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Knox Academy 2012. Pupil E-Portfolio. Lesson Outline. Brief explanation of E-Portfolio Login & Change Password Create a Post Upload a piece of work Personalise e-portfolio layout. Your E-Portfolio.
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Knox Academy 2012 Pupil E-Portfolio
Lesson Outline • Brief explanation of E-Portfolio • Login & Change Password • Create a Post • Upload a piece of work • Personalise e-portfolio layout.
Your E-Portfolio • E-portfolios have been designed to allow you to share your best work with teachers, parents or carers via the web. • By storing your work electronically, you can use a variety of media to document your learning through: • Microsoft Office documents • Video • Audio recordings • or Images • Your work can then be viewed 24 hours a day by you, your parents or carers, and your teachers.
Your E-Portfolio The e-portfolio system will provide you with opportunities to: • Celebrate and share your achievements with parents and teachers • Reflect on your learning and other educational experiences • Become a more successful learner. Parents/carers and teachers may also comment on pieces of your work
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Next Steps • Click on My Stuff • Click on My Glow • Click on Modify Shared Page (Top right) • Click on Add Web Parts, then Browse
Next Steps • Click on the Virtual Server Gallery • Find Glow Settings in the list. • Drag Glow Settings on to the main body.
Change your password • Click on Change Profile in your Glow Settings. • On the Pop up window click on Edit • To change password • Type in old password • Type in new password (use school password space 1). • Re-type new password.
Using your E-Portfolio • You are now ready to begin to use your E-Portfolio. • You will be able to: • Create Posts • Upload pieces of your best work • Edit and personalise your page • See comments left by your teachers
Creating a Post • Click on your E-Portfolio and click on Dashboard • You will be taken to a completely different screen that looks something like this.
Creating a Post • Click on posts and then add new. • From this you can create your first post. • Base this on a piece of work you have completed in ICT (e.g. Theme Park Leaflet) Heading Description
Creating a Post • Choose a relevant category for your post (Technologies). • Give your post a relevant tag (ICT).
Upload a piece of work • You now need to upload the piece of work that you have written about. • Click on one of the following icons depending on what type of work it is. Image Audio Media Video In this case choose Media
Upload a piece of work • A pop up screen will appear, you need to choose select file. • Then search for the correct file to upload from your folder. • Choose insert into post. • It will then appear in your post.
IMPORTANT POINTS! • As you are working on a post you should always remember to save it as a draft, that way you can work on it at any time. • When you have finished creating a post you can then choose to publish it.
Personalise Page • You can personalise your page by clicking on Appearance and Themes on the left hand side. • From this section you can preview a theme and then choose to activate the one that you want.