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Jason Rhode, Assistant DirectorFaculty Development and Instructional Design [email protected] | 815-753-2475 | twitter.com/jrhode

More details available at www.niu.edu/blackboard/portfolio/pilot.shtml

Blackboard Portfolio Tool Preview

Blackboard Portfolio Tool Preview

For more information, visit www.niu.edu/blackboard/portfolio/pilot.shtml

GoalsGoals

• Provide background on opportunity for campus-wide deployment of Blackboard Portfolio tool

• Highlight current capabilities of NIU’s Blackboard Content System available to all faculty/staff

• Briefly introduce features of the Blackboard Portfolio tool that are bundled with the Content System

• Identify faculty interested in participating in pilot of tool and providing feedback concerning campus-wide implementation


BackgroundBackground

• Bundled with current Blackboard Content System that NIU has licensed (no additional cost)

• Limited customization• At recommendation of NIU

Computing Facilities Advisory Committee (CFAC), faculty input is being sought for implementation


BackgroundBackground

• Faculty and Staff with previous experience and/or who have expressed interest in use of e-Portfolios encouraged to participate in pilot and provide suggestions for deployment


Phase I Pilot – Summer 2010Phase I Pilot – Summer 2010

• Faculty and staff review capabilities of Blackboard Portfolio tool and make suggestions for portfolio-creation templates

• Initial faculty pilot during Summer ‘10• NIU Bb Admin Team to explore

development of NIU-themed portfolio templates

• Recommendations from faculty to be implemented


Phase II Pilot – Fall 2010Phase II Pilot – Fall 2010

• Open pilot with any interested NIU faculty/staff, TA, and leaders of Blackboard communities encouraged to test templates and initial implementation

• Feedback from Phase II pilot participants to be gathered

• Support materials to be developed


Blackboard Content SystemBlackboard Content System


Content CollectionContent Collection

Tool that allows faculty and students to store, manage, and share content


Current Content Collection FeaturesCurrent Content Collection Features

• Fully-integrated with Blackboard Learning System that faculty and students are already familiar with

• Makes reusing files much easier – faculty can save a file in the Content Collection once and link to that file from many courses



• Allows easy file management – when a file that resides in the Content Collection needs updating, faculty can update it only once and there won’t be any need to go into each course to upload an updated version of the file

• Reduces resource consumption because the files can be managed and shared without duplication



• Makes it easy for faculty and students to share their files with the users both within NIU and outside

• Offers easy access to resources placed in e-Reserves and allows faculty to link to those resources from their Blackboard courses



• Provides an easy drag-and-drop interface through the Web Folder feature that makes copying and managing large number of files much easier

• Functions as a virtual hard drive that is available from anywhere by logging in to Blackboard


Portfolio: Feature of Content SystemPortfolio: Feature of Content System

• The Blackboard Portfolio tool is one of the bundled features in the Blackboard Content System that NIU has already licensed

• It is helpful to review the current features already available in the Blackboard Content System


Current Content Collection AreasCurrent Content Collection Areas


My ContentMy Content

• Used to store files and folders for each user

• Users access their personal files

• Users use search feature to locate files and folders other users have shared with them


Institution ContentInstitution Content

• Used to store files for educational and administrative units

• Departments or colleges can use this area to store files for several faculty to have access to


Library ContentLibrary Content

• Library may post electronic resources, e-Reserves, or other library-related content

• Online librarians may post materials to e-Reserves, but faculty can add the requested content to their course


ToolsTools

• Bookmarks feature allows for bookmarking files and folders for faster access

• Search Content feature allows use of Basic or Advanced Search to locate materials


Let’s take a look at the Let’s take a look at the Blackboard Portfolio toolBlackboard Portfolio tool


Blackboard Portfolio ToolBlackboard Portfolio Tool

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Blackboard Portfolio FeaturesBlackboard Portfolio Features

• Store portfolio artifacts in the Blackboard Content Collection

• Create portfolio for either personal (student, faculty, staff) accomplishments or course requirements

• Link to coursework artifacts in Blackboard

• Use pre-configured portfolio templates


Blackboard Portfolio Features (cont.)Blackboard Portfolio Features (cont.)

• Share portfolio with faculty for comments

• Share portfolio with other classmates as well as non-NIU users

• Control access to who can view portfolio and for what duration of time

• Export portfolio for offline access outside Blackboard or archive to CD


e-Portfolio Building in Blackboarde-Portfolio Building in Blackboard

• Access through the Content Collection tab

• Tool on the Navigation Menu called Portfolios

• Portfolio tool may be made available to groups of users using Institution Roles

• User is the “owner” of the Portfolio


Portfolio ToolPortfolio Tool

• My Portfolios• Personal Artifacts• Received Portfolios


My PortfoliosMy Portfolios

• Add Personal Portfolio• Add Basic Portfolio• Portfolio Creation Wizard• Remove


Default My Portfolio OptionsDefault My Portfolio Options

• Out-of-box portfolio choicesAdd Personal Portfolio walks the user through a series of prompts to create a Personal Portfolio

Add Basic Portfolio prompts user to create Basic Portfolio without instruction prompts

The Portfolio Creation Wizard walks the user through a series of prompts, such as upload files, external links, and templates to create a Basic Portfolio.


What is the difference between What is the difference between Basic and Personal Portfolios?Basic and Personal Portfolios?


Basic PortfoliosBasic Portfolios

• Introduction to basic portfolios


Basic PortfolioBasic Portfolio

• Besides colors there's not much to choose

• It's not possible to create a template portfolio for the basic version

• The basic portfolio contains pages (menu items)

• The pages (items) can be templates that are made available in Blackboard by the System Admin


Page TemplatesPage Templates

• Numerous default page templates are available

• Additional page templates can be configured and added


Sample Page TemplateSample Page Template


Basic Portfolio (cont.)Basic Portfolio (cont.)

• From a page you can create a link to files stored in My Content or even to complete folders.

This is useful for creating a very basic portfolio consisting of only links to folders of personal content. In this way the portfolio is simply an (indirect) container of the files in My Content.


Basic Portfolio (cont.)Basic Portfolio (cont.)

• Allowed storage in My Content limits the amount of files the basic portfolio can contain

• Disadvantage of the basic portfolio is that items can’t be reused in multiple basic portfolios (other than copy and paste)


Personal PortfoliosPersonal Portfolios

• Introduction to personal portfolios


Personal PortfoliosPersonal Portfolios

• Much more functionality of creating a portfolio layout that expresses who you are

• Possible to create a complete portfolio template (layout, colors and menu items)

• Similar to the basic portfolio every menu item is actually a page in your portfolio


Personal Portfolios (cont.)Personal Portfolios (cont.)

• Can't create page templates as in the basic portfolio

• In the basic portfolio the content and the page are the same layer, where in the personal portfolio a page has another layer: artifacts

• Artifacts can be made separately from a portfolio


Personal Portfolio (cont.)Personal Portfolio (cont.)

• Can create a library of artifacts that also can have links to files (but NO folders) in My content

• When building a personal portfolio you simply put artifacts on a page in your portfolio. A page can contain several artifacts on one page.

Advantage of this approach is that you can reuse artifacts in as many portfolios as you want and by modifying that artifact, they will also be modified in all your portfolio's where you used that artifact.


Personal Portfolio (cont.)Personal Portfolio (cont.)

• Uploaded files in artifacts are stored in the artifacts themselves and don't need to be in the My Content folder.


Sample PortfoliosSample Portfolios

niu.edu/blackboard/portfolio/pilot.shtml#samples


Portfolio ManagementPortfolio Management

When the Portfolio is complete, users may wish to manage certain aspects of the Portfolio such as adding additional content, sharing the Portfolio, and downloading the Portfolio for future use.


Portfolio SharingPortfolio Sharing

The owner of a Portfolio may share it with individual users on the Blackboard system, groups of users on the system, or individuals who are external to the system.


Portfolios Integrated in CoursesPortfolios Integrated in Courses

• Faculty and students can create new portfolios, modify existing portfolios, and access shared portfolios directly from within their Blackboard course


Implementation Best PracticesImplementation Best Practices

• Consider use cases for how faculty, staff, and students will use e-portfolios

• Develop guidelines for students, faculty, or staff who may leave the institutions which includes users downloading their portfolio from Blackboard


Implementation Best PracticesImplementation Best Practices

• Develop templates that can be used during portfolio creation process– Clearly label templates so users

understand which may be applicable– Templates created by department

representatives, then added to Blackboard by System Administrator

– Define Institution Role on Blackboard Community System to pilot the use of Portfolios


Questions and AnswersQuestions and Answers

• What questions do you have?


Next StepsNext Steps

• Provide access for faculty interested in piloting the Portfolio system

• Schedule follow-up hands-on training session for faculty interested in piloting the system

• Provide access to students faculty would like to help pilot

• Explore development of custom templates and implementation of faculty recommendations


More Information…More Information…

Faculty interested in piloting the Blackboard Portfolio tool should contact:

Jason Rhode, Assistant DirectorFaculty Development and Instructional Design Center

[email protected]

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