1. MSU e-portfolio beta test project Jim Green Academic Computing and Network Services June 20, 2006

2. What it is  Hands-on testing and research to better understand how e-portfolios can benefit MSU  Collaborative prototyping of MSU-specific e-portfolio tools and templates  Toward a production LC&T centrally- supported e-portfolio system targeted for Fall, 2007.

3. Who’s doing it  Under the auspices of ANGEL Advisory Group  Joint ACNS-VUDAT-Libraries-AIS development team  Jim Green, ACNS, project leader

4. Recent accomplishments  OSP (Open Source Portfolio, http://osportfolio.org) selectedhttp://osportfolio.org  Testbed implementation up and running since late April.  Project team working on setup, configuration, integration  Recruit faculty and grad students to participate and provide feedback

5. OSP  Open source software not mature  Built on Sakai (open source CMS) framework  MSU will implement portfolio functions only ANGEL will continue to be MSU’s centrally- supported CMS for the foreseeable future

6. basic e-portfolio  Person-centric rather than course-centric system will not include course enrollment data  Will persist after the person leaves MSU  User owns her/his portfolios and artifacts there is debate on this  User controls access to their portfolios

7. Requirements Overview

8. basic OSP  My Workspace  Resources tool WebDAV  CIGs = common interest groups shared portfolio space supports coordinator, reviewer, evaluator roles long-lived – i.e., not courses examples: undergrad, art majors

9. OSP portfolio functions  Learning matrix supports custom scaffolding  Portfolio templates also supports custom scaffolding  Free form portfolio design  Comments and reflection may be implemented in any of the functions

10. OSP portfolio tools  Forms – XML/XSLT  Wizards -- XHTML  Styles -- CSS  Layouts -- XHTML  Templates – XSL (XML stylesheet)

11. OSP config issues  Tools  User interface design choices  ANGEL coordination  CIGs roles who can create  Guest users

12. Help  Imagine how students will use the system step-by-step actions  Develop scenarios/use cases of system use  Play in the sandbox provide feedback on functionality and usability  Participate in matrix, portfolio template design prototyping  Participate in beta testing

13. Timeline – current projection  sandbox, prototyping – Summer, 2006  limited beta – Fall, 2006  expanded beta and scale-up – Spring, 2006  full production – Fall, 2007

14. Further information  Jim Green, Coordinator, Academic Systems  Academic Computing and Network Svcs.  jfgreen@msu.edu jfgreen@msu.edu  432-7239  PowerPoint and handout: http://www.msu.edu/~jfgreen/presentations