Assessment Calendar
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This calendar serves to inform the Howard community of dates relevant to assessment, course evaluations, and institution-wide surveys. Reminders for each of these events will be sent via email to appropriate parties, but the calendar serves as a single source of information for this data.
Sunday, August 2, 2026 | Summer Session II course evaluations close. |
Week of August 3. 2026 | Howard University Meta-Assessment (Cycle 2 of 3). More information: https://ira.howard.edu/assessment/huma |
Friday, August 7, 2026 | Summer course evaluations reports become available to instructors. |
Monday, August 17, 2026 | Fall semester begins. |
Monday, September 7, 2026 | Labor Day – University Closed. |
Thursday, September 10, 2026 | Course Audit Date: ALL Instructors and courses must be correctly entered into CourseDog by this date. Chairs must complete the course audit verification form by this date. Failure to do so will results in errors being imported into the Course Evaluation system. |
Thursday, September 17, 2026 | 2026-2027 HAAP Academic Part 1: Outcomes and Measures Info Session/Check In – 12pm Assessment leads will receive a link to join via email. |
Friday, September 18, 2026 | 2026-2027 HAAP Administrative Part 1: Outcomes and Measures Info Session/Check In – 12pm Assessment leads will receive a link to join via email. |
Last week of September 2026 (tentative) | Assessment Day! (Details to be shared soon) |
Thursday, October 1, 2026 | 2026-2027 HAAP Part 1: Outcomes and Measures must be finalized in Planning & Self Study for all programs. Please contact the Assessment team if there is any barrier to your unit submitting the plan on time. |
Friday, October 2, 2026 | Primary Enrollment Census Date. |
Monday, October 5, 2026 | Graduating Student Exit Survey (GSES) opens for graduating students. OUC communication about GSES will be sent. |
Friday, October 9, 2026 | Howard Interdisciplinary Evaluation and Assessment (IDEAS) meeting. Zoom link provided via email. |
Monday, October 12, 2026 | Mental Health Day – University Closed. |
Week of October 12, 2026 | Homecoming Week. |
Week of October 19, 2026 (tentative) | WORKSHOP: MSCHE Accreditation Visit Prep Zoom link coming soon. |
Wednesday, November 11, 2026 | Veterans Day – University Closed. |
Friday, November 13, 2026 | Total Withdrawal Date.
OUC communication regarding the opening of course evaluations will be sent. |
Monday, November 16, 2026 | Fall course evaluations are opened to students (for traditional courses). Students will receive an invitation to complete course evaluations via email from notifications@watermarkinsights.com
Instructors should encourage their students to complete course evaluations. |
Thursday, November 26, 2026 – Sunday November 29, 2026 | Thanksgiving Recess – University Closed. |
Sunday November 29, 2026 | Course evaluations are closed. |
Monday, December 7, 2026 | Final examinations begin. |
Thursday, December 17, 2026 | Fall semester ends. Course evaluation reports are available to instructors.* |
Thursday, December 17, 2026 to Sunday, January 3, 2027 | Winter Recess – University Closed. |
Friday, January 8, 2027 | GSES is closed for Fall graduates. |
*Course evaluations will be made available to instructors and administrators after all final grades have been submitted. This will delay some graduate and professional programs with different grade submission policies. Non-traditional academic programs’ course evaluation timeline differs based on individual academic calendars.
Please note: As of the close of the Fall 2022 semester, the Office of Institutional Research & Assessment is no longer able to verify course and instructor information for the course evaluation process. Course and instructor information must be correct in Banner and Canvas prior to the Course Audit Date of each semester. Deans and chairs can assist instructors in making necessary corrections within the Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys system.