Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning

How to Submit your Course Materials for Assessment

**Fall 2026 Course Materials are due by Monday, December 14, 2026**

Submission Guide for Mason Core Assessment

Fall 2026-Spring 2027

Global Contexts

Thank you for your participation in Mason Core Assessment. All instructors teaching Mason Core courses in the Global Contexts category will submit materials each semester during the assessment period. After the add/drop period ends, primary instructors of record will receive an email containing a unique submission link for each assigned course section. A separate submission is required for every course section. The email will also include a list of three randomly selected student GNumbers, along with an alternate list to use if one of the selected students is unavailable.

Fall 2026 submission materials are due by the end of the semester, Monday, December 14, 2026.

Materials Instructions Notes
Course Syllabus Upload the course syllabus. File Name: Course_Section_Syllabus (e.g., ENGR107_001_Syllabus).
Course Assignment Upload one assignment that assesses student learning on one of the Mason Core Learning Outcomes in the course. File Name: Course_Section_Assignment (e.g., ENGR107_001_Assignment).

Ensure the assignment allows students to clearly demonstrate proficiency in the identified learning outcome.
Learning Outcomes Select the Mason Core Learning Outcome that best aligns with the knowledge and/or skills assessed in the uploaded assignment (see the Learning Outcomes table for more details). While multiple outcomes may apply, choose the one most directly relevant to the assignment for submission purposes.

Briefly explain how the assignment assesses the learning outcome.
Student Artifacts Upload the three student artifacts (completed student work) from the randomly selected sample of students in the course.

If you need to use an alternate Student GNumber, indicate this change by selecting the alternate GNumber from the drop-down list.

 File Name : Course_Section_Student GNumber (e.g., ENGR107_001_G123456).

Uploaded files can be up to 50MB.

Learning Outcomes

Select the Mason Core Learning Outcome that best aligns with the knowledge and/or skills assessed in the uploaded assignment. Refer to the options below for each category type.

Category Learning Outcome Description
Global Contexts
  Select one of the following three learning outcomes for assessment. SLO 1. Identify and explain how patterns of global connections across nations and/or cultures have shaped societies to create interdependence and inequality.

SLO 2. Use a disciplinary lens to demonstrate knowledge of how at least one nation and/or culture participates in or is affected by global contexts.

SLO 3. Apply an understanding of one’s own positionality within a globally interdependent and unequal world to analyze solutions to global problems.

Ready to submit your course materials for Mason Core Assessment?

You will receive an email with a submission link after the add/drop period ends. In the meantime, please start gathering your course materials using the list provided above.

Resources

For more information about submitting materials or Mason Core Assessment in general:

Spring 2026

Fall 2025

For guidance on selecting and aligning assignments:

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