As a teacher, I have the ability to lock an assignment to prevent students from making additional submissions. I can choose to lock on a specific date and time, or to lock now (which will default to the current date and time).
Using the Schoology assignment API, I can see whether an assignment has been locked or not (dropbox_locked field). I can also enable or disable submissions (putting an update that includes the allow_dropbox field).
How would I do the following using the API (instructions don't seem to mention these)?
- Differentiate between assignments that will lock in the future and ones that have no lock set (dropbox_locked is '0' for both of these situations)
- Lock or unlock an assignment
- See or alter the date and time of the lock for an assignment
Lastly, since I can't alter the lock state via the API, for assignments where I need to prevent students from uploading any more submissions or revisions, is there any downside or difference if I disable assignment submissions as opposed to using the lock feature?
