Transcript The ePortfolio and Student Evaluation

The ePortfolio and Student
Evaluation
A training presentation by:
Amy Cannady
Robin Drewry
Bonnie Hicks
Purpose of This Presentation
Demonstrate
the implementation
of an ePortfolio in the classroom
for student evaluation
Evaluate individual student work or
group projects
Provide resources and support for
procedures and technology used in
the ePortfolio
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Why use an ePortfolio?
Students
learn to:
 collect materials for a project in
one central location
 present their assignments in an
organized, logical manner
 further their use of technology in
the learning process
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Why use an ePortfolio?...
Students enjoy using interactive
materials
The ePortfolio provides the teacher
with an alternative evaluation tool when
compared to traditional methods
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Basic outline of the ePortfolio…
Part 1
Title
slide should be the first and
include:
 Title of the project
 Name(s) of student or students
contributing to the project
 Other information required by teacher
 Name of class
 Class section or period, and date
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Basic outline of the ePortfolio…
Part 2
Introduction
slide
 Briefly state purpose of ePortfolio –
what the project was about
 Links to a page in project folder with
greater detail describing the purpose of
the project
 May include a picture of the student(s)
who produced the project
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Basic outline of the ePortfolio…
Part 3
Body
of work
 Slides list all work contained in the
project folder
 Possible outline with links to various
sections of the project
 Links to any multimedia included in the
project - stress all files stay in the
project folder
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Basic outline of the ePortfolio…
Part 4
Credits
 Students should list all references used
for developing ePortfolio - i.e. clipart
from Microsoft Office, photographs by
“student name”, music from
Freeplay.com, etc.
 List all participating students
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Getting Started
These
various tools may be used….
 Computers
 Internet Websites
 Intranet Local Storage
 Scanner (optional)
 Microphone (if narration is included)
 Blank CD or Flash Drive
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Getting Started
What
software will be used?
 PowerPoint
 Audacity
 Word
 Photoshop
 Other
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Getting Started
What
skills should the students know
or be instructed on?
 Presentation software (PowerPoint)
 Use of audio files (Audacity)
 Word processing (Word)
 Accessing student file storage on the
Intranet (S-drive)
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Putting the ePortfolio together…
Students collect all assignments for
project in one folder
 Once project folder is named, do not
change the name
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Putting the ePortfolio together…
Students
decide on layout and design
of slides in PowerPoint
 Keep it simple
 Use the same slide design throughout
the portfolio
 Use dark text on a light background
 Use light text on a dark background
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Putting the ePortfolio together…
 Keep animations to a minimum
 Avoid putting too much on one page
 Summarize,6-8 lines per slide
 Use text size 32 or larger for easy
viewing
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Putting the ePortfolio together…
Create
hyperlinks to assignments
located in project folder.
 Students should test their links
 Leave all assignments in project folder anything moved from that folder will
break its hyperlink.
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Putting the ePortfolio together…
Adding
pictures or clip art as hyperlink
within slides
 Use copy of photo or clip art used in
original project as hyperlink within folder
 Adds visual interest to ePortfolio when
presenting to their peers
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Putting the ePortfolio together…
New
clip art may be found in a
variety of places.
 Microsoft Office clipart library
 Google clipart
Narration
or music may be added
for additional interest
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Resources…
To
ensure success implementing the
ePortfolio to enhance your class feel free
to contact:
 Amy Cannady
 Robin Drewry
 Bonnie Hicks
 We’ll be glad to schedule a time for
additional help
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Finishing…
How to burn the final ePortfolio to
CD or flash drive
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Credits:
Produced
by:
 Amy Cannady
 Robin Drewry
 Bonnie Hicks
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Additional Instructions….
Save student work on the S-Drive.
 Open My Network Places
 Choose S-Drive
 Select your teacher folder
 Select appropriate class period folder
 Create a student folder for each student or
project group
 Students save ALL their files to this one folder
for the ePortfolio. Each folder must have a
unique name that does not change.
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Additional Instructions….
How
to Hyperlink
 Go to the top of the page and select
Hyperlink under Insert- Links
 Students must link their work to the
ePortfolio. The best way to do this is to use
the hyperlink feature in PowerPoint. It is
used the same way you would use it in
Word. Either select a word or phrase to
link or create a button such as the one you
used to get here.
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Additional Instructions….
 Find the source you would like to link to –
in the student’s folder on the S-drive.
 Check the link by either right clicking on
the linked item in Powerpoint and selecting
“Open Link” or select the Slide Show icon
to test the link in your show. Point to the
button or word that is linked and you
should see a hand pointing
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Additional Instructions….
 Students may link to sites on the web in
addition to files already stored in their
student folder. The same procedure is
followed except that they would “browse
the web” in the hyperlink window to find
their source.
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Additional Instructions….
How to add Clip Art
 Decide if you will use pictures or clip art,
don’t mix styles.
 Under the “Insert” tab select the type of
media you will insert. For clip art you will be
given choices in the right hand column of
places to look for clip art. For pictures, search
the web or use pictures already used in the
project by going to the file that holds the
picture and right clicking on it.
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Additional Instructions….
Clip Art
Office Online is one source for clipart.
Look at the bottom of the right hand
column in PowerPoint after selecting
clipart under the “Insert” tab.
 You may also go to Google Images to find
clipart. There are many sources that can
be used.
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Additional Instructions….
How to add narration to your ePortfolio
 You will need a microphone and sound editing
software.
 Go to Audacity.com and download their free
sound editing program.
 Record the narration.
 Use Audacity to convert your sound files from wav
to mp3
 Use Insert Sound feature of PowerPoint
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Additional Instructions….
How to add Music to your ePortfolio
 There are a number of sources from which you
can import sound files. FreePlayMusic is one
source. (Please consider copyright laws before
using someone’s music)
 Download the file to be used (mp3 if possible)to
the same folder that contains the PPT file.
 Use Insert Sound feature of PowerPoint-select
Sound From File
 Feel free to ask for help with this!!
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Additional Instructions….
Burn
to CD or save to a flash drive.
 Make sure all the files used in the project
are in the same folder with the PowerPoint
file. Be sure not to change the names of
any of the files that have been linked to the
presentation.
 Go to PowerPoint’s main menu on the far
left and select Publish, then Package for
CD. Follow the instructions.
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Additional Instructions….

If saving to a flash drive, simply drag the
entire project folder to the flash drive. To
save space you might want to zip the file.
If so, right click the project folder, choose
“send to” then compressed folder (zip).
The zipped folder will show a zipper on
the folder icon. When re-opening choose
“Extract All Files.”
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