When you create a new course section, specifying class meeting times lets you schedule assignments based on the meeting times.
Note All sections of a multisection course should either specify meeting times or not.
If
this setting is mismatched, you might have issues copying scheduled assignments between
sections.
If you specify class meeting times, you have the option to schedule assignments relative to class meeting times. For example, you can make an in-class assignment due 10 minutes before the end of Wednesday's class.
You might not want to specify meeting times if:
- You are teaching an online class with no class meetings.
- You are teaching a class that does not meet regularly at the same days and times each week.
- You are teaching a single section of a course that you do not plan to teach again.
- You don't ever want to schedule assignments based on class meetings.