Enable Manual Extensions for Your Class

You can allow your students to request manual extensions from their assignments in WebAssign. You must approve and set the terms for each granted extension.

Automatic and Manual Extensions

WebAssign supports two kinds of extension policies that can be applied to all assignments in your class or to specific assignment categories.

Automatic: Your students can request extensions that are granted automatically using the policy that you set.
You can see when your students have used automatic extensions.
Manual: Your students can request extensions from their assignments in WebAssign, but you must approve each request and set the terms of each extension — its duration, whether to award additional submissions, and any penalties incurred.

Note Regardless of the extension policy you set, you can always grant individual extensions as needed.

By default, when you create a new course, your students can request manual extensions, but not automatic extensions. When you copy a WebAssign section, the extension settings are copied over to the new course or section.

To enable both automatic and manual extension requests, see Enable Automatic Extensions for Your Class.

From the menu bar, click Communication.

If needed, select a class.
Expand Extensions and click Unanswered.
Click Settings in the top right corner of the message list.
Select Enable.
Optional: Select Forward extension requests to my email.
Under Class Default, set the Extension Policy to Manual Extensions.
Click Apply.