Portfolios: Difference between revisions

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Portfolios in Moodle make it easy for a student to export their work to an external portfolio. For example, student work might include forum posts or assignment submissions that they believe demonstrates their knowledge.

Portfolios are disabled by default in Moodle and must be enabled by a site administrator. See Managing portfolios for details.

Using portfolios

Basic steps

When portfolios are enabled, forum posts and other exportable data (see below) have a save link beside them.
User clicks one of these buttons.
User is able to choose from a list of configured portfolios (this step will be skipped if there's only one).
User may be asked to define the export format of the captured content e.g. HTML, images and text.
User may be asked to define some metadata to go with the captured content (some will be generated automatically).
The content and metadata is COPIED to the external portfolio system.
User has the option to return to the page they were previously viewing or visit the their portfolio (certain portfolios only).

Export examples

Assignment submissions - single and multiple file uploads
Chat sessions
Database activity module entries (##export## tag may be added to list and single templates)
Database activities
Forum posts
Glossary entries

Export formats

Possible export formats include

HTML
LEAP2A, a specification for e-portfolio portability
Images
Text

Additional formats such as PDF can be added.

Common portfolio settings

Common portfolio settings can be set by an administrator in Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Portfolios > Common Portfolio settings.

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-{{Moodle 2.0}}
+{{Managing content}}
-The Portfolio in Moodle 2.0 is a new kind of feature in Moodle that manages files. Essentially it gathers student's work that was performed in Moodle and puts it together in one place.
+Portfolios in Moodle make it easy for a student to export their work to an external portfolio.  For example, student work might include forum posts or assignment submissions that they believe demonstrates their knowledge.
-While Portfolio in Moodle 2.0 performs many similar tasks to previous contributed code modules of the same name, it is not a module.  Thus, it is setup and administered in a different manner.
+Portfolios are disabled by default in Moodle and must be enabled by a site administrator. See [[Managing portfolios]] for details.
-==How to use portfolios in 2.0==
+* [[Box.net portfolio|Box.net]]
-#When portfolios are enabled, every page or major piece of content in Moodle has a little "Save" button beside it.
+* [[File download]]
+* [[Flickr.com portfolio|Flickr.com]]
+* [[Google Docs portfolio|Google Docs]]
+* [[Picasa portfolio|Picasa]]
+* [[Mahara portfolio|Mahara ePortfolio]]
+* [[Portfolios FAQ]]
+==Using portfolios==
+===Basic steps===
+#When portfolios are enabled, forum posts and other exportable data (see below) have a save link beside them.
 #User clicks one of these buttons.
 #User is able to choose from a list of configured portfolios (this step will be skipped if there's only one).
-#User may be asked to define the format of the captured content (eg pdf, IMS LD, HTML, XML ...).
+#User may be asked to define the export format of the captured content e.g. HTML, images and text.
 #User may be asked to define some metadata to go with the captured content (some will be generated automatically).
 #The content and metadata is COPIED to the external portfolio system.
-#User has an option to "Return to the page you left" or "Visit their portfolio".
+#User has the option to return to the page they were previously viewing or visit the their portfolio (certain portfolios only).
+===Export examples===
-Note this will be just as useful for teachers as for students.
+* Assignment submissions - single and multiple file uploads
+* Chat sessions
+* Database activity module entries (##export## tag may be added to list and single templates)
+* Database activities
+* Forum posts
+* Glossary entries
-==Enabling portfolios==
+===Export formats===
-To enable portfolios, check the enableportfolios box in ''Site Administration > [[Advanced features]]''.
+Possible export formats include
+* HTML
+* [[Development:LEAP2A_Portfolio_Implementation|LEAP2A]], a specification for e-portfolio portability
+* Images
+* Text
+Additional formats such as PDF can be added.
+==Common portfolio settings==
+Common portfolio settings can be set by an administrator in ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Portfolios > Common Portfolio settings''.
 ==See also==
-*[[Development:Portfolio API]]
+*[[Portfolios FAQ]]
+*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic2j6esjPR8 Portfolios in Moodle 2.0 video]
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_portfolio e-Portfolio] overview at Wikipedia
 [[Category:Portfolios]]
+[[eu:Portfolioak]]

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