Evidence Policy

NovaWayFinder is built around validated claims. A learner may describe their experience, but a validated claim should be backed by evidence that can be reviewed, assessed, or traced to a credible source.

What Counts As Evidence

Evidence can include documents, records, artifacts, assessments, or attestations that support a learner claim.

• Certificates, transcripts, micro-credentials, licences, or completion records.
• Work samples, project artifacts, portfolios, photos, videos, or supervisor confirmations.
• PLAR submissions, assessment results, competency observations, or rubric-based evaluations.
• Employer, instructor, assessor, or organization attestations.

Learner Responsibilities

Learners are responsible for submitting evidence that is accurate, relevant, and theirs to share.

• Do not upload documents or artifacts that misrepresent your identity, role, experience, or achievement.
• Do not submit confidential employer, client, student, patient, or third-party information unless you have permission.
• Remove or obscure sensitive personal information that is not needed for the assessment.
• Keep original copies of important documents in case an assessor asks for clarification.

Validation Levels

NovaWayFinder may show different states for a claim depending on how much review has occurred.

• Self-declared: the learner has entered the claim, but it has not been reviewed.
• Evidence attached: the learner has attached supporting material for review.
• Assessed: an authorized assessor or organization has reviewed the evidence against a framework or rubric.
• Validated: the claim has been accepted by an authorized organization, assessor, or issuing body.

Assessment And PLAR

PLAR and competency assessments are based on the requirements of the relevant organization, framework, job profile, or learning outcome. Assessors may request additional evidence, ask clarifying questions, or mark a claim as incomplete when the evidence does not support it.

Rejected Or Incomplete Evidence

Evidence may be rejected or returned for revision if it is incomplete, unreadable, unrelated to the claim, unverifiable, unsafe to store, or appears to be altered or misleading.

Use Of AI

AI tools may help learners organize, summarize, or explain their experience. AI-generated text is not evidence by itself. The underlying claim still needs appropriate supporting material.

Sharing Validated Claims

Learners control when they share their profile or portfolio outside the platform, subject to organization rules and any active share links. Shared claims should clearly distinguish between self-declared, evidence-attached, assessed, and validated information.

Questions

Questions about evidence requirements should be directed to the learner's organization, assessor, or L3ED project contact.