Assignments in a Mastering course

Updated 19 Feb 2024

Mastering offers different kinds of assignments to support learning and to provide both formative and summative assessments, whether for low stakes or high stakes.

  • The Introduction to Mastering assignment is added to your course automatically to help students learn how to respond to the question formats in Mastering homework, quizzes, and tests.
  • You can create standard Mastering assignments that have settings that govern grading and presentation. How to select assignment content for standard assignments
    • Homework assignments usually allow multiple answer attempts, provide hints and answer feedback, and let students know when their answer is correct.
    • Quiz and test assignments often have security features, like not allowing students to print.
  • Scheduled Reading assignments (no points) can help students prepare for class or prepare for other assignments.
  • Freehand Grader assignments let you upload an assignment PDF and apply your own criteria to grade. Students can answer freehand so you can see their work.
  • Interactive Lab assignments provide real-world lab scenarios about processes like mitosis. Students learn by doing with guided feedback.

Specialized assignments