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ePortfolio
Otterbein University
• ePortfolios are platforms for students, faculty and alumni,
to showcase their work and ideas. ePortfolios are archives
of learning, discovery, progress, achievement and
reflection. Uses of ePortfolios include assessment,
interactive resumes, student galleries, faculty resource
sites, collaborative project portfolios, and research
presentations.
• www.Digication.com is the developer of Otterbein’s ePortfolio
tool
• https://digication.otterbein.edu is our web address
What is ePortfolio?
ePortfolio is…
• A place to collect and save coursework;
• A chance to showcase accomplishments and best schoolwork
to family and friends;
• A tool for creating digital resumes to send to employers;
• An opportunity to use creativity to represent yourself and your
education;
• A web portal where you can access your work, track your
academic growth, and plan your career;
• A portal that helps you connect your educational goals with
your personal experiences;
• A chance to reflect on your education, to make connections
between where your are and where you want to be.
• ePortfolio at LaGuardia Community College
ePortfolio…..
Student Sample - Kendall
Student Samples
Casey
User name and password
are the same as for
webmail
Our web address is
https://digication.otterbein.edu
Getting Started
Your ePortfolio Home Page
Give your ePortfolio a title
and choose a “template."
Choose a theme, set
permissions and
decide on tagging.
Click on Create New
ePortfolio
• After you click on the “Create New ePortfolio” button you are
brought into the ePortfolio. At the top of the page you now see
three tabs: EDIT, PREVIEW, and PUBLISHED.
• Edit Mode: When you log in and view your portfolio, you first see it in
Edit Mode. Edit Mode (the Edit tab) displays all your editing options for
adding Sections, Pages and Modules (more about those features to
follow).
• Preview Mode: Click the Preview tab to preview your draft changes
before you
publish them to ensure that they are what you want.
• Published Mode: Click the Published tab to display the published
version of your portfolio – what your ePortfolio visitors see. It does not
display anything saved as a draft.
Major
components
of an
ePortfolio
1) Sections
2) Page with modules
(this one is a rich text module)
(Modules = rich text, media, or gallery)
3) Subpages
This is a screen shot of a student’s
Digication portfolio from Boston
University. There are three major
components: sections (across the
top bar), pages with modules (what
you see open), and subpages (along
the left hand side) you can build
from pages.
• Your ePortfolio is structured similar to an outline with Sections,
Pages and Subpages. Before adding content to your ePortfolio, plan
the structure. Remember, you can create more than one ePortfolio.
You do not need to fit all of your projects or content into one
ePortfolio. You may want one ePortfolio as the “container” of your
work. You could keep this one private for your use only.
• What sections would best represent the work, information, topics, or
achievements that you will present in your ePortfolio? Do you want
an ePortfolio designed around the Five Cardinal Experience? Do you
want an ePortfolio designed as a resume? How about one for your
club, fraternity, sorority, or organization? In each section, you will
add pages to organize the content. You can modify all of this later,
but you need an initial structure to get started.
Make up of your e-Portfolio
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SECTIONS
Adding and Editing Sections
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To add or edit your ePortfolio
sections, make sure you are viewing
your ePortfolio in Edit Mode.
Click the Add/Edit tab.
To add a new section, click on the
Add Section button to the right of the
Add/Edit Tab
Type in the Section Name and then
Click the “SAVE” button.
To reorder sections, make sure you
are in the “Add/Edit” tab and then
drag the sections to a different order.
To add additional sections, just repeat
the process.
To EDIT a section – click the icon
next to the section name.
Here you will be given the choice
to change the name of the section
or delete the entire section.
Pages/Subpages
Adding and Editing ePortfolio
pages:
Make sure the Edit tab is highlighted
In the View Sections area, click the
section to which you want to add
pages, in the following example, the
section ePortfolio Resources was
selected.
In the View Pages area, click the
Add/Edit Tab. To add a new page,
click the Add Page button at the right.
Enter the Page name and click the
Save button.
Repeat to add additional pages
As with Sections, to EDIT a page,
click the icon to the right of the page
name.
Pages and subpages
MODULES
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The next step is to add content
to your pages. In order to do
this, click on the “Add a
Module” button.
Modules are the basic building
blocks for content on a page
and define what kind of
content you are putting on the
page
You can add multiple modules
to a page for flexibility in how
you customize the presentation
of your work.
You are asked to select what
type of module you want to
add (Image/Video/Audio, Rich
Text, Gallery, and Contact
Form).
An explanation of each
module appears when you click
on the link.
Module descriptions:
Image/Video/Audio
This module enables you to display a single large piece of media, such
as a movie or an image. A limit exists as to the size of the file, if you
are putting in a movie it is suggested that you first save it to YouTube,
Vimeo, etc. then link it to your ePortfolio.
Rich Text
This module provides a rich text area that can contain formatted text
and display links, files and images in-line.
Gallery
This module gives you the flexibility of presenting multiple images on
a page using thumbnails or simple numbering across the page to line
to large images. Each image has a rich text caption filed as well
Contact Form
For added security and to avoid unsolicited e-mails, the Contact Form
module enables you to be contacted through your ePortfolio by email
without publishing your email address.
Select the module type to add.
In the sample, the
Image/Video/Audio module
has been selected
Click Add This Module
MODULE OPTIONS
After you finish adding a Module by clicking DONE, several buttons and tabs are
available as options.
These buttons are located at the top of the page
•Add a Module – add another module to the current page
•Publish All – Publish any saved media or text modules to your ePortfolio. This is helpful when there are multiple modules on a page.
These buttons are located in a row below the buttons
•View Media or View Text- Display your saved but not published module content
•Edit - Add and edit module content
•Publish - Publish a specific module with your ePortfolio
•Delete - Erase the module from the page
•Drag to reorder - Rearrange modules on a page
Make sure to click on
“Save” and “Publish all
Modules.”
Adding Sound Clips
• Create an Image/Video/Audio module for the appropriate page of your ePortfolio.
• Upload the sound clip from your computer.
• Click on the module's "Edit" tab and then select "Replace This Media." A file
pop-up box will appear. Make sure the "From My Computer" tab is selected
because you are telling the system that you would like to upload a file that is
currently on your computer.
• Click on "Browse for media." A file requester should pop-up; use it to select
the file that contains your audio recording.
• IMPORTANT: The file must be under 20 MB in size or else the system will
not upload it. If you cannot get this step to work, check your file size.
• These instructions assume that you have already produced the audio file and
have it stored on the computer you are using, or on a flash drive or other
removable media. Your Digication e-Portfolio can only play .WAV and .MP3
audio files, so your file must be in that format.
Adding Sound Clips - continued
If you still need to record and produce an audio file, you may borrow digital
audio recorders and other recording equipment from the library's circulation
desk.
If you would like to record or edit an audio file on a computer you try using
Audacity, which should be installed on laboratory computers. If you would
like to install Audacity on your personal computer you may do so. It can be
downloaded here: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/. Audacity exports files to
the needed audio format, .WAV. An additional free plug-in, called LAME, can
shrink Audacity's .WAV files if need be by turning them into MP3s.
Your ePortfolio will be a unique presentation of your educational career at
Otterbein. ePortfolio is a unique tool that will allow you to merge your
personal and professional goals, putting your education into a larger
context.
• Follow these steps
• Explore how other students have created their ePortfolios.
• Collect materials from your classes. You will want to create a virtual archive
(an online file cabinet) of materials that you can later select as samples of our
coursework in your ePortfolio
• Think about your educational journey – past, present and future. You will
want to reflect on the meaningfulness of the work that you have selected to
display
• How can you use class projects to show what you are learning?
• Use images, sounds, videos…explore and experiment on how you want to
represent yourself, your work and your experience as you create your
ePortfolio.
• Building an ePortfolio takes time; you may even create several ePortfolios.
-ePortfolio at LaGuardia Community College
Students - Next Steps
Contact Information for ePortfolio
Project
• Diane Conley – ePortfolio Project Coordinator
• [email protected]
• [email protected]
• https://otterbein.digication.com/eportfolio_hints
• Search ePortfolio Hints
Questions?