Video Walkthrough:
Setting Pacing
Pacing controls student to-do lists and status indicators (On Track, Behind, etc.) by automatically assigning due dates to course assignments. You can set pacing for an entire section or for individual students.
Where to find pacing: Pacing lives in the Pacing tab of Course Settings (left-hand navigation). This is where you view the pacing dates currently set for each course and student, and where you change them. To see whether a student is on pace, check their Course Progress Bar (Roster → select the student → open the course) or the On Track / Behind status indicators.
Before You Begin
Open your Educator Portal and confirm the correct Section is selected in the Sections dropdown.
Step 1: Go to Pacing in Course Settings
In the left-hand navigation, click Course Settings.
You'll land on the Pacing tab by default. If needed, confirm it's selected (it will be underlined in blue).
Step 2: Select Students
Choose the course you want to pace, then select which students to apply pacing to: either all students in the section or a specific individual.
Step 3: Select Topics
Choose the topics you want to pace. In most cases, you'll pace the entire course. However, you can select only a portion, useful for students joining partway through a semester.
To select all topics at once, use the Select All button at the top.
Step 4: Assign Pacing Dates
With your topics selected, click the blue Update Pacing button.
From the dropdown, choose Assign New Pacing Date.
In the pacing window, enter your Start Date and End Date.
Optionally, set the due time and time zone for assignments.
Step 5: Set Blackout Dates (Optional)
If you want to exclude certain dates (e.g., school holidays):
Toggle on Add Excluded Dates.
Select the dates to exclude from the calendar.
Note: You don't need to manually exclude weekends. The system skips weekends by default unless you enable the Allow Target Dates to be Set on Weekends toggle.
Step 6: Apply and Save
Click Apply Pacing, then Save Changes. The system will automatically assign due dates to all assignments in the course.
Enrolling a new student partway through the term?
Pacing doesn't restart automatically when you enroll a new student. A new student picks up whatever pacing is already set for their section, course, or school. If those dates have already started, the student may show as Behind right away.
To have their pacing start on their enrollment date, set individual (alternative) pacing for that student:
Select the student's Section from the Sections dropdown first. Individual (alternative) pacing is only available when a specific section is selected.
Go to Course Settings → Pacing and choose the course.
Select that student (not all students in the section).
Select the topics to pace (or Select All).
Click Update Pacing → Assign New Pacing Date, and set the Start Date to the student's enrollment date and the End Date to when they should finish.
Click Apply Pacing, then Save Changes.
Student-level pacing takes priority over section and school pacing, so this only affects that one student. You don't need to change your school or section pacing.
Clearing Pacing
To remove pacing from a course, select the assignments and follow the same steps above — but choose Clear Pacing Dates instead of Assign New Pacing Date.
Can students complete work before its pacing due date?
Yes — pacing due dates are targets used to track On Track/Behind status, not access locks. A student can work ahead of their pacing schedule as long as they're moving through lessons in the correct order.
If Sequential Learning is turned on, it enforces that students complete lessons in order — it does not prevent them from getting ahead of their pacing schedule. A student with Sequential Learning on can still work faster than their pacing dates suggest, as long as they complete each lesson before moving to the next one.
Note: Pacing dates don't automatically roll over between school years. If returning or promoted students are seeing due dates from a previous year, update or reapply pacing for the new term using the steps above — see Why am I seeing due dates from last year? for more detail.