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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-{{Portfolios}}
+{{Managing content}}
-<p class="note">'''Please refer to [[Page_notes#Portfolios|these notes]] before editing this page.'''</p>
+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 in Moodle 2.0 onwards enable data, such as forum posts or assignment submissions, to be exported to external systems.
+Portfolios are disabled by default in Moodle and must be enabled by a site administrator. See [[Managing portfolios]] for details.
+* [[Box.net portfolio|Box.net]]
+* [[File download]]
+* [[Flickr.com portfolio|Flickr.com]]
+* [[Google Docs portfolio|Google Docs]]
+* [[Picasa portfolio|Picasa]]
+* [[Mahara portfolio|Mahara ePortfolio]]
+* [[Portfolios FAQ]]
-Portfolios in Moodle 2.0 video:
-<mediaplayer>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic2j6esjPR8</mediaplayer>
-==Enabling portfolios==
-Enabling the use of portfolios is a 2-step process for an administrator:
-# Check the enableportfolios box in ''Site Administration > [[Advanced features]]''
-# Enable selected portfolio plugins in ''Site Administration > Plugins > Portfolios > Manage portfolios''
-==Portfolio plugins==
-Portfolio plugins available in Moodle 2.0 include:
-* [[Box.net portfolio plugin|Box.net internet storage]]
-* File download
-* Flickr online photo management system
-* Google Docs
-* [[Development:Mahara Portfolio Plugin|Mahara ePortfolio]]
-* Picasa
 ==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.
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 #User has the option to return to the page they were previously viewing or visit the their portfolio (certain portfolios only).
-==Export formats==
+===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
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 Additional formats such as PDF can be added.
-==Exportable data==
+==Common portfolio settings==
-* Assignment submissions - single and multiple file uploads
+Common portfolio settings can be set by an administrator in ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Portfolios > Common Portfolio settings''.
-* Chat sessions
-* Database activity module entries (##export## tag may be added to list and single templates)
-* Database activities
-* Forum posts
-* Glossary entries
 ==See also==
 *[[Portfolios FAQ]]
-*[[Development:Portfolio API]]
+*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic2j6esjPR8 Portfolios in Moodle 2.0 video]
-*MDL-14591 - META: Develop new Portfolio API
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_portfolio e-Portfolio] overview at Wikipedia
 [[Category:Portfolios]]
 [[eu:Portfolioak]]

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