E-PORTFOLIOS E-PORTFOLIOS Building For Your Future

When Who Where How Why What

It is a set of digital building blocks depicting work in progress or completed  Collection Development  Information Services  Leadership/Management  Information Systems  Research  Professionalism What is an e–Portfolio?

It helps us to accomplish the following:  Document progress  Compare achievements to objectives  Meet benchmarks  Showcase our activities and achievements  Personalize our coursework Why do we create one?

Who will complete one?  Students  Job seekers  Professionals  Presenters Who will view one?  Other students  Instructors and administrators  Advisors  Employers  Professional networks Who will be involved with my e-Portfolio?

Where will it need to be for your career purposes?  Learning Management Systems (LMS)  Online link to websites or blogs  Professional hosting services, e.g. LinkedIn Where do we make one?

How do we make one? Follow the format of your e-Portfolio host. You may submit content or provide links to: Documents and Web Presence Presentation and Analytic Tools Audio-visual Communications WebsitesPowerPointsVideo links DrawingsGoogle docsDigital images FormsDatabasesYouTube, etc. PDFsSpreadsheetsAudio files

When are e-Portfolios prepared?  During a course of study to illustrate the progress of a student’s work  In preparation for graduation as final assessments and reflection  At a training program to document coursework proficiency  For future employers to highlight specializations and achievements  To document professional development through continuing education, academic coursework, or professional membership activities

Developing an e-Portfolio in Canvas  Open your Canvas account, then click on Settings in the Global Navigation links in the upper part of the screen.  Click the e-Portfolio link in the far left of your screen.  In the Create an e–Portfolio area, create a name for your e-portfolio. Decide whether to make it public, private or require a link for access. (Note that you may change this later.)

 Click Make e-Portfolio.  Now, view your e-Portfolio. Notice that there are options for using the Set Up Wizard or to Proceed Directly to your e-Portfolio.  Take a moment to decide what sections and pages you wish to have present. Aim for a consistency on basics to help your readers.  Ask your advisors and professors for required elements.

Canvas samples Sample Side Bar of Topics as Sections in Canvas e-Portfolio system Sample Sectional Pages in Canvas e-Portfolio system

Canvas Course Style Portfolio Format

Design for the Reader These are your starting choices You may Set your ePortfolio to Public or Private (accessible through a link YOU copy from Canvas) You may choose from submitted assignments to upload information, or browse and upload a file from your computer. You may add sections as shown here.

The Pages of Your Incredible Work To Add a Page Located in the Section Pages on the right side We could simply use Edit This Page if we did not want a separate page. I decided to have a dedicated page for my information, not to just add text in the main boxes. First, I went to my e-Portfolio Home page. Next, I clicked on Organize/Manage Pages.

Canvas Samples Content Notes or DirectionsReflections Reflections on Journals I found this information to be stimulating to my interests in these different fields of our studies. As a student with diverse interests, the knowledge that so much peer-reviewed, solid information was available for those of us in my chosen fields, was encouraging.

Click Here, Add There, and a Little Edit The column will look like this after I have clicked here: Click on “Add Another Page”. I added the one shown below.

Upload files? I’m confused…  Look for the Edit This Page  The pencil icon on Edit This Page reminds you that editing is possible.  Click to open the editing features.  You may add many types of content. We will explore these on the next slide.

These Options Will Help  Choose from these options:  You may need to watch for formatting issues with text and adjust it as needed.  Note that you may cancel, preview or save page from Add Content

Continue to Edit  You may allow comments on your page and decide whether they should be public or not.  Even if you have a text box or file uploaded to the page, you may add others by choosing to Add Content, again.  Image/File Upload gives the options to select, upload, or cancel files. Remember, “my files” are ones you have already loaded to Canvas. Finally, click Select/Upload File.

Experiment! There are many choices!  You may add text, files from your “MyFiles” folders, files that you upload, images, media clips, SmartArt, etc.  You can easily edit a page by choosing “Edit” on the Sectional Pages column.  You may also delete a page, section, or entire e- Portfolio just by choosing the “Trash Can” icon.  You may rearrange the pages in a Section.  You may rearrange the Sections in the e-Portfolio.  When finished, click “Done Editing”.  Help is available in the top right corner of the large screen or in the “How Do I…? “ link in the Sectional Page column. You may be amazed at what you have accomplished.

Final Reflections  Your advisor and professors will share the requirements for your work.  Canvas may be one of a range of choices for the ePortfolios. Some other options are shown on the next slide.  Remember, the How Do I …? on the Pages menu and the Help link on the site upper right are linked to Canvas help for both students and instructors.  You may be asked to include sectional and/or final reflection pieces.  I chose to use both reflections from classes, that spoke of my accomplishments, in the sections and a “Final Thoughts” section and page to hold the overall reflections of my degree process and any associated artifacts.

Other Sites for e-Portfolios Chalk and Wire Wordpress – Google Sites - Weebly – tutorials.html Wix – services/community-education

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