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

• If available for your course, Adaptive Follow-Up and Dynamic Study Module assignments give students enhanced personalized remediation.
• Learning Catalytics sessions provide opportunities for student engagement and peer learning.
• You can add grades for non-Mastering assignments as offline activities, like for labs.