in folio: accessible eportfolio system developed with jisc techdis

In-Folio

A uniquely accessible e-Portfolio that enables learners with difficulties and/or

disabilities to store, arrange multi media content into simple online

pages.

Created by The Rix Centre

What is it?

• Provides the means for a ‘digital entity’.

• Record and store evidence in the form of video, audio or graphics.

• Built in text to speech.

• Alternative literacy using rich digital media.

• Learner owned content.

We’re going to look at…

• What In Folio looks like.

• Admin features.• How have colleges used In Folio.• What students think.

What does In Folio look like?

In-Folio log in

From http://infolio2.jisctechdis.ac.uk/ to tiny.cc/infolio

In-Folio log in Page

Log in Options

Username /Password Log in Picture Log in

In-Folio Structure

Tabs

Pages

Blocks

Tabs

Tabs are the In-Folio's main signposts.

You can see them along the top of your In-Folio at all times.

Pages are a means of organising information within a tab.

Once you have selected a tab you will be able to see the pages that it contains. You can give each page it’s own name.

BlocksBlocks allow the student to add content including text,

images and multi-media. Text in the blocks can be read back using the text to speech button

Text to Speech• Text to speech: Whenever you see the play

symbol you can activate the text to speech function, and listen to an audio version of the text on the page.

• The text to speech feature now has a Scottish voice.

Populating In Folio with multimedia

My Collection

• At the core of the in-folio is ‘My Collection’, which is your own personal multimedia library and the place where you store your images, sounds etc.

• All content must be uploaded to My Collection before you can use it.

• My Collections is found at the top right hand corner of your In-Folio page.

Adding Your Images• In My Collection

and at the bottom of the page click on the browse button next to the ‘add a new picture.

• Select your content (warning little or no progress bar)

• The image will appear on the page.

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Admin Features

Admin Features - User ManagerView your users, their activity and create new users

Find out more at: http://tinyurl.com/7rg4dq5

Admin Features - Group ManagerCreates groups of learners and putting them together to very easily give them access to resources or a previously created template

Find out more at: http://tinyurl.com/7rg4dq5

Admin Features – Template Manager

Creates pre determined tabs, pages etc. for individual learners or groups that you have created.

Find out more at: http://tinyurl.com/create-templates

Sharing your In-Folio Tabs

Exporting Your In Folio Resource

Exporting Your In Folio Resource

Choose an export format - Standalone HTML or LEAP2

How have FE colleges used In Folio?

Perth UHI College

http://tiny.cc/PerthUHI-InFolio

A two way process at PerthTo provide information about the

collegeTo generate information about students learning support needs

http://tiny.cc/NCL-InFolio

New College Lanarkshire

Dumfries and Galloway College

In Folio for assessment purposes at Borders College

Glasgow Kelvin (Cardonald) CollegeMoving to Independence Course

From this……. To this…….

Planning In Folio Pages

The Learner PerspectiveDaniel @ Perth UHI College *

http://tiny.cc/Daniel-InFolio

Exporting In Folio in Practice: The benefit for students

I have had a contact from a Social Services department relating to an ex student of an Independent Specialist College(Portland College) who has taken their In folio with them as they left college and wants to carry on using it now as they return to their home authority , the comment being that they liked the freedom it gave them and also allowed them to taken their history of achievements and likes and dislikes.

Sal Cooke, Director of JISC Techdis

In Folio WebinarRSCtv In Folio webinar recorded on Feb 7th 2014

http://tiny.cc/RSCtvInFolio

In Folio Training Resource(created using Xerte)

Follow this link to see an excellent overview of In Folio

http://vle.jisctechdis.ac.uk/xerte/play_35

Supporting Employability

http://vimeo.com/32317888

JISC Techdis Information Page

Visit the JISC Techdis In Folio page at:http://tiny.cc/TD-InFolio

In-Folio

Thank you