Complete a teacher evaluation for Common App

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Common App has teamed up with Xello to make it easier to support your students with their college applications. For Common App colleges, students use Xello to send a request for a Teacher evaluation.

If you're selected by a student as a recommender, you'll receive their request via email. Use the email to sign in to Xello, or if you use single sign-on (SSO) at your school, access your Xello account as you normally would. View your list of student requests, write your evaluation, and upload a letter of recommendation.

The teacher evaluation is sent to all the Common App colleges the student has assigned to you. This means you only need to fill it out once. Make sure your letter is specific to the student's accomplishments and not to the institution they're applying to.

FYIFYI: To send teacher evaluations to Common App colleges, you first need to set up your profile. For help, check out Set up a teacher profile for Common App.

To complete a teacher evaluation request for Common App:

  1. From your educator account, under Features, click College and select Application manager.
    Educator account in Xello. In the left menu, Features is open. The College menu is also open and the cursor is selecting Application manager.
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    Educator account in Xello. In the left menu, Features is open. The College menu is also open and the cursor is selecting Application manager.
    • Or, from your dashboard, click the College applications banner.
  2. In the Document requests tile called Initial, click the number next to Letters of recommendation. This will open the list of incomplete document requests that include recommendation letters and teacher evaluations.
    College applications page in Xello. The tile called "Initial" is highlighted. The cursor is clicking the number next to Letters of recommendation
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    College applications page in Xello. The tile called "Initial" is highlighted. The cursor is clicking View requests to open the list of requests filtered by initial college application documents
  3. Browse or use the search bar directly above the student list to search for the student whose document you wish to send.
    Document requests page in Xello. The search bar is highlighted
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    Document requests page in Xello. The search bar is highlighted
  4. Locate the student and click the progress wheel to open a side panel with the student's requests.
  5. Next to the Teacher evaluation request, click the three-dot menu and select Complete form. This will open the form for you to complete.
    Document requests page in Xello. The side panel is open with a student's list of requests. The cursor has clicked the three-dot menu next to Teacher evaluation and is selecting Complete form.
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    Document requests page in Xello. The side panel is open with a student's list of requests. The cursor has clicked the three-dot menu next to Teacher evaluation and is selecting Complete form.
  6. Fill out each field and upload the PDF of the recommendation letter.
    noteFYI: For help on how to create a PDF, check out Create a PDF.
    • The letter will only need to be filled out once and will be applied to any current and future schools the student adds.
    • In case you'd like to pause and return later, clicking Save draft will save your work.
  7. Once you've filled out the form, click Complete to return to the student's side panel with their list of requests. The request you've just completed will have an updated status of Ready to send with your name so you and other educators can easily track the progress of the documents.
  8. To send the completed letter to all the colleges in the student's list, click Send form.
    Document requests page in Xello. The side panel is open with a student's list of requests. The cursor has clicked the three-dot menu next to Teacher evaluation and is selecting Send form.
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    Document requests page in Xello. The side panel is open with a student's list of requests. The cursor has clicked the three-dot menu next to Teacher evaluation and is selecting Send form.
    • The request will move down to the History section so you and other educators can easily view the progress of the document.

Check out the video below to see how to set up a teacher profile and complete teacher evaluations.

Common App Teacher Recommender 1:55

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