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.