How to get started

  • Define the purpose of the portfolio
    (Learning? Showcase? Assessment?)
    What is this portfolio supposed to demonstrate?
  • Collect digital documents [artifacts]
    (or convert documents into digital format through digital cameras or scanners or digital audio/video tools)
  • Select specific documents to meet the goals identified in step 1 above.
    (Sometimes in selecting the documents, the goals emerge!)

Use a simple table to list the artifacts, and assign (classify) each one to the outcome/goal/standard that the artifact will demonstrate. See my List of my artifacts and classification 

Authoring an electronic portfolio 

 Here are the steps in authoring an electronic portfolios:

  • Create a first page as an introduction and table of contents
  • Set up a structure around the goals/themes identified in purpose statement
    One page for each goal/theme with links to first page
  • Upload artefacts to page or create hyperlinks to documents online
  • Write reflections about how the artefacts demonstrate achievement of goals
  • Write future learning goals
  • Publish portfolio online
Now, here is more detail on each step: 

 1. Create a first page - Intro & TOC

Write an Introduction to the Reader (sometimes this is the last thing you write, although it is the first thing people will read). Identify the purpose of this portfolio, the audience, and the contents. Why did you create this portfolio?

 2. Set up a structure using goals (or themes) as organizing framework

Table of Contents in Google Pages with links to individual pages created for each goal/theme

 

Create one page for each section

This is the Site Manager for the Google Page Creator, showing each page in the site.

  • Once these categories are identified, set up other pages for each major category you have identified, and link those sub-pages to the main page. 

 Choose Layout & Look of Page

 

Only four page layouts, but many "look and feel" templates. 

Type or Paste text in blocks - Insert Images and Links

Insert Images

 3. Upload artifacts/create hyperlinks

Add the artifacts (through hyperlinks) to the appropriate page in the portfolio.

100 MB total storage available in Google Pages (not counting hyperlinked documents… put your video in YouTube!)

 

List of uploaded files in GooglePages

Insert Hyper Links

4. Write reflections for each goal/skill and each artifact 

  • Write a brief reflection on each artifact (what is the context in which this artifact was developed? Why was it included in the portfolio?).
  • You might also write a reflection on each grouping of artifacts (by outcome/goal/standard).

See examples on these pages

5. Write future learning goals

See example on this page: My Future Learning Goals 

6. Publish Portfolio - Seek Feedback

Navigate using hyperlinks.

Share Google Pages Website with other users.
http://yoursitename.googlepages.com

Feedback through email, online or face-to-face interaction (no commenting built into system) 

This stage provides an opportunity for interaction and feedback on the work posted in the portfolio. This is where the power of Web 2.0 interactive tools becomes apparent.

  • Teachers often provide exemplars for different levels of achievement, and provides a rubric for evaluation.
  • The portfolio developer should be given the option of updating the work, based on the feedback and the rubric.