What is ePortfolio? Examples of ePortfolios What is in an ePortfolio? What can D2L ePortfolio do? How to Access ePortfolio Quick Tour – Dashboard, My Items, Explore, Sharing Groups How to find Hidden Functions More Help and Information Break
What is ePortfolio? Examples of ePortfolios What is in an ePortfolio? What can D2L ePortfolio do? How to Access ePortfolio Quick Tour – Dashboard, My Items, Explore, Sharing Groups How to find Hidden Functions More Help and Information Break
Hands-on Workshop - dashboard - add a reflection with a basic tag, share to one person
- upload items into ePortfolio
- set up a sharing group – individual, group (where you select individuals), group (set by instructor)
- item based - change permissions of the group/individual you are sharing with
- comment on/edit items shared with you
- send an invite (when its really important!)
- submit an assignment (which I will mark)
- break
- if time remains, how to create a presentation (otherwise, check website)
What is an ePortfolio?
Big Picture “An ePortfolio is simply an electronic version of the traditional paper-based portfolio which is used to showcase and demonstrate knowledge, skills and achievements.” http://blog.delts.mun.ca/technologyresources/guides/eportfolio/
What is ePortfolio? It can be confusing! - the term ʻePortfolioʼ can mean any electronic (online) portfolio, such as a web page created with Weebly, Wordpress, D2L ePortfolio, or some other tool - letʼs look at an example of a professional ePortfolio created by Emily Sharpe, an alumni from Werklund
http://www.esharpe.org
In terms of D2L/Brightspace, ePortfolio is...
- software add-on to D2L
- the term ʻePortfolioʼ is commonly used to refer to a web page you create in D2L ePortfolio, called a ʻpresentationʼ
- letʼs look at a few more ePortfolio examples on the support website
-> http://werklund.ucalgary.ca/tandl/eportfolio 2nd section, examples
What did you see in the example ePortfolios? eg) Teaching Philosophy
What else do you think you could include in an ePortfolio?
Examples of items that can be found in a ePortfolio Personal Statement
Reflections
Course descriptions
Papers
Reports (work term, internship, projects, group work)
Writing samples
Lesson plans
Evaluations
Assessments
Class presentations
Certificates
Awards
Resume
Applications (scholarships, bursaries, graduate school)
(Source: http://blog.delts.mun.ca/technologyresources/guides/eportfolio/students/)
What can D2L ePortfolio do?
- ePortfolio allows you to
- create ʻreflectionsʼ = your comments or thoughts
- collect ʻartifactsʼ = stuff/items/files
- MS Office documents, PDFs, images, videos, www links, etc.
- share (get feedback, give feedback)
- organize items into ʻcollectionsʼ = directories/folders
(Source: http://blog.delts.mun.ca/technologyresources/guides/eportfolio/students/)
What can D2L ePortfolio do?
- create ʻpresentationsʼ = web pages (often called an ePortfolio)
- submit assignments
- be assessed by peers
Note: Please check about the use of images before including them in a presentation**
How to Access ePortfolio
Log on to D2L (d2l.ucalgary.ca) Under My Tools, select ePortfolio
Dashboard = Home Page = ʻePortfolioʼ
My Items = My Files
Explore = What others have shared with you
Sharing Groups
If Looking for a Function, Check the Drop Down Arrow
More help and information - ePortfolio for Students help page http://werklund.ucalgary.ca/tandl/eportfolio This page also includes Joanneʼs contact information and announcements about upcoming workshops. Sign up to be notified of new workshops at the Doucette Library.