School leadership and experts have the ability to grant deadline extensions for student tasks in Sora Home, even if the student has not formally requested an extension. This can be particularly helpful in cases where leadership is aware of extenuating circumstances, such as personal or family emergencies, that may affect a student's ability to meet an upcoming deadline.
While you can grant an extension for any task, this typically is only granted for final deliverable tasks in practice.
Walkthrough
Overview
Head to the Facilitate page to access the student's experience for which you want to grant a deadline extension.
Locate the specific task that requires a deadline extension. Click to open it up.
You'll see the student's task submission window open up.
In the task submission window, you will see a Deadline Extension button at the top. Click on this button to initiate the deadline extension process.
You'll see the Deadline Extension form pop up.
Go ahead and fill the form out:
Set the new deadline by selecting the desired date.
Provide a reason for the extension (e.g., family circumstance or other relevant details).
After filling out the form and selecting the new deadline, click Confirm to apply the changes.
Once the extension is granted, you'll a notification from Sorobot will automatically be sent to both the student and the person who granted the extension, informing them of the new deadline.
The student and their guardians will receive a notification in Sora Home as well:
The new deadline will be visible to both you and the student in the task details.