Learning Plan - Selecting Default Due Date

Summary

Learning Plan - Unsure of selecting None or By Days as the Default Due Date

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All,

We would like to launch a learning plan and require users to complete within 30 days of the learning plan being launched to them. However, I'm not sure if I should choose the default due date of "none" and/or use the option "by days" and enter 30 days after learning plan has been assigned.

The struggle I'm having is that we want users to complete the course in the learning plan within 30 days of it being launched to them, but how do we account for those new hires that may start towards the end of the year and/or mid December as we want to end this learning plan by the end of the calendar year 12/31/16 (will no longer be available for users to complete after 12/31/16). Is it recommended that we use a default due date as "none" or the default due date "by days" and then when it gets closer to