Hi Althea: Well, I think you're being very proactive in asking about due dates in other classes. This can run into traffic jams at times for students, and may interfere with all of the class assignments due near the same time. You're assignment and giving the first days schedule only is rather unique, but I see it's working for you, so terrific. Students usually want to plan all their dates, but your point (as related to this forum post) is that you will be customizing the course based on the individuals, their experiences, abilities, likes and dislikes, etc. So, in a rather different way, this is a very creative pretesting model. I'm glad you shared it. Regards, Barry