Duolingo for Schools

Description:

• Duolingo for Schools is a free, gamified language learning tool aligned with ACTFL & CEFR* standards that allows teachers to assign personalized, AI-driven lessons, track student progress with detailed insights, and engage students through fun, game-like challenges while they learn.  

(*ACTFL = American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages;   CEFR: Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)

Teacher access:

• Teacher QuickStart Guide (PDF) 

• Managing Duolingo for Schools Webpage  

• Tutorial Videos to answer the following questions:

Student access:

• Students can be given an access code or link to join your class

Student privacy & access:

• Our utmost priority is to make sure we are protecting our students' privacy.  Please note that Duolingo does not currently sign privacy agreements with school districts, so we do not have an agreement with Duolingo and we cannot fully confirm the protection of our student's privacy.  (See more below in the Resources section.)

• It is critical to follow these settings (Instructions here):

  • • • disable access to the discussion forum:  ensures that students cannot participate with other Duolingo users outside their classroom.

      • restrict access to the Duolingo events page: prohibits students from participating in Duolingo community events with outside users.

      • disable the ability to send and receive friend requests: prohibits students from making or accepting friend requests that allow them to share progress, comment on friends’ activities, and react to their leaderboard status & participate in leagues.

      • disable mature content, such as lessons with references to alcohol and the Duolingo podcast, which may reference alcohol and mature content.

Resources:

• Supporting English Language Learners with Duolingo

• Duolingo Activity Log view for Teachers

• Downloading Student Work Info from Duolingo into a Csv

• Duolingo Privacy Policy

• Is Duolingo compliant with my school or district's privacy policies?

Support:

• Duolingo for Schools Help Center

• For questions about teachers that may be using this platform with their MLs, please contact ML Coordinator Nicole Elenz-Martin.

Licensing & Student Data Privacy Agreement:

• Duolingo for Schools does not have a privacy or licensing agreement with our District.  While it is free for teachers, please use it exercising utmost caution of student privacy and follow the settings instructions described above in the Student privacy & access section.