(C1,ii) Add Language Feedback Assistant for English (Enhanced)

The Language Feedback Assistant for English (LangFA-EL) provides basic feedback on students’ writing in areas such as spelling and grammar.

Important: Marks and File Submission are disabled when using LangFA-EL.

Create a LangFA-EL question

LangFA-EL can be used in standalone questions and all types of quizzes. Depending on the selected mode (i.e. standalone question or quiz), teachers determine how students will receive the feedback from LangFA-EL.

Mode	Feedback
Teacher Marked Quiz	Students receive feedback after teacher marks and releases the quiz
1. Progressive Quiz 2. Auto-Graded Quiz 3. Standalone Question	Students receive feedback automatically after submitting each question

To learn more about the different quiz modes, click here.

Note

To use LangFA-EL in a quiz, click Add New on the Module Editor page, then select Quiz. Proceed to Step 2 to continue creating a quiz.
To use LangFA-EL in a standalone question, click Add New on the Module Editor page then select Activity. Proceed to Step 3 to continue creating a standalone question.

After selecting Quiz, you will see that the default Quiz Mode is Progressive Quiz. You can change the Quiz Mode, add Description and Instructions to students by clicking on the Quiz Component. To add a question, click + on the Collapsed Activity List.

(C1,ii) Add Language Feedback Assistant for English (LangFA-EL)

Select Language Feedback Assistant for English under Free-Response Questions from the Component Bar. The Create New Question subpage will open.
- Alternatively, you can choose Default Free-Response then click the checkbox next to Use and select Language Feedback Assistant for English.

Add Language Feedback Assistant for English (LangFA-EL)

Additionally, you may choose to use Short Answer Feedback Assistant concurrently to to allow students to receive more than one type of feedback in a single response.

From the Response Size dropdown list, select the response size, or estimated length of students’ response. A short response would be approximately 300 words long, and a long response would be 500 words long. The default Response Size is set to Medium.

When you are done editing, click outside the Component to save.

Review Feedback Generated by LangFA-EL

Students will receive feedback automatically for Standalone Questions, Auto-Graded and Progressive Quizzes. For Teacher Marked Quizzes, you have to mark and return the feedback before your students can receive it. Click here to learn how to do so.

Supporting Resources

Primary EL: Teachers can refer to these sample writing modules as guides to introduce the LangFA-EL to students.
Secondary EL: SLS modules from the Reading Up series contain sections that provide students opportunities to use the LangFA-EL. More modules with LangFA-EL will be added on an approximately monthly basis.