all courses except when it is placed on a Course Homepage. In this case, it is scoped to display only activities from that course, which allows you to zero in on the tasks at hand.

Q. Does the widget display items that have been completed?

A. No. The focus of this widget is on actionable items, work to do, not work that has been done. With the exception of Modules, once an item has been completed, it will disappear from the widget. If you want a Module to disappear from the widget, we recommend adding an End Date.

Q. Does the widget display all Overdue and Upcoming items? How far back in time and how far into the future does the widget go?

A. The widget displays overdue items for the past two weeks. The widget displays a maximum of 6 items, if additional items are available they will appear in the full screen view by selecting "View all work". 

Q. The widget appears out of sync with the Content Experience. (E.g. A student has completed an activity, but it still shows in the widget. I’ve added a new items with a date, but it hasn’t appeared in the widget. I’ve updated the date on an activity, but my students are still seeing the original date.) What’s wrong?

A. Allow 2 minutes for updates to appear in the widget, or have learners clear their cache to see updates immediately. 

Q. Does the widget support Special Access overrides?

A. Yes. If a student has a different due/end date due to Special Access, the student will see their individual date in the widget.