Technology ePortfolio Support

Create portfolios

Using Mahara, students and staff create their personal learning stories by uploading evidence of activities they have participated in, and embedding publicly accessible content they have previously put online. They can write reflections on their experiences that frame this evidence, map it to competencies or registration requirements, and provide necessary context.

Mahara can be used for many different portfolio purposes, such as study, professional development, work-integrated learning, assessment, showcase and presentation, and employability.

Engage with others

Mahara makes it easy to comment and give feedback. Portfolios can also be submitted to learning management systems via LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) for marking.

Groups in Mahara allow people to create portfolios collaboratively and engage in forum discussions.

Presented by Meg Goodine, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Overview

In the beginning...

Prompted by a student request
World's longest pilot -- 2008-2015
A couple of champions and "sides of desks"
Uncertainty and unclear institutional commitment

Moving on up..

Implementation 2015-2017
Some dedicated support
Automated the account creation/single sign-on from Moodle
Assignment submissions (pros and cons)
Student support via the Learning Centre
A new custom theme (in the works as we speak)
Still on the wish list:
- Increased support (.25 time evaporates quickly)
- Retention policy
- Transition plan

Into the Future...

Scaling up to support an entire faculty
Ongoing technology discussions
A home for employee open badges?

Single sign-on

ePortfolio accounts are automatically created when a user first clicks on the Go to > ePortfolios link in Moodle . Once the account exists, users can log into the eportfolios site directly or continue to use the Moodle link to log in.

From Moodle:

To ePortfolios:

Our (student) help page

Open to guests: bit.ly/KPU_eporthelp

Mahara Assignments in Moodle

For instructors

The Mahara Assignment Submission plug-in creates a Mahara portfolio option for instructors in the Moodle assignment set up. Instructors can choose whether or not to "lock" the submitted work so students can't make changes until the assessment is completed.

For students

Students are presented with a list of their pages and collections to submit for assessment.

Updated on 31 July 2018 at 10:32; 2589 page visits from 6 June 2018 at 0:34 to 22 November 2024 at 23:51

Technology ePortfolio Support This page is part of the collection 'AAEEBL 2018: Perspectives on Supporting ePortfolios'.

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Engage with others

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