Instant E-Portfolios By: Ramesh Sabetiashraf Santa Ana College For Faculty and Students

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Instant E-Portfolios
For Faculty and Students
By: Ramesh Sabetiashraf
Santa Ana College
Today’s Agenda
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Overview of ePortfolios
Faculty ePortfolio / websites
Student ePortfolio / websites
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My Background
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Adjunct faculty of Computer Science and
Business/Marketing since 1993.
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Software developer – Educational and
other technologies since 1991.
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Developer of software used in this
workshop.
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Terminology
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Portfolio: A collection of one’s work
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E-Portfolio or ePortfolio: A portfolio in any
electronic or digital format
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Webfolio: An online (web-based) format of
ePortfolio.
Etymology: From Italian Portafoglio (porta = to
carry, foglio = sheet).
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Why ePortfolios?
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Traditional portfolios
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Common among art and business students
Presentation/Showcase portfolios
Career/resume portfolios
Learning portfolios
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The new thing?
Track student work
Course and program level ePortfolios
Authentic Assessment
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Part I – Faculty ePortfolios
Faculty ePortfolios
Components
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Personal info
Professional info
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Courses
Resume / CV
Research, Accomplishments, Etc.
Contact info
Other…
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Faculty ePortfolios
Quick Overview
We are going to:
1. Create an Account
2. Create a website / ePortfolio
3. Create a class
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Faculty ePortfolios
Create a faculty account
1.
Signup at RCampus.com
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Activate your website
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3.
Unique URL:
http://loginname.1faculty.com
Go to your website and
login.
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Faculty ePortfolios
Basic Website Components
Header
Top menu
Content
Area
Side menu
Footer
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Faculty ePortfolios
Build Website
Quick Overview
1. Select a skin
2. Build home page
3. Build header/footer
4. Build menus
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Faculty ePortfolios
Build Your Home Page
Use Internet Explorer for Windows for best results.
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From home page
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Select Create this page or Revise this page
Enter “Welcome to My Site” in content area
Highlight your entry and change text font and
color*
Press Save
* See Tutorial and Editor Help for more.
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Faculty ePortfolios
Build Header and Footer
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From side menu
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Expand Admin Tools
Select Header/Footer
In the Header section, enter your name,
change text size and color
Leave the footer as is for now
Press [Save]
* Header and footer are applied to the entire site.
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Faculty ePortfolios
Modify Side Menu
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From side menu
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Expand Admin Tools
Select Side Menu
Click on About me
Click on Up arrow to move it up
Press [Save]
Top and Side menus are applied to the entire site.
Click on Side menu help to see more features.
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Faculty ePortfolios
Build a Class
Quick Overview
 Create class
 Invite Students
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Faculty ePortfolios
Create A Class
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Select Classroom from top menu
Select Classes from submenu
Select New Class
Enter class info
Enter 123456 for Access Code
Press [Save]
You’ll be redirected to Course info page
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Enter Course info
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Press [Save]
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Faculty ePortfolios
My Classes
Classes are automatically displayed on
your ePortfolio:
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Select My Home from top menu
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Look at Current Classes and
Courses taught pages
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Faculty ePortfolios
Invite students
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Click on the class link.
Select How to join from side menu
Make a note of Class ID and
Access Code
We’ll continue this part later…
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Part II –Student ePortfolios
Student ePortfolios
Student ePortfolio Websites
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Similar in features to Faculty
ePortfolios
Current version: Acts like a website
Coming Soon: Fall 2007 version
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Multiple ePortfolios per student
ePortfolio submissions
Track coursework, tasks, goals,
reflections, and assessments.
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Student ePortfolios
Learning Portfolios
Learning ePortfolios track student learning progress
and outcomes.
Components:
 Coursework & Assignments
 Artifacts
 Tasks
 Goals
 Reflections
 Assessments
 More…
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Student ePortfolios
Create a Fictitious Student
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Open a new browser window (keep
the other one open)
Click on “become a member” and
create a student account
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Student ePortfolios
Build ePortfolio
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Activate the website
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similar to building a faculty website
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Student ePortfolios
Build Sidemenu
We want to build this menu:
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Purpose
Tasks
Goals
Project 1
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My work (artifacts)
My reflections
My Info
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About me
Contact me
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Student ePortfolios
Build Side Menu - Purpose
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Change the label of “home” side
menu to “purpose”
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Select Admin Menu
Select Side Menu
Select “Home” from the box on the right
Change its label to “Purpose”
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Student ePortfolios
Build Side Menus - Tasks
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Change the label of “Calendar” to
“Tasks”
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Similar to changing “home” to “purpose”
Click on up arrow to move this menu
to the second position
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Student ePortfolios
Build Side Menu - Goals
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Add a custom page and change its label to
“goals”
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From the left box select any “custom” options
Click on Right Arrow to move it to the box on
the right
Click on Up Arrow to move it to the 3rd position
Add another custom page and name it
“project 1”
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Student ePortfolios
Build Side Menu – My work
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Add another custom option and
change it to “My Work”
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Similar steps as the previous menu
Move the menu options below
“Project 1”
Click on this button to make it into a
sub-menu of “Project 1”
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Student ePortfolios
Building Side Menu – My Info
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Add another custom option and
change its label to “My Info”
Click on this button to make it into a
menu header
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Student ePortfolios
Building Side Menu
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Add other menu items
Remove unneeded menu item by
clicking on left arrow
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Press [Save]
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Student ePortfolios
Adding Artifacts
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On the “My Work” page, student is
required to add three files.
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Click on “My Work” and select “Create
this page”
Type an intro: “These are my
documents:”
Type “document 1”, then highlight it and
press
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Student ePortfolios
Adding Artificats (cont)
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Upload a file from your PC:
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Click on Browse
Select a file
Click on Send it to server
Press OK
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Faculty-Student Interactions
Faculty/Student Interactions
Overview
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Faculty build classes
Students join classes
They can securely share messages,
grades, documents, etc.
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Faculty/Student Interactions
Features – For Faculty:
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Build class website
Assign coursework (with rubrics)
Post grades (grade with rubrics)
Build teams
Share documents
Manage Rosters
Post messages
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Faculty/Student Interactions
Features – For Students
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Access Coursework
Submit work online
Access Grades
Communicate with class, teams,
faculty
Share documents
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Faculty/Student Interactions
Join the Class
In previous steps, faculty built a class.
Steps for a student to join the class:
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From top menu, select Classroom
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From submenu, select classes
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From side menu, select join class
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Enter Class ID and Access Code from
Part I
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Upcoming versions
Class portals will allow faculty to
 Collect student ePortfolios
 Post goals and tasks
 Assess student work
 Track progress
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What else: Faculty Groups
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Create a faculty group account
Invite other faculty
Manage it the same way as managing
a faculty website
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Availability
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ePortfolios are available for free at:
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www.rCampus.com
www.facultyCentral.com
www.classCentral.com
Knowledgebase:
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http://help.rcampus.com
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Contact Me
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My website:
http://rsabeti.1faculty.com
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My e-mails:
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[email protected]
[email protected].
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Thank you
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