Hi @PhillipLuck ,

Thank you for posting on the Instructure Community!

When the assignment is locked, you are prohibiting students from viewing the full assignment, which includes but is not necessarily limited to, the descriptions, submit button, etc. That being said, in most instances, students will not be able to access any information for that assignment unless it is unlocked. However, you mentioned that your students are wanting to see the information before submitting. Something you can do is change the Submission type to 'No Submission' in your assignment's settings, and then when you are ready to have them start submitting you can change the submission type back to what you wish for it to be. This will allow students to see the information but will not have any option to submit the assignment yet.

I hope this helps!