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Creating an
Electronic Portfolio
Saundra Selness, MS
Information Technology Services
What Is an
E- Portfolio?
Definition
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What is an e-portfolio?
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A generic definition for a portfolio is a purposeful
collection of work that exhibits efforts, progress,
and achievements.
A systematic collection of materials or artifacts
that demonstrate the capabilities of the person
who compiled the portfolio.
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Shows progression and growth in your field
(transition from student to teacher to master
teacher). A portfolio portrays your knowledge,
experience, and skills learned over time.
A portfolio is not a scrapbook!!
How to Begin…
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Define the Purpose
Select the Electronic Artifacts
Write the Reflections
Create the Navigation
Publish to Web Server
Purpose
Define the audience
 Type of Portfolio
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Career Portfolio
Employment Portfolio
Professional Development Portfolio
Family Vacation Portfolio
What information do you want in your
portfolio?
Professional Development
Portfolio
Navigation Bar/Border with the following:
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Welcome
Educational Philosophy Statement
Letters of Recommendation
Resume
Conceptual Framework
Standards
Other Items to Include…
Section about yourself
 Volunteer Opportunities
 Other Recommendations and Certificates
 Standards, Competencies, Requirements
 Professional Association Memberships
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What is an artifact?
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An artifact is a piece of
evidence you choose
that shows you have
attained a certain
standard.
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Samples
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Artifact Description
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Writing samples
Formal evaluations
Photographs
PowerPoint
Participation certificates
Lesson plans
Video
Artifact Reflection
An important aspect of the process
 The reflection should directly show how you
have attained this standard
 Not a description or summary
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Creating
Choose the format and the software needed
to create a portfolio.
 You can chose to create HTML portfolios, or
web based.
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Does not mean it has to be published to the web
Secure server should be considered
Why use a webpage for a
portfolio?
All computers have an Internet browser
installed and can therefore view your
portfolio!
Web Authoring Software
Microsoft FrontPage
 Macromedia DreamWeaver
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Publishing
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Publish to your space on the Student
Academic Web Server on some campuses
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Password protected
All faculty can view
Often retained for a specified period after
graduation, if requested
Publish to a CD
Creating an Electronic
Portfolio
Using FrontPage
Creating an Electronic
Portfolio
Design – decide what items are going in
the portfolio
 Write – create the portfolio, typing text,
creating hyperlinks to other pages,
inserting artifacts
 Test – using a web browser to make sure
all links work and images appear
 Publish – to a CD or a secure web server
 Maintain – update with newer and better
artifacts
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Planning Your Site
Decide which items will be on your portfolio
homepage and what other pages you will hyperlink
to such as your resume, standards, artifacts and so
on.
Main Page
Standards
Standard 1
Philosophy
Standard 2
Standard 3
Suggested Directory Structure
Directory structure of your portfolio is
similar to the file system on your computer
Using additional folders helps to manage
and organize your portfolio
Root Directory
Home Page
Other basic main pages
Image Folder
Artifact Folder
Reflection Folder
Creating a Portfolio Folder
A few intro
slides before
we begin…
Inserting Text
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Very similar to using Microsoft Word formatting
techniques
Predefined formats
Basic Text Formatting
Creating Hyperlinks
Hyperlink to one of the following:
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Another page you’ve created
A webpage (i.e. Your college, Internship sponsor, …)
An e-mail address
A specific spot on a page
You can use an image or text
to create the hyperlink.
Creating Tables
Table with a Border
Inserting Artifacts
Writing Sample
 Formal Evaluation
 Photographs
 PowerPoint Presentation
 Award/Certificates
 Lesson Plans
 Projects
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These artifacts
can be in many
different types
of formats!
Formats
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PDF (Portable Document Format)
Word Document
Text Document
Excel Spreadsheet
PowerPoint Presentation
Hand Written (or with a signature)
Professional brochure or conference program
Audio Tape
Video Clip
Photograph
Word Documents
You have several options:
 Word Document
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Need Word to open the document with correct formatting.
Word Viewer available from Microsoft
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Flush to left side of screen; does it look better in a table?
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Look at the difference between left and justified.
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Save as Webpage using Word
Copy to a Webpage using FrontPage
Create a PDF using Adobe Acrobat
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Keeps format
Secure
Sample Pages
PowerPoint Presentation
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PowerPoint
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Save as a Web Page using PowerPoint
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Need PowerPoint to open
Has sounds and animation effects
Shows all slides but without sounds or animation
effects.
Opens with a web browser
PDF
Sample Pages
Excel Spreadsheet
Excel (need Excel to open)
 Save as a Webpage in Excel
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Sample page
Anything with Handwritten Text
Reference Letter, Clinical Evaluations,
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Create a PDF using Acrobat
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Looks more professional
Better view
Less load time
Create an image using a scanner
Sample Pages
Professionally Created
Documents
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Conference Brochure
International Tickets
Conference Program
Depending on the size of the document,
either scan or create a PDF.
Shared Border
Allows a border to appear on
all pages within your
portfolio.
 It can be on the left, right,
top or bottom of a page.
 It can have a table, buttons,
hyperlinks and so on to a
border.
 To use Navigation buttons
you must have a Navigation
Structure created.
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Previewing your Portfolio
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Clicking on the Preview tab (located along the
bottom of the FrontPage window) does NOT show
exactly what you page will look like.
Use the “Preview in Browser” button to view your
portfolio in a Web browser to see an accurate
display!
Adding Color and Background
Two options:
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Format Background
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Format Themes
Modifying the Background
Color
Applying Themes
Additional Items in Handout
Modifying Themes
 Adding a Page Title
 Working with Images (Buttons, new name,…)
 Shared Borders
 Navigation Structure (Banners and Shared
Navigation Links)
 Web Components
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Creating your Portfolio Folder
Let’s start by
opening FrontPage
and creating a
Portfolio folder!
Questions?
Ideas?
Let’s start creating!