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Overview
The Work To Do widget may be available for on a class homepage in D2L Brightspace. The widget shows assigned learning activities that are overdue or have an upcoming due date from the class. For learning activities to display in the Work To Do widget, your instructor must add dates to the activities for your class in D2L Brightspace. In some cases, you may still want to create a manual to-do list of assignments and readings for the class.
What dates display in the Work To Do widget?
The Work To Do widget displays these learning activities when your instructor has added due and/or end dates to them in your D2L Brightspace class:
- Assignments
- Checklists
- Content
- Discussions
- Surveys
- Quizzes
All learning activities with due or end dates in the near future or the past appear in the Work To Do widget. Any overdue work will appear under the Overdue section, and upcoming items appear under a section for the next two weeks. The Work To Do widget will display a maximum of six items. If additional items are available, they can be reviewed in the full-screen view via the “View all work” link.
Can I dismiss an overdue activity in the Work To Do widget?
Yes, you can! With the September 2026 release, the Work To Do widget now allows a student to dismiss overdue activities to help them better manage their workload.
A student can select the dismiss (X icon) next to an overdue activity to remove it from their view. After dismissing an activity, an alert is temporarily available with an Undo option, allowing the student to restore the activity if it was dismissed by mistake.
Figure: In the Overdue section of the Work To Do widget, select the 'x' icon for an activity to manually dismiss it.
Figure: After manually dismissing the activity, select the Undo button to restore the activity to the Work To Do widget.
Will Work To Do display activities that don’t have a Due Date or an End Date?
No, the Work To Do Widget only displays learning activities with an overdue dates or upcoming dates. In some cases, you may still want to create a manual to-do list of assignments and readings for the class.
Does the widget display items that I have already completed?
No, it does not display completed items. The Work To Do widget is for actionable items. Once an item has been completed, it will disappear from the widget.
What’s the difference between the Work To Do widget and how work to do is displayed in Pulse?
With the Work To Do widget, it highlights overdue and upcoming work. You do not have to create a manual to-do list of assignments in your class.
The Brightspace Pulse app displays work to do in a more graphical week-by-week view, and it doesn’t highlight overdue work. But the Pulse app can be helpful for push notifications of upcoming activity due and end dates. Learn more about the Brightspace Pulse app.