introduction to wordpress eportfolios
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Professional Practice ePortfoliosPrepared by: Michael Paskevicius
Learning Technologies Application DeveloperCentre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning
Vancouver Island University
Agenda
• Quick review of ePortfolios• Planning to build • A look at possible ePortfolio software• Begin building!
ePortfolios defined• A selective set of online, reflective, integrative,
and personal documents that present how you have developed as a scholar-teacher in your discipline
• Offers evidence of your accomplishments and activities across all aspects of your academic life (research, teaching, and service) and outlines your growth
• Extends your CV and provides future employers with a comprehensive portrait of your academic training, achievements, and future career goals
• A living document that needs to be modified over timeBauer, G. (2011) Elements of A Professional Academic E-Portfolio. Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Delaware.
Available online: http://www2.udel.edu/e-portfolios/sites/udel.edu.e-portfolios/files/users/user19/epelements11j.pdf
Moving from “file cabinet portfolio” to “showcase portfolio”
What types of documents/resources have you identified to share on your ePortfolio?
• Papers and writing samples of various types-descriptive, persuasive, etc.
• Professional goals statement• Internship and work experience• Video and audio clips• Spreadsheet and database projects• Group projects• Research projects and research-
related writing• Photographs, images, artwork• Community service work• Public speaking examples
• Leadership experience, qualities, and examples
• Academic awards and honors• Reflective essays• Examples of problem solving• Memberships in professional
organizations• Journal/blog entries • Examples of technology-related
skills• Graphics of information-charts,
time lines, concept diagrams• Language skills
Artefacts and Reflections • An eportfolio is more than just
gathering artifacts together• Eportfolio development should be a
process of generating new or deeper learning by reflecting on one’s existing learning and experiences
• Both a product (a digital collection of artifacts) and a process (of reflecting on those artifacts and what they represent)Uwaterloo.ca. (2001). ePortfolios: What, Why, and How | Centre for Teaching Excellence. [online] Retrieved from: https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/resources/integrative-learning/eportfolios-what-why-and-how [Accessed: 7 Feb 2014].
ePortfolio structure
Teaching, Research, Service, Other
Ready to start building?
Potential ePortfolio software platforms
• 19 percent of websites on the internet are powered by Wordpress
• Based on open-source technologies (PHP and MYSQL)
• Active and vibrant developer community • Plugin and theme marketplace • Highly flexible and adaptable tool for creating
websites
Why use the VIU Wordpress network for your eportfolio?– Hosted on campus – Compliant with FIPPA – Capitan login – Under the viu.ca
domain – Secure and backed up
regularly by IT
Why not use the VIU Wordpress network for your eportfolio?– You require a special
URL– You want to administer
plugins and themes
Options: wordpress.com, blogger.com, weebly.com or your own server
The VIU Wordpress network
http://wordpress.viu.ca/
http://wordpress.viu.ca/Chemistry
http://wordpress.viu.ca/MGMT210
http://wordpress.viu.ca/SarahsBlog
You can define the portion of the URL which follows http://wordpress.viu.ca/
http://studentblogs.viu.ca/http://wordpress.viu.ca/
Blogs and ePortfolios available for both faculty and students
http://wordpress.viu.ca/guppy/
Title and tagline of the site
Recent posts
Site pages
Sidebar
http://wordpress.viu.ca/limi/
Site pages
Static text for current students
http://wordpress.viu.ca/timgoater/
Site pages
No sidebar in use
Web view Author view (logged in)
https://wordpress.viu.ca/wp-login.php
Login with your Capitan
account
The site name becomes part of your URL and
must be lowercase with no spaces.
The site title is displayed by default at the top of
your blog and may contain spaces.
Allow discoverability in Google and
visibility options
Click here to go to your new
website
Create a new page
Access your site dashboard
Wordpress Dashboard
Create a new
post/page
Summary of blog activity
Recent comments
Change appearance
Create or view pages
Create or view posts
Page versus Post • Pages are static and are not
listed by date. Pages are often listed at the top of the blog in a menu.
• Posts are entries listed in reverse chronological order on the blog home page by default.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/
Post are automatically organized by date but can be furthermore assigned to categories and tags.
Pages do not use categories and tags but
can be organized in a hierarchy.
Start building pages for your eportfolio
Set the home view to a static page
• Access you site Dashboard then • Settings Reading “Front page displays”
Themes
Use images to bring your posts to life
Work found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Sower.jpg / CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
ePortfolio documentation on wiki
https://mediawiki.viu.ca/wiki/Professional_Teaching_Practice_Portfolios
Wordpress documentation on wiki
https://mediawiki.viu.ca/wiki/Wordpress_Help
ReferencesBauer, G. (2011) Elements of A Professional Academic E-Portfolio. Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Delaware. Available online: http://www2.udel.edu/e-portfolios/sites/udel.edu.e-portfolios/files/users/user19/epelements11j.pdf
Uwaterloo.ca. (2001). ePortfolios: What, Why, and How | Centre for Teaching Excellence. [online] Retrieved from: https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/resources/integrative-learning/eportfolios-what-why-and-how [Accessed: 7 Feb 2014].
USDOE. (2011). Artifacts: Collect, Select, and Connect - Eportfolio Resource Center. [online] Retrieved from: https://sites.google.com/site/resourcecentereportfolio/artifacts [Accessed: 7 Feb 2014].
Icons: The Noun Project, available under Creative Commons or Public Domain licenses, http://thenounproject.com/
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