Introducing Student Learning and Licensure Faculty Guide
Efolio is the College of Education and Liberal Art's electronic portfolio system previously housed on Taskstream that is moving to Watermark’s Student Learning and Licensure (SL&L) effective fall 2023. The system is used for documenting and tracking candidate mastery of program competencies. Candidates upload core signature assessments through Canvas and faculty determine whether a candidate has met, not met, or reached the target on the identified elements/standards. The College is held accountable for ensuring that candidates meet these competencies in their programs to assure quality and provide data to support evidence-based accreditation.
What is Watermark – Student Learning and Licensure? Watermark – SL&L will now be the electronic portfolio system used by the College for documenting and tracking candidate mastery of program competencies. Candidates will submit assignments on Canvas that will directly pass through to SL&L. Candidates must demonstrate competency at the 3.0 level on a four (4)-point scale for each Program Competency to successfully complete the program. Faculty can access the submissions through their Canvas course which will connect automatically to SL&L. After grading is complete in the external tool (SL&L), the grades will be transferred back to Canvas automatically.
Providing Feedback Feedback is an essential part of the evaluation process, as it helps candidates understand their strengths and areas for improvement. SL&L offers various ways for faculty members to provide feedback to candidates. Comments can be left directly within text submissions or on the evaluation rubric. Below are two free annotation tools available outside of Canvas that you can use to markup documents when evaluating candidate work. These tools offer various annotation features and can be used independently. SL&L will be launching its own markup tool spring 2024. Kami: Kami is a web-based PDF and document annotation tool. It offers a range of annotation features such as highlighting, underlining, drawing, adding text comments, and inserting shapes. It integrates with Google Drive and Google Classroom, making it convenient for evaluating student work.
Drawboard PDF: Drawboard PDF is a Windows-based PDF annotation tool. It provides features like highlighting, underlining, adding comments, inserting shapes, and drawing freehand. Drawboard PDF also supports stylus input for more precise annotations.
Introducing Student Learning and Licensure Faculty Guide
What if a candidate does not have an SL&L account? Users with active Taskstream accounts are already enrolled in SL&L and the connection will be made automatically when candidates open an activity/assignment on Canvas. New candidates must successfully register for their program’s E-folio lab course and follow the steps provided in their E-folio Canvas course. Undergraduate Programs Graduate Programs Doctoral Programs Certificate Programs
EDU 102 E-folio MED 6102 E-folio EDD 6102 E-folio MED 6102 E-folio
Frequently Asked Questions How long will a candidate have access to a Taskstream account?
Candidates may login to their TaskStream account by clicking on www.taskstream.com. It will remain active for the length of their program; however, course requirements must be submitted through Canvas beginning fall 2023.
What is the recommended browser for SL&L?
The recommended browser is Firefox or Google Chrome.
How can candidates view completed work from previous semesters? How long do SL&L account memberships remain active? Where can I get additional assistance or information related to my SLL account? Why is the submit button greyed out for a candidate?
The "Timeline" tab allows candidates to access completed assignments from previous semesters. All submissions are retained on their Timeline in the order they were submitted. SL&L accounts are valid for each required efolio course until candidates complete their degrees. Go to the Watermark Student Help Center from within your SLL account by clicking on the question mark icon in the upper right-hand corner of the SLL webpage, located here . Candidates MUST submit all required activities through the Canvas activity link, NOT through the “SL&L Students” access point on the left course menu.
Introducing Student Learning and Licensure Faculty Guide
How to evaluate an activity/course requirement on SL&L … Introducing SL&L Scoring: Click on the video to the right and watch it in its entirety. Note that WilmU uses the Grade Pass Back feature [not covered in this video] on some assessments, so please continue to Step Three for more information. You should also BOOKMARK the video link for future reference.
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Step One: Access the Assignment Open Canvas and navigate to assignment or required activity. Begin grading the activity; this will transport you to your SL&L dashboard. Candidate work can be found on the In-Progress tab. Click on any student to access the “student view” of the assignment
Introducing Student Learning and Licensure Faculty Guide
You may also Login directly to SL&L and click on the bell notification icon at the top right corner of your Dashboard to view new submission activity.
Step Two: Click on the activity you wish to evaluate. Here you will see a list of candidates and their current status of the activity [awaiting submission, awaiting assessment, or done].
Introducing Student Learning and Licensure Faculty Guide
Step Three: The assignment can be found in your Canvas course. It is important that you make sure it is in the correct module and point values are assigned. DO NOT CHANGE THE NAME OF THE ACTIVITY as this will break the link to SL&L. A.
Click on the candidate you wish to evaluate. His/her work will be visible for evaluation.
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After reviewing the candidate’s work, click on View Rubric Details to open the rubrics in another window.
C. You will see a Scoring area to enter the percentage points (must be a whole number). This score will pass back to Canvas and a conversion will occur based on the number of points assigned. Request Revision Feature: You may return an item to a candidate by using this feature.
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NOTE: Candidates MUST SUBMIT through Canvas in order for the Grade Pass Back Feature to run. The score component in SL&L is set to 100 points and uses the percentage calculated from the rubric. Enter the percentage points in the Scoring area (must be a whole number). When that value is sent back to the Canvas Gradebook, the LTI will take that percentage and convert it based on the number of points set for that assignment in the Canvas gradebook. You may also evaluate the assessment and REQUEST a REVISION if appropriate. Once you have evaluated all the candidates in your course, you may click on CLOSE to move the assessment to your timeline. You may also FORCE SUBMIT any candidate who had not submitted an assignment
Introducing Student Learning and Licensure Faculty Guide
How do candidates check their progress on assignments and required activities in SL&L?
Candidates should click on In Progress to view the status of their Program Competencies and Requirements.
Candidates can click on Timeline to locate previous submissions?
Watermark - SL&L Support Contact Mentoring Services for help via phone at 1-800-311-5656 (follow the prompts) or by submitting a request for help For more information contact: The Office of Technology, Assessment, and Compliance email: tac@wilmu.edu