Assignments can also be used as a means for students to submit Extension or Special Consideration applications. In essence, these are "Extension Drop Boxes" or "Special Consideration Drop Boxes" (or "SC Drop Boxes").

You can create Extension or SC Drop Boxes by following most of the steps in our guide How to set up an Assignment. However, instead of Step 8 on that guide, you will need to:

1. Expand the Grade section of your drop box and change the Grade Type to Scale.
2. Select the Scale Not approved/Approved. This Grade Scale setting allows you to indicate to the student whether you have approved their Special Consideration application:
   

NOTE: You must have Editing Lecturer access to a LEO unit in order to add an Assignment activity.

Approving student applications

When approving or not approving a student application, it is useful to ensure the checkbox Notify students is ticked prior to selecting Save changes. After you save your changes, your student will receive an email or a LEO message notifying them of your decision, however this may be dependent on their personal notification preferences in LEO.