Setting up Release Conditions

Release conditions can be applied to all content items and assessments. Assigning release conditions allows you to:

release content based on dates – You can release an item or folder on an exact date and time, until a certain date, or during a defined period of time (this is the most popular option).
release content based on performance – You can release an item when a student achieves a certain grade on a specific assessment.
release content by user or groups – You can allow only specific students to have access to content.

NOTE: You are able to have both date and performance release conditions on the same item.

Access the visibility settings of the content item you want to assign date/time release conditions to. You can access the visibility settings from two locations:
- From the content area of your course, below the name of the item.
- By editing/opening the item if applicable, located at the top right.
Select “Release conditions” to open the release conditions panel.
Select the checkbox next to Date/Time.
Enter the show on/hide after dates and times.
After entering in dates and times, you have the ability to choose whether you want students being able to see the item in their content area.
1. Show: This option allows students to see the item in the content area of the course. However, although they can see the item, they will not be able to open it or access it until the date/time specified in the release conditions. Students can also see when the item will be available to them.
2. Hide: If you choose to hide the content from students before they can access it, the content will only appear to them when they can access it. After the student’s access ends, the content is hidden from their view.

Access the visibility settings of the item you want to release to students based on performance and select “Release conditions”. If unsure how to do that, please refer to step one above.
On the Release Conditions panel, select the checkbox for Performance.
Choose the graded item you want to base the rule on. Then select the grade requirement.

NOTE: If you don’t find a grade requirement that suits you, you can specify a custom grade range.

On the Release Conditions panel, select Specific members or groups.
Enter the desired individual members and/or groups. Members not included will not be able to see the item at all.
Note: You can create a new group set from here. The group set created from release condition will become visible from Groups tab.