Automatic extension - Moodle assignsubmission plugin

This plugin allows students to request an automatic extension. A "Request extension" button will be presented on the assignment view page, pressing the button will take the student to a confirmation page, after confirming an extension will be applied using the site settings.

Site settings

• Enabled by default | default - if the plugin should be enabled by default for new and existing assignments (created before this plugin was installed), allowing students to make extension requests
• Condition details | conditions - HTML that will be presented to the student on the confirmation screen when the student requests an extension
• Maximum requests | maximumrequests - the number of extension requests a user can make for each assignment (setting this to 0 will disable the plugin)
• Extension length | extensionlength - the length of each extension period, each subsequent request will increase the extension by this amount (setting this to 0 will disable the plugin)

Permissions

There is a single permission, assignsubmission/automaticextension:requestextension determines if a user can request an automatic extension. By default this permission is given to the student archetype.