Portfolios

Plantilla:Moodle 2.0Portfolios in Moodle 2.0 onwards enable data, such as forum posts or assignment submissions, to be exported to external systems.

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 available in Moodle 2.0 include:

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).

Different formats are supported (currently LEAP2A, HTML, Images and Text, but others like PDF can be added)

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 activities