Watermark
What is Watermark?
Watermark is an assessment system which is used by many institutions. With Watermark, the UAS School of Education is able to effectively measure outcome-based learning goals and provide students with a professional portfolio system.
Why do I need to use Watermark?
We are required by our accrediting bodies (CAEP) to maintain assessment systems to review the quality of our programs and students’ performance. In order to grant degrees and enroll students, we must maintain accreditation.
The Watermark Student Learning & Licensure (SL&L) account will allow students to develop multiple, customized professional and personal portfolios containing a variety of file types (audio, video, images, etc.) for students to track the growth and development of specific skill sets. Additionally, students can document all service learning, internship, and field experiences outside the classroom.
How much does Watermark cost?
There is no out-of-pocket cost to you to use the Watermark SL&L resource.
How do I use Watermark?
To log in with an alaska.edu email, follow this link, and use your single sign-on (SSO) password.
If you are a mentor teacher, your email will likely be a non alaska.edu email, in which case you would use this link. You Enter you email as your username, and then use the reset password feature to have a new password sent to your email.
The basics of Watermark SL&L can be found in the online help articles here:
Mentor/Host Teacher Role
UAS is continuously working to improve the quality of our programs and assessment procedures. As part of this process, we use Watermark to collect assessments from instructors, students, and cooperating mentor teachers. Host teachers do not need to buy a Watermark subscription.
Once a student's host teacher has been identified, the Watermark coordinator will set up their SL&L account. If the student's host teacher does not already have a Watermark account, they will receive an email at their school district address from no-reply@watermarkinsights.com with their username and a temporary password. If for some reason the email was blocked or unfound, you can still log in by getting a new password sent to your email.
To reset your password:
- Go to sll.watermarkinsights.com.
- Enter your email address (students should use their university email address, host teachers should use their school district address).
- Select Forgot Password.
- Press Send Link.
- Follow the prompts in the email you receive to reset your password.
For additional assistance, you can visit support.watermarkinsights.com, where you can get answers straight from Watermark. They provide live support during business hours. You will create a free account that is separate from your Watermark login, using any email or password your prefer. Once logged in, you can submit a request from the upper right-hand corner or use the free chat support via the chat bubble in the lower left-hand corner.
For instructions on how to view and access observations and student time logs, here is a simple getting-started guide for Mentors/Cooperating Teachers.
For any further questions, contact Heather Bieber at 907-796-6429 or hmbieber@alaska.edu.