Assessment Calendar

Fall 2024 - Assessment Calendar

Monday, August 5, 2024

Summer course evaluations close.

Monday, August 19, 2024

Fall semester begins.

 

Monday, August 26, 2024

Summer course evaluations reports become available to instructors.

 

All units will receive a reminder about their Howard Annual Assessment Plan (HAAP) for AY 2024-2025 with what is needed for Fall ’24.

Monday, September 2, 2024

Labor Day.

 

Friday, September 13, 2024

Course Audit Date: ALL Instructors and courses must be correctly entered into CourseDog by this date. Failure to do so will result in errors being imported into the Course Evaluation system.

 

All chairs/department heads of non-traditional scheduled programs must contact the Assessment team by this date in order to coordinate non-traditionally scheduled course evaluations for Fall '24. 

 

Any units that would like a targeted survey attached to their course evaluations targeted survey attached to their course evaluations must contact the Assessment Team by this date. 

Thursday, September 19, 2024

WORKSHOP“Howard Annual Assessment Process: A Refresher” facilitated by Dr. Pavithra Suresh (2:00-3:00pm). Register here.

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

2024-2025 HAAP 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.

Mid- to Late October (exact date TBD)

Graduating Student Exit Survey (GSES) opens for students.

OUC communication about GSES will be sent.

Monday, October 21, 2024 

WORKSHOP“Student-Led Assessment” facilitated by Dr. Mandy E. Moore (11am-12pm). Register here.

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Howard Interdisciplinary Evaluation and Assessment (IDEAS) meeting (12pm-1pm). Register here.

 

 

Monday, November 4, 2024

Fall course evaluation Manage Courses period begins for traditional courses. During this period, administrators can correct instructor information within Course Evaluations and Surveys as needed. 

  • Deans and Chairs should remind course instructors of record to log on to the course evaluation platform (Watermark CE&S) and ensure all instructor information is correct.
  • Instructors should notify their Dean/Chair of any errors on CE&S and Deans/Chairs can make corrections on CE&S

Reminder will be sent out to units about finalizing their 2023-2024 HAAP Outcomes & Measures. We ask that all units make an appointment with the Assessment team if support is needed.

Friday, November 8, 2024

Total Withdrawal Date.

OUC communication regarding the closing of course evaluations will be sent.

Monday, November 11, 2024

Veterans Day.

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Fall course evaluation Manage Courses period ends for traditional courses.

 

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Fall course evaluations opens for students (for traditional courses). OUC communication about course evaluations will be sent.

  • Evaluations can be accessed through email or Canvas.

  • Instructors should encourage their students to complete course evaluations.

Thursday, November 28, 2024 – Sunday December 1, 2024

Thanksgiving Recess.

Sunday, December 1, 2024

Course evaluations closes for students.

Monday, December 2, 2024

Final examinations begin.

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

WORKSHOP“High Impact Practices at HU” facilitated by Ms. Alexus Laster, MS, GCP (11am-12pm). Register here.

Saturday, December 18, 2024

Fall semester ends.

Friday, December 20, 2024

Course evaluation reports are available to instructors.*

Friday, January 3, 2025

GSES closes 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 CourseDog 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.