WhatsDue is a free service for sending due date reminders to students. The service sends push notifications to students’ iOS and Android devices. I reviewed the service last spring and thought that it was good as it doesn’t rely on SMS/ text messaging. Just in time for the new school year WhatsDue released some updates.

There are three noticeable updates to WhatsDue on the administrative side of things. First, you can now define the type of assignment (homework, quiz, project, or custom description) and add a description to it. Second, the due date now defaults to “tomorrow” unless you change it. Third, you no longer have to specify a time for each assignment’s due date. Instead of having to specify “August 14 at 9am” you can now just leave it as “August 14.”

Here’s how WhatsDue works. First, the teacher registers for a free account on the WhatsDue website and creates a class or classes. Each class is assigned its own unique join code. Teachers then invite students and parents to join the class through the join code. Once students have joined the class they will begin receiving due date reminders on their mobile devices.

Teachers can create multiple classes and schedule multiple reminders for each class from one dashboard on the WhatsDue website. Students opening WhatsDue on their iPhones or Android phones will see reminders of approaching due dates and past due dates.