Choosing an ePortfolio

Sharing collections of student work in an ePortfolio has three key purposes:

• Helping students reflect on what they have learned through a body of work
• Allowing instructors or preceptors to grade a body of work and/or provide feedback on it
• Helping a student showcase the competencies they have for an audience, including prospective employers, a community groups, or a wider audience

Why you should give students choice in which platform they use:

• There may be one that students are already familiar with, reducing the learning curve
• They may already be using one for another class
• Students will have a greater opportunity to create and maintain a portfolio that bests showcases their individual growth

Possible options at USask

USask has no single tool designed to do all the key functions of an ePortfolio. Instead, educators and students can pick the best tool based on its functionality. There are three options to consider. Watch the short video to get details on what each tool is designed to do well or doesn't focus on.

 

Tool	Key Uses	Resource
OneNote	Organizing a variety of file types Inline annotation within pages Sharing of notebooks within USask and outside (e.g. with an internship supervisor) Designed for note taking and resource curation	Video Overview
Portfolium (Folio in Canvas)	Can be accessed directly through Canvas (Folio) or on the Portfolium site Create a professional looking portfolio Organizing a variety of file types Sharing of private pages within USask and outside (e.g. with an internship supervisor) Create a portfolio that students may retain access to beyond their time at USask (including the ability to export it for use on another WordPress site) Can be used for group projects (shared across individual student portfolios) Designed to be used as a Portfolio tool	Video Overview
WordPress	Create a professional looking portfolio Organizing a variety of file types Sharing of public and private sites within USask and outside (e.g. with an internship supervisor) Create a portfolio that students may retain access to beyond their time at USask (including the ability to export it for use on another WordPress site) Designed to be used for blogging and website creation so provides an ideal space for detailed student reflections	Video Overview

 

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Click the button below for a PDF document describing the common functions and ease of use with Portfolium, WordPress and OneNote when used as an ePortfolio.

• Review of common functions: Portfolium, WordPress, OneNote