Instructor EPortfolio Guide

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Instructor ePortfolio Guide

An ePortfolio is an electronic (web-based) version of a portfolio, similar to what an artist would

use to showcase his or her work. Creation of an ePortfolio provides students an opportunity to

showcase their skills, achievements and learnin at I!! !ech in a way that is easily shared with

potential employers and others for whom they miht want to display their work"

As part of their program of study, students are expected to create an ePortfolio and

upload at least one assignment from each course taken.Instructors will access their

students ePortfolios in order to evaluate these assignments. Assignments

appropriate for ePortfolio upload are generally designated in the course Instructor

Guide and other courseware documents. Where these assignments are not clearly

designated, the instructor should select one or more appropriate assignments that

will clearly showcase course learning o!ectives and ask students to upload these

assignments to the ePortfolio platform in order to receive a grade.

General Information"

#aculty members are encouraed to create their own ePortfolio in order to understand the

tools we are askin students to use" !he ePortfolio platform is accessed via the I!! !ech

#aculty Portal"

Instructions for creatin an ePortfolio bein on the ne$t pae of this document" %ou can

also access several useful videos on how to create and use ePortfolios here&

http&''www"foliotek"com'demos (croll down to Presentation * Gettin tarted+)

%ou can create multiple portfolios on your ePortfolio account"

%our ePortfolio account includes a le repository where you can store a variety of lestypes" !hese les can then be attached to any portfolio pae you create"

%ou can share (show) your portfolio(s) to an individual person, a roup, or the eneral

public"
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#rom the I!! !ech #aculty Portal, click the Portfolio+ tab at the top of the pae or either

ePortfolio+ link at the bottom of the pae"

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%our ePortfolio account allows you to create multiple custom portfolios to suit your needs" 0ust as

di1erin 2ob searches may re3uire customi4ed r5sum5s or cover letters to hihliht the desired

attributes of the applicant, individual ePortfolios can be created to present the applicant in the

best liht for each potential employer" !he steps for creatin a new portfolio are described below"

#rom the ePortfolio 6ome pae, click Create a Portfolio"+ !his will take you to the 7uild%our Portfolio+ pae"

#rom the 7uild %our Portfolio+ pae, follow the numbered steps to desin and save your

portfolio"

Step 1& elect a template from the predened options provided" !emplates o1er various

choices in color schemes, fonts, backround imaes, and layout of portfolio content" Step 2& elect a prebuilt paes type" !his will automatically create and name the paes of

your portfolio for you" Students should select ITT Technical Institute to ensure

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that student ePortfolios have a consistent structure and that work for

evaluation can therefore be easily located by the instrutor" Step 3& 9se your name as the portfolio name to clearly identify that you are the portfolio

owner and creator"

Step 4& Click the button"

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:ow that you have created the basic layout of your ePortfolio, you are ready to add andcustomi4e content"

:aviate to each pae of your portfolio usin the menu of portfolio paes"

Add appropriate te$t to each portfolio pae and ad2ust formattin as desired usin the te$teditin tools"

9pload les to your ePortfolio account and attach to any portfolio pae desired"

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%our ePortfolio account includes a le repository where you can store any documents, photos,

videos, or other les you miht choose to share" !hese les can then be attached to individual

paes within your portfolio" #iles saved to the repository can be attached to multiple paes within

a portfolio as well as within multiple portfolios within your ePortfolio account"

Adding /les to your /le repository

Click #iles+ at the top riht of the screen to o to the #iles manaement pae"

Click 9pload #iles+ or 9pload a new le"+

=ocate and select the le you want to upload, then click >pen+ to add your le to the

repository"

>nce the le nishes loadin, click on Click to see new le+ (orane words, near top of

screen)"

%our le will now appear on the #ile manaement pae"

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Adding /les to a portfolio page

#rom the 6ome pae, click edit+ beneath the portfolio to which you want to attach les"

#rom the portfolio pae menu, click on the portfolio pae to which you want to add les"tudents uploadin course assignmentsto be raded by an instructor should alwaysselect 0#ourse Portfolio Assignments.1!his is where instructors will look for studentportfolio work to be evaluated"

Click the ray #iles+ button" @o not click the orane #iles+ link at the top of the pae asthis will take you out of the current portfolio and into the eneral ePortfolio le repositorywhere les are manaed for your entire ePortfolio account"


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A black bar will appear in the middle of the screen containin the les you have uploadedto your le repository"

Click on the name of a le you want to add to your portfolio" %ou will see the followin&

#iles can be displayed in any area of the pae hihlihted with a reen border" Afterclickin within the desired area, a elect Biew !ype+ dialoue bo$ will open"

o elect =ink to download le+ to view the le as a hyperte$t link"o elect Biew the document inline+ to view the le as an icon"o Click Insert #ile+ when nished, or click cancel+ if you choose not to attach the

le"

Click the Close+ tab to return to the portfolio pae"


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If your le is a photo you can resi4e it" !o do this, double click on the photoD a black bo$will appear to the left of the photo" lide the i4e+ bar to the desired si4e" %ou can alsoive your photo a caption, and chane the spacin or border around the photo"

-sing advanced features

#rom the 6ome pae, click preview+ beneath any of you portfolios to view how it willappear to someone else viewin it on the web" It is important to preview your portfoliobefore publishin it to make sure it looks the way you want" :ote that clickin onPreview+ will open a new windowD you cannot share the portfolio from this pae" Click onClose Preview+ at the top of the screen to close the window and return to your ePortfolio6ome pae"

!he Gi4mos+ tool allows you to insert videos, photos, Pre4i (presentation) les, a feedbackform, or to link to a !witter account" In order to insert les, you will need to rst load theminto your le repository" %ou can then use the Gi4mos to arrane them on your portfoliopaes"

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!he Paes+ tool allows you to chane the name of your portfolio paes, or to create newones"

!he @esin+ tool allows you to chane the template for a portfolio" Fhen you click on ityou see&

Click on one of the s3uares to chane the template" Fhen you click on a s3uare you seethe imae belowD from here you can also chane the layout (where titles and headinsappear on each pae), backround color, and style (formattin titles and headins)"

%aving updates to a portfolio

Click ave+ (top riht of the screen) to save any chanes you have made to yourportfolio"

If you have shared your portfolio with other individuals, click mere w' shared+ to enablethem to view your updated content"


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>ne of the reat advantaes of collectin work in an ePortfolio is that it can easily be shared with

others electronically" %our ePortfolio account provides several ways to share a portfolio with

others" !wo in particular will be described here&

%hare in a #ommunity& Communities are created within the ePortfolio system allowin

users to share their work with other community members" This is the primary means

by which ITT Tech students will share designated ePortfolio work with theirinstructors.

%hare Privately& Portfolios can be shared with a selected individual (such as a potential

employer) by way of private sharin"

%hare in a #ommunity

tudents will share desinated course work with their instructor by way of an ePortfolio class

community" A uni3ue class community is automatically created for each course section with the

assined instructor and reistered students associated as members by default" !he instructor is

set as the moderator of the automated class community and facilitates the sharin of member

portfolios"

Communities are named accordin to the course, section, and term of the class with which

the community is associated"

!o view student work shared in a community, o to " Click view

community+ on the desired class community to view portfolios of students reistered for

that class"

>nly the instructor can view student work shared in the instructor-moderated classcommunity, unless the student specically rants sharin rihts with other individuals (seehare Privately+ below)"


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@irect students to share their portfolio with you by slidin the share tole from :>+ to%H+ (from the students Community hare+ pae, described in the Student ePortfolioGuide)"

@irect students to upload desinated course work to the Course Portfolio Assinments+

pae of their portfolio" !his is where you will look for assinments to be evaluated in each

student portfolio shared with you"

Click the Course Portfolio Assinments+ link in each student portfolio to view work shared

via ePortfolio"

Remind students that if they have shared their portfolio with you previouslythey must click merge w shared before you will be able to view any updatedcontent.

#reating a #ommunity 2anually

In the event that a class community is not automatically created, or if the instructor wishes to

include additional communities for class use, these can be created manually by followin these

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#rom the 6ome screen, click , then to start a

new community"

:ame the new community and click ave"

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tudents will apply the Invite Code+ you provided by openin the portfolio they intend to

share, then clickin the hare in Community+ link listed in the community+ menu"

!he student enters the Invite Code+ in the space provided, then clicks 0oin J hare"+

%hare Privately

Permission to view an ePortfolio can be ranted to individuals such as potential employers by

usin the share privately+ feature"

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#rom the 6ome pae, choose the desired portfolio and click share privately"+

A Private hare+ form is enerated allowin you to send an invitation to view your

portfolio"

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#ill in the invitees name and email address"o Choose bein and end dates for sharin the portfolio"

o Click end Invite+ to send the person an email with a link to see the portfolio"

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!he invitee will receive an email from #oliotek Presentation+ with instructions on how to

view the shared portfolio"

Remind students that they must click merge w shared before updatedportfolio content will be viewable by anyone with whom they have shared their

portfolio.

Documents

Instructor EPortfolio Guide