Use lesson schedules to control when a lesson becomes available in an on-demand or blended course. You can also add a due date to show learners when the lesson should be completed.
Who can use this?
System Admins and Course Owners can edit lesson schedules. Facilitators cannot open the course editor.
Schedule a lesson
Follow these steps to set or change a lesson's release date and due date.
Go to admin.cademy.io and select Courses.
Open the on-demand or blended course.
Select Edit Course, then select Contents.
Open the lesson and select Schedule.
Under Scheduling Options, choose one of these options:
Immediate access: the lesson is available as soon as the learner has access to the course.
Schedule a release date: the lesson stays locked until the release date.
If you choose Schedule a release date, choose how the date is calculated:
Specific Date & Time: enter one Release date and Release time for every learner.
Relative to entering the course: enter the Days after enrollment. Each learner gets their own release date, calculated from when their course access starts.
Under Due Date Options, choose No due date or Set a due date.
If you set a due date, choose Specific Date & Time or Relative to entering the course, then enter the date or number of days.
Select Done, then select Save at the top of the lesson.
A due date does not lock the lesson.
It tells the learner when the lesson should be completed. The learner can still open the lesson after it becomes overdue.
What learners see
A lesson must be Published before learners can see it. A scheduled lesson stays locked until its release date.
Before a lesson is released, the course outline shows a label such as Available today, Available in 3 days or Available 1 Oct 2026. If a learner tries to open the locked lesson directly, Cademy shows the date when it will become available.
For an incomplete lesson with a due date, the course outline shows Due today, Due in 3 days, a due date or Overdue.
Due dates are reminders. They do not remove access or prevent the learner from completing the lesson after the due date.
Email notifications
For an eligible order-based Registration, Cademy checks scheduled releases every hour. When the release time is reached, the learner can receive a New Lesson Available email with a link to the lesson.
If the lesson has a due date and is still incomplete, Cademy checks once a day and can email the learner:
two days before the due date
one day before the due date
on the due date
one day after the due date
Cademy does not send these due-date emails after the learner completes the lesson.
Direct and imported Registrations do not currently create these schedule emails.
The lesson schedule and due date still appear in the learner's course, but the automatic lesson release and due-date emails are only created for eligible order-based Registrations.
Frequently asked questions
Can I change or remove a schedule later?
Yes. Open the lesson and select Schedule. Choose Immediate access to remove the release date, or No due date to remove the due date. Select Done, then Save.
Why can a learner not see a lesson?
Check that the lesson is Published, the release date has been reached and the learner has access to the course.
Will a learner lose access after the due date?
No. The lesson stays available. The due date changes to Overdue until the learner completes the lesson.
Can I use Preview as Student to test a relative schedule?
No. Admin preview does not enforce Registration-based lesson locks. Use a test learner Registration to test relative schedules and emails. See Test a Course as a Learner.
Can I use lesson schedules for every course type?
No. Lesson schedules are available for on-demand and blended courses.