1. August 21, 2009 Enhancing life-long learning, teaching and research through information resources and services

2. August 21, 2009 Introduction to ePortfolio Sarah Horrigan eLearning Developer Barry Gregory eLearning Developer Educational Development Unit

3. Overview

• • Introduction: what is an ePortfolio and what is it used for?

• • Items:

• • • Artefacts

• • • Collections

• • • Presentations

• • • Reflections

• • Sharing and Commenting

• • Tagging

• • Case Study

• • Discussion

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4. Introduction: what is an ePortfolio and what is it used for? ePortfolio is a personal portfolio tool for storing, organising, reflecting on and sharing items that represent your learning. You can include documents, graphics, audio, video, PowerPoints, coursework that evidence achievement in certain areas. You choose what items you want to include in your portfolio, how you want to organise them and who you want to share them with. ePortfolio is accessed though NOW but a personal tool; it exists separately from module or programme learning rooms. When you share items with others - peers, tutors, potential employers etc. - you can give them permission to view items, edit items, see or add comments, and see or add assessments, depending on what type of feedback you want. August 21, 2009

5. Items:

• • Artefacts

• • Collections

• • Reflections

• • Presentations

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6. 3. Artefacts

• ePortfolio stores digital artefacts that represent your learning. An artefact might be:

• • A file added from your computer or your My Files area. This can be anything - an image, video, audio, Word document, PowerPoint presentation

• • A new page of content (HTML page) created in ePortfolio - containing formatted text, pictures, etc.

• • An internet reference (URL of a website, blog or other online resource)

• • Imported results from a learning room: assessment results, dropbox feedback, grades, or competency progress.

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7. 4. Collections Collections are groups of artefacts, reflections and presentations. They are like folders, except an item can belong to multiple collections at the same time. For example, you can add a short story you wrote to a collection called 'Fiction' as well as a collection called 'Creative Writing 1a'. August 21, 2009

8. 4. Presentations Presentations let you compile portfolio items into a web project that showcases your achievements. Your presentations can have multiple pages and use different themes and layouts. Once created, they can be shared with anyone inside or outside NTU. August 21, 2009

9. 5. Reflections Use Reflections to discuss items in your portfolio, record your thoughts on topics that interest you, set goals and think critically about your learning. Reflections can be independent portfolio items or associated with artefacts, collections or presentations. Associating reflections with other items helps others see the relationship between the items and makes it easier to revisit your goals and assumptions later. August 21, 2009

10. 6. Sharing and commenting Enabling comments on an artefact, collection, reflection or presentation allows users who are viewing the item to leave feedback. Use this feature to collaborate with peers so they can congratulate you on your work, provide constructive criticism or point out additional resources. August 21, 2009

11. 4. Tagging Tags are keywords or descriptive labels that you can add to items to help categorise them. For example, you could tag items with course codes, topics or status. You can search both your own portfolio and others' shared items by tags. August 21, 2009

12. 5. Case Study Tags are keywords or descriptive labels that you can add to items to help categorise them. For example, you could tag items with course codes, topics or status. You can search both your own portfolio and others' shared items by tags. August 21, 2009

13. 5. Discussion Tags are keywords or descriptive labels that you can add to items to help categorise them. For example, you could tag items with course codes, topics or status. You can search both your own portfolio and others' shared items by tags. August 21, 2009