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Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pawtograder.com/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

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Extensions

Pawtograder provides three mechanisms for letting a student submit past the original due date: student-spent late tokens, instructor-granted manual extensions, and instructor-gifted tokens. All three are managed from the assignment’s Due Date Exceptions page. For the class-wide token allotment per assignment, see Configuration → Late tokens.

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Late tokens

When the assignment allows late tokens, each enrolled student can spend one token per 24 hours of extension on their own due date. Tokens must be requested before the original due date.
  • Token requests are recorded in the student’s submission history.
  • Group assignments treat tokens at the group level — one token covers the whole group’s deadline.
  • A student’s remaining token balance is shown on their assignments page.

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Granting a manual extension

From Due Date Exceptions, click Add Exception and choose the student (or group, for group assignments). The form accepts either:
  • A Target Due Date (date picker) — choose the new deadline directly.
  • Hours Extended and Minutes Extended — extend by a duration rather than choosing an end time.
Use Tokens to Consume if you want the extension to be billed against the student’s late-token balance, or leave it at 0 for a free extension. The Notes field is internal and helps future-you remember why the exception was granted. For group assignments, the exception applies to every member of the group automatically.

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Gifting late tokens

Gifted tokens are added to a student’s available balance and are spendable like any other token. Use this to compensate for special circumstances (illness, accommodation, transit issues) without picking a specific new deadline. The gifted tokens stack on top of the class-wide allocation.

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Self-review deadline shift

When an assignment’s due date is extended — via a token or a manual exception — Pawtograder shifts the affected student’s self-review deadline by the same amount, so they retain the normal review window after submitting. No manual action is required.

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Bulk review-due-date updates

The Grading Assignments page lets you adjust grading and self-review review due dates in bulk for a section, a rubric, or a set of selected rows. See Bulk Actions for the procedure.