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by Mandy Lindgren, Associate Director

CASLS has been working to bring formative assessment into the digital age since 2008. Partnering with the National Council of State Supervisors for Languages (NCSSFL) and the National Foreign Language Center (NFLC), we developed an online version of the well-researched and well-piloted portfolio system called LinguaFolio.

More than six years later, we’re still working to improve self-assessment and to make LinguaFolio Online an even more friendly portfolio system. We’re excited about our most recent round of improvements, including:

• Revised NCSSFL and ACTFL CanDo statements by the end of 2014
• A simplified sign up process that will give you full access within 48 hours
• A simplified per-student payment system that accepts credit cards, e-checks, and regular paper checks

We hope that these improvements will streamline instructors’ experiences and make the tool even easier to incorporate into the curriculum.

For those with STARTALK programs, 2014 will bring special updates designed to make your job as a program director and instructor a little easier. We’ve simplified the registration process, so you’ll no longer have to deal with those pesky codes. You’ll soon have the ability to:

• Select CanDo statements that are specific to your program
• Enter your own customized, program-specific CanDo statements that match your curriculum template
• More easily review student work, confirm students’ completion of CanDo statements, and access students’ evidence

Plus, your students will have a simplified view showing only the CanDo statements you’ve designed as part of your STARTALK program. 

Beginning in 2014, students in STARTALK programs will have a simplified view showing only the CanDo statements included in the program's curriculum template.

We’d love to hear your experiences with self-assessment in general and LinguaFolio Online. We may be able to incorporate your ideas into future improvements. Write to us at info@uoregon.edu, follow us on https://twitter.com/CASLS_nflrc, or like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/casls.nflrc.