MSU e-portfolio beta test project

Jim Green

Academic Computing and Network Services

June 20, 2006

What it is

Hands-on testing and research to better understand how e-portfolios can benefit MSU

Collaborative prototyping of MSU-specific e-portfolio tools and templates

Toward a production LC&T centrally-supported e-portfolio system targeted for Fall, 2007.

Who’s doing it

Under the auspices of ANGEL Advisory Group

Joint ACNS-VUDAT-Libraries-AIS development team

Jim Green, ACNS, project leader

Recent accomplishments

OSP (Open Source Portfolio, http://osportfolio.org) selected

Testbed implementation up and running since late April.

Project team working on setup, configuration, integration

Recruit faculty and grad students to participate and provide feedback

OSP

Open source software not mature

Built on Sakai (open source CMS) framework

MSU will implement portfolio functions only ANGEL will continue to be MSU’s centrally-

supported CMS for the foreseeable future

basic e-portfolio

Person-centric rather than course-centric system will not include course enrollment data

Will persist after the person leaves MSU User owns her/his portfolios and artifacts

there is debate on this

User controls access to their portfolios

Requirements Overview

basic OSP

My Workspace Resources tool

WebDAV CIGs = common interest groups

shared portfolio space supports coordinator, reviewer, evaluator roles long-lived – i.e., not courses

examples: undergrad, art majors

OSP portfolio functions

Learning matrix supports custom scaffolding

Portfolio templates also supports custom scaffolding

Free form portfolio design Comments and reflection may be

implemented in any of the functions

OSP portfolio tools

Forms – XML/XSLT Wizards -- XHTML Styles -- CSS Layouts -- XHTML Templates – XSL (XML stylesheet)

OSP config issues

Tools User interface design choices ANGEL coordination CIGs

roles who can create

Guest users

Help

Imagine how students will use the system step-by-step actions

Develop scenarios/use cases of system use Play in the sandbox

provide feedback on functionality and usability

Participate in matrix, portfolio template design prototyping

Participate in beta testing

Timeline – current projection

sandbox, prototyping – Summer, 2006 limited beta – Fall, 2006 expanded beta and scale-up – Spring, 2006 full production – Fall, 2007

Further information

Jim Green, Coordinator, Academic Systems Academic Computing and Network Svcs. jfgreen@msu.edu 432-7239

PowerPoint and handout:http://www.msu.edu/~jfgreen/presentations