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*ANNOUNCEMENT: FLASHLIGHT ONLINE 2.0*
March 17, 2011
The underlying Flashlight Online 2.0 (FLO2)
software has been developed, hosted, maintained, and
supported by Washington State University (WSU) and is called
“Skylight” at that institution. Unfortunately, due to
recent budget and staff reductions, WSU has informed the TLT
Group that it will not be able to continue these services
beyond December 31, 2011.
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Fortunately, WSU has assured us that
those individuals who had access to Flashlight Online
2.0/Skylight accounts as of the end of November, 2010
will continue to have the same access until December 31,
2011.
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Until January 15, 2012
TLT Group subscribers
will be able to download previous surveys, but not
create anything new.
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WSU will not provide any customer
support.. TLT Group is the contact for all customer
support. flashlight@tltgroup.org
is the best email address to use.
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WSU has provided instructions for saving,
downloading or moving data and information associated
with currently functioning accounts before December 31,
2011 so that previously completed work need not be lost.
(Certainly it makes sense to start the process now.)
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Some methods of downloading survey items
and responses in the Skylight Knowledge Base at
http://skylightkb.wsu.edu/view-and-download-data.
Other information regarding the survey system can be
found at
http://skylightkb.wsu.edu
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The TLT Group is investigating some
alternatives for continuing to make Flashlight Online
2.0/Skylight available to its subscribers after December 31,
2011 and will provide updates about the status of that
effort. Until we complete that investigation we cannot
accept requests for new Flashlight Online 2.0/Skylight
accounts or for extending any current Flashlight Online
2.0/Skylight accounts beyond December 31, 2011.
Of course, the TLT Group continues to offer
institutional subscriptions and individual memberships and
related resources and services. We are eager to talk with
institutions about those options and how we can be helpful
in making any transition that may be required for those who
are currently using Flashlight Online 2.0.
Steven W. Gilbert
President
TLT Group
To help you with productive
assessment -- useful information that guides improvement --
the TLT Group's
award-winning
Flashlight Program provides three kinds of service:
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Flashlight Online, an
inexpensive, multi-purpose Web 2.0 tool that offers new
opportunities research, a transformative approach to
student course evaluation, and new options for program
evaluation.
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Subscriber materials such as
Flashlight Evaluation Handbook
with dozens of topic guides and templates,
Flashlight Cost Analysis Handbook,
"Asking the Right
Questions (ARQ) materials for faculty support and
development, and other materials.
(Please get the username/password from your
institutional contact.) We also have many free
articles online.
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Services:
talks, training, help with grant proposals, and external
evaluation. Examples of our
services:
All of this
work is aimed to help you and your colleagues gather the
kinds of information needed to make decisions and save time.
Its development guided by a set of principles known as the
Flashlight
Approach.
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