1. Welcome to Minnesota’s eFolio www.efoliominnesota.com St. Cloud Technical College June 2, 2003 Norman Baer Matt St. Martin

2. eFolio 101 - Basics eFolio examples Registration Where to find helpful information. Selecting a design and color scheme. Personalizing your eFolio. Basic data entry. PowerPoint presentation available at: www.efoliomn.avenet.net www.efoliomn.avenet.net Background Material - eFolio Training

3. Examples of eFolios Student Emma Wasko - ( www.emmawasko.efoliomn.com) - Password protected Emma Wasko - ( www.emmawasko.efoliomn.com) - Password protected www.emmawasko.efoliomn.com www.emmawasko.efoliomn.com Courtney Church - (www.courtneychurch.efoliomn.com) - Animation Courtney Church - (www.courtneychurch.efoliomn.com) - Animationwww.courtneychurch.efoliomn.com Worker Ted Johnson - (www.tedjohnson.efoliomn1.com) - General layout Ted Johnson - (www.tedjohnson.efoliomn1.com) - General layoutwww.tedjohnson.efoliomn1.com Bev Friendt - (www.bevfriendt.efoliomn1.com) - Audio file, Images made into links Bev Friendt - (www.bevfriendt.efoliomn1.com) - Audio file, Images made into linkswww.bevfriendt.efoliomn1.com Benjamin Ellingsworth - (www.benjaminelllingsworth.efoliomn1.com) - Benjamin Ellingsworth - (www.benjaminelllingsworth.efoliomn1.com) -www.benjaminelllingsworth.efoliomn1.com HTML Table, Password protected page HTML Table, Password protected pageEducator Linda Baer - (www.lindabaer.efoliomn2.com) - Layout, Image Map, PowerPoint Linda Baer - (www.lindabaer.efoliomn2.com) - Layout, Image Map, PowerPointwww.lindabaer.efoliomn2.com Presentations Presentations Norman Baer - (www.normanbaer.efoliomn2.com) - Graphics Norman Baer - (www.normanbaer.efoliomn2.com) - Graphicswww.normanbaer.efoliomn2.com

8. First and last name become your web site address. E-mail address is so we can send you notification that your site has been created, what the URL address is, and your user name and password. If you are under 18 you will also need to include your birth date. Create your own user name and password. Click the “Next” button once. In a couple of seconds you will see a thank screen and an email with your site URL along with other information has been sent to your email account.

9. Congratulations! You’ve just created your own electronic portfolio! Now let’s get in and start working with your site.

10. Your web site address is: Your web site address is: www.yourname.efoliomn x.com www.yourname.efoliomn x.com Site where you will add information is: Site where you will add information is: www.yourname.efoliomn x.com/admin www.yourname.efoliomn x.com/admin To add information you will need to enter your username and password. To add information you will need to enter your username and password.

12. Clicking on the ‘Content Tools’ tab will always return you to this screen, which is the main navigation page. From this page you can access any of the sections to add information such as text, documents, images, or other types of files. Note that some of the sections have [off] next to them. These sections have been turn off and cannot be seen when looking at your eFolio. We will learn more about this later.

13. Selecting a design and putting your name in the banner. First step in making the site your own is to put your name in the banner and to select a design. Click on the words “Site Management” Click on the words “Design Center”

14. You can select from multiple designs and color variations from clicking on the numbers “1”, “2”, “3” and “4”. Click on the design that you might want to use and you will see a larger version pop- up in the middle of the screen along with some designs having additional color choices. When you have the design you want, click on the “Choose this one” button. Note: You can always go back and change your design.

15. Names and slogans After you have selected your design you will see the screen on the left. Put your name into the box that says “Title” Include a “Slogan” and “Footer” if you like. Hit the “Finished” button when you are done.

16. Help is available! 1.There are Quick Tips on the right- hand side of each screen 2.Click on the ‘Help’ tab. This allows you to send us a request by e-mail. 3.Online tutorial available at ‘Help’ link on registration page or at: www.slsc.mnscu.edu/takeatour/silviamorales.html 4. Call the Service Center at: 1-877-348-0502

17. Viewing your eFolio To view your site you can click on the “Live Site’ tab. You can open up another browser and type in your eFolio URL. Remember if you registered as a student use “efoliomn.com” or “efoliomn1.com” for a worker or “efoliomn2.com” for an educator site.

18. Adding content Click first on the “Content Tools” tab then click on the word “Home”. The “Home” section is the first page a user sees when coming to your site. On this screen you can turn “On” or “Off” sections by clicking the green “On” button by “Section Display”. When a section is “On” your information can be viewed on the Internet. Click on the “edit” button to start adding content.

20. Putting in an image, document, video, or audio file. Placing an image, document, video or audio file in your portfolio is simple. Click on “Home” and click on “Edit”. Then click on either the image, document, audio or video blue tab on the left side of the screen. Click on the “Browse” button and selected the file that you want to upload. When you selected the file hit “Upload” and the information is moved to your site. Next complete the required fields then hit the green “Finished” button.