Release 1 – February 2, 2025

Applicant-reported Duolingo English Test Scores

This enhancement must be approved by the CAS association or UniCAS client for use in the current cycle. If activated, this enhancement is available for all participating programs. CAS association and UniCAS clients: contact a member of your account team for more information or to enable this feature.

Duolingo has established a new English test that is gaining popularity in academia. The test consists of five categories:

• Overall: the test taker’s ability to use English in a variety of modes and contexts.
• Literacy: the test taker’s ability to read and write.
• Comprehension: the test taker’s ability to read and listen.
• Conversation: the test taker’s ability to listen and speak.
• Production: the test taker’s ability to write and speak.

With this enhancement, applicants can now self-report their Duolingo scores in the application. This allows you to collect and review these scores with the rest of the applicant’s application, rather than collecting this data separately.

CAS Applicant Portal

Applicants can self-report their Duolingo test scores in the Standardized Tests section.

CAS API

The CAS Application APIs (v1 and v2) now support applicant-reported Duolingo English Test scores under the new JSON node, Reported->DuolingoEnglishTest.

See the CAS API Technical Documentation for more information.

Liaison Outcomes

You can view self-reported Duolingo scores under the Applicant Forms section. This data is also available in Segments and Exports.

WebAdMIT

You can review the applicant's self-reported Duolingo test scores under the Standardized Tests panel, Duolingo subpanel, on the Applicant Details page. This data is also available under the Applicant Reported Duolingo field category in the List Manager, Export Manager, and Scoring.

Prefill CAS Name in National Student Clearinghouse Electronic Transcript Request Form

For CASs that accept official transcripts through National Student Clearinghouse, this enhancement must be approved by the CAS association or UniCAS client for use in the current cycle. If activated, this enhancement is available for all participating programs. CAS association and UniCAS clients: contact a member of your account team for more information or to enable this feature.

For CASs that accept official transcripts, applicants may have the option to request an electronic transcript through National Student Clearinghouse within the application. Applicants are then sent to National Student Clearinghouse's site to fill out a request form. With this enhancement, if applicants click the button to request a transcript through National Student Clearinghouse, their CAS will automatically be prefilled in National Student Clearinghouse's request form. This simplifies the transcript ordering process, as applicants have one less field to complete, and eliminates any confusion over which CAS to choose.

Show Program Prerequisite Instructions Before Applicants Complete Transcript/Coursework Entry Section

For CASs that collect program-specific prerequisites, this enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact a member of your account team for more information.

For some CASs, programs can list their prerequisite coursework requirements in the Program Materials quadrant where applicants can then match their coursework to these prerequisites. Programs can also include instructions to explain their prerequisite requirements, help guide applicants on how best to match courses, provide a link to their program website for further information, etc.

Applicants can now view these program instructions before they complete the Transcript/Coursework Entry section in the Academic History quadrant. Previously, these instructions did not appear in the Program Materials quadrant until applicants entered coursework. This enhancement helps applicants review all program information before they begin to apply to the program.

This enhancement was inspired by user feedback via the Ideas Portal.

Various User Interface Updates

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact a member of your account team for more information.

The CAS Configuration Portal has had the following user interface updates. These enhancements all improve user readability and navigation.

Cycle Order

When selecting your CAS and cycle, cycles are now listed in reverse chronological order (most recent on top).

Search Filter and Result Navigation

If you run a search from your organization page and view a program from the results list, and then you return to the organization page, your search criteria continues to display and all search results appear appropriately.

Additionally, if you view a program from a results list, you can navigate to the next applicable program in the results list in the top right.

Organization Page Layout and Program Management Action Links

You can now view more programs on the organization page without scrolling. Additionally, when you scroll, the header row with column names and the footer row with action items like bulk editing programs, adding a new program, etc., remain visible.

When selecting an action to perform on your programs (e.g., edit details, submit a program for review, delete, archive, etc.), the action links appear in the same place for every program. They also have a highlighted background when hovered over, making it easier for you to make your selection.

Expand Length of Program-level Question Export Code Fields

If you enter export codes for your program-level questions, the Export Code fields now automatically expand when clicked on so that you can view more of your data.

New Event Summary Emails

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact a member of your account team for more information.

If you work with the Events feature in Outcomes to schedule and manage events at your institution, a new email notification for event activity is now available. If you enable this notification for a user at your institution, they’ll receive a daily email that summarizes the registration changes for events occurring that day and the next day. This includes information about anyone who registered, canceled their registration, or checked in to an event. The email also provides a summary of events occurring within the next 30 days. To enable this notification for users, navigate to the Users section of the Settings Menu, select the desired user, and toggle on the Opt into event registration emails setting on the Users page.

Outcomes Student Portal Font Updates

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact a member of your account team for more information.

The font of the text in the Outcomes Student Portal has been updated to ensure consistent handling of accents and special characters.

Root Search for Application Segment Criteria

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact a member of your account team for more information.

When adding criteria to searches or segments on the Application Grid, root search is now available. Properties that were previously nested into sub-levels are now searchable from the top level. After clicking Add Criteria, use the search field to type the name or keyword related to your desired property. This enhancement allows you to more quickly and easily find the criteria that you want to use in your segments.

Coming Soon: Enhanced Application PDF

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact a member of your account team for more information.

The Outcomes application PDF is being enhanced. Updates include reduced document length, less whitespace, and improved page breaking. The enhanced PDF is scheduled to be available with the March 2025 release.