⏳ Deadlines & Tokens
Classmoji offers a flexible system for managing assignment deadlines using a token-based extension system. This helps you enforce structure while also supporting students who need extra time.
📅 Setting Deadlines
When you create an assignment, you specify a student deadline — the latest time a student can submit work without penalty.
You can also set a grader deadline, which tells TAs or instructors when feedback and grading should be completed.
🪙 What Are Tokens?
Each student starts with a configurable number of tokens for the term. They can spend these tokens to submit assignments after the deadline without a grade penalty.
- Instructors define how many tokens are required to extend the deadline by 1 hour
- Instructors can manually award or refund tokens at any time
This approach encourages responsibility and gives students agency, without needing constant deadline exception handling.
⚙️ How to Configure Token Settings
In each assignment, you can specify:
- Student Deadline – the submission cutoff time
- Tokens per Hour – how many tokens students need to extend their deadline by 1 hour
You can also set default token values for the classroom in your Classroom Settings.
📊 Instructor View
Instructors and TAs can view:
- Total tokens each student has used
- Current token balance
- Whether an assignment was submitted late, and by how many hours
🔁 Token Use Cases
- Extend submission deadlines without needing one-on-one email approvals
- Reward tokens as extra credit
✅ Best Practices
- Make the token system transparent to students from day one
- Use consistent token-to-hour ratios across assignments
- Encourage students to track their usage and save tokens for emergencies