basics of eportfolios and class sites

BASICS OF EPORTFOLIOS AND

CLASS SITES

Richmond District Conference, Feb. 2017

Richnet Portal Outlook (Exchange) Scholantis (Sharepoint)

My Site (Learn38, Inside38, Staff Room)

My Public Site (Teacher profile page)My ClassesMy Groups (~ First Class conferences)

My Site

My Public Site

My Classes

My Classes

My Groups

Creating a Class Site - Features Click on ‘Create a Class’

button First add a title for your

site Then select features you

want on your site (be sure to select eportfolios)

Features can be added or ‘turned off’ at any time

Access Tab Uncheck ‘Public’ (Anonymous) Adding students

Can copy – paste class list or student numbers

Students names that appear multiple times on the AD will be underlined in red (click on name and select from list)

Students who are added here will have an eportfolio for your class

Access Tab (cont’d) Add teachers who you’d like to share the

site with (e.g. job share, resource teachers, ELL teacher, admin)

These teachers will have editing privileges on the site

Selecting Theme Choose a colour for your banner Richmond Portal icon can be changed After selecting these options, click on

‘Create’ Remember, any section can be added or

deleted at any time (click on settings in top right when on your class site)

Student Portfolios Click on ‘Portfolios’ in

the menu bar You should see student

names along the left sidebar

Clicking on one of the icons will ‘Batch’ add to each students’ portfolio

Student Portfolios (cont’d) Click on student

name to add to individual student’s portfolio

Tag each post ‘Lightning’ add

allows the addition of a photo or video to a post that already exists

Assignments Add Assignment and Set Dates Students Can Complete Assignment

with Built-in Microsoft Apps Feedback From Teacher Track Assignments Started and Handed

In by Students

Assignments Adding an assignment

Assignments Providing feedback

Assignments Track assignments with summaries

More Info / Links SD#38 Communicating Student Learnin

g section on the portal Beth Holland’s article ‘The Art of Reflecti

on’ Chris Loat’s ePortfolio

page (more links plus student prompts for reflecting)