E-Portfolio Review MDDE 610 Winter 2015 Group 1

MAHARA OPTIONS ●Open Source Electronic Portolio ●Resume creator ●Weblog ●Social networking system

MAHARA ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO ●Single sign in ●Affiliated with AU ●Easy to use ●Support ○Centralized ○Synchronous on-line sessions ○Links to tutorials, videos, text, FAQ, examples, discussion forums, manual and help index ○Help desk

MAHARA ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO ●Portable ○Import and Export capabilities ●Modular Design ○Components available and easy to access ●Security ○Password protected ○Access determined by student ○Multiple sources of access permitted

Build your online presence with an electronic portfolio or website Create your e-portfolio within your web browser Control the layout and make the design yours Drag and drop website builder Blog and Media Site Planner, Photo & Video options Custom HTML and Embeddable Widgets E-Portfolio or Website

Easy to Use Weebly Help Centre includes: Beginner’s Guide to Weebly Common Questions Live Training Webcasts Text and Images Pages and Navigation Tablet and Mobile and Google Apps Custom HTML and Embeddable Widgets

SSL Certificates and DDoS Mitigation Password Protected Pages Search Engine Optimized Full HTML/CSS Control Stats and Search Engines Privacy and Security

Visitor Friendly Easy to Navigate Links to Social Media Navigation links to other Sites Cloud based Hosting Infrastructure No forced Advertising High quality Media

Costs Create a Free Website or Upgrade your site (more storage / larger membership): Starter Plan at $3.29+/mo Pro Plan at $6.63+/mo

Wikispaces - Privacy Concerns Global site level filters that can enable an individual to block out visitors from every page Page specific privacy filters enabling users to hide portions of the wikipage

Wikispaces Electronic Portfolio Review

Wikispaces - Export Allows export in PDF, wikitext or HTML format

Wikispaces - Tracking Has page statistics on a site level

Wikispaces - Editing Accomplished through a WYSIG editor

Wikispaces - Costs Free for educators Fee structure for others:

Google Sites as an e-portfolio platform

Google Sites - Student Data Privacy settings can be set by site or by page collaborators only anyone who has the link public Sustainability long term functionality may change without notice Portability low - difficult to move to a different provider

Google Sites - Ease-of-Use Pros Many help/support resources Integrated with Google’s other services

Google Sites - Ease-of-Use Pros Various page templates Themes and customization options

Google Sites - Ease-of-Use Cons 100 MB file limit Limited page management options No tagging functionality: hierarchical organization only

Google Sites - Cost / Interactivity Cost Currently free No paid upgrade for better features / support Interactivity Built-in Google search Rating system using Google+ Limited commenting possibility Poor integration with non- Google social media

WordPress - Description WordPress is: blogging software a blogging community Two options: WordPress.com for bloggers WordPress.org for website creation and customization

WordPress - Features WordPress has three plans: Free (with ads), Premium ($99/year), and Business ($199/year) The Free or Premium plans are appropriate for e-portfolios Bloggers can use a WYSIWIG editor or HTML code Intuitive menu creation WordPress supports both internal and external hyperlinks Media supported: Free: 3 Gigabytes (GB) of content excluding video and audio files Premium: 13 GB including video and audio files Site analytics dashboard Support and help: Free: WordPress community forums Premium: support

WordPress - Using the platform Setting up a WordPress.org blog Choosing a theme Creating and editing pages Building menus Adding media Responding to reader comments Using the "Press This" bookmarklet to import site information and links to blogs Shortcodes Support WordPress support forum ( Contact WordPress form (Premium plan) Youtube

WordPress - Data & Information The WordPress dashboard Search engine optimization (SEO) Default: allow search engines to index the site Premium: add HTML 5 tags and microformats Share posts on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Tumblr, and Path Add additional bloggers (users) Portability Option to convert to a WordPress.org website Copy and paste HTML / rebuild site styles No portability to other e-portfolio options Privacy Discourage search engines from indexing the site Make the site accessible only to a set of users