E-P ORTFOLIO Set Up Instructions 1

E-P ORTFOLIO - S TEP B Y S TEP The following guide was taken from How to create a wordpress.com ePortfolio The original guide was developed by Dr. David Stoloff, Professor, Education Department, Eastern CSU. For more information, please contact Dr. David Stoloff at 2

1 Register with WordPress.com Getting Started 3

G ETTING S TARTED o Go to and click the orange sign up buttonwww.wordpress.com o A 10-step walk through guide for starting a blog is another good place to start. For further information visit 4

2 Create Your First Post/Page Getting Published 5

Once you have a blogspace, you may share webpages with others. If you are developing an essay to share with an instructor, it is recommended first writing it in WORD, using grammar and spell checking, and then copying it to a new webpage in your blog. G ETTING P UBLISHED 6

12 From the blogspace’s dashboard, add a new page… copy the essay into the text box and then title the page 7

G ETTING P UBLISHED 34 click on publish… view the page, and, if satisfied, copy the URL and send it to anyone with whom you wish to share the page. 8

3 Limit the access to viewing your blog Controlling your privacy 9

In the dashboard, go to Settings > privacy C ONTROLLING YOUR PRIVACY To limit access to your ePortfolio but to allow your instructor or others to see your efforts, please type the individuals’ wordpress usernames in the users box on this privacy settings page. 10

P LEASE NOTE … o For more instructions, Professor Martin Seymour from the Communication Department has developed online modules on developing one’s ePortfolio using WordPress at A template for an Eastern ePortfolio with menu items that may be copied is found at If you have large documents - video files, graphics, pdf files – you might consider making use of the skydrive in that is attached Eastern’s system. Remember Remember : If you have any questions on the process, please connect Dr. Stoloff at 11

SKYDRIVE IN EDU The following guide was taken from How to create a live.edu SkyDrive – to the clouds! The original guide was developed by Anne Muessel, History/Social science and Environmental Earth Science major, Fall 2010 FYR 174 Peer mentor & Dr. David Stoloff, Professor, Education Department, Eastern CSU (June 25, 2010). For more information, please contact Dr. David Stoloff at 12

SKYDRIVE IN EDU 1. Logging In Eastern is in a partnership to offer live.edu accounts to all enrolled students and alumni. To access these accounts, students need to go to Outlook Live at Those who have access to this site should see… Students’ Windows Live ID would be the same user’s name as issued on campus – lastnamefirstinitial. Your password should be the same as the one you use for accessing computers on campus. 13

SKYDRIVE IN EDU 2. Adding Files to your SkyDrive. After logging in, students will see their account on which has 25 gigabytes of memory. The student page would look like this… Pull down the menu by “More” (see arrow) and select “SkyDrive” (highlighted in yellow). 14

SKYDRIVE IN EDU 2. Adding Files to your SkyDrive. To add files to your Skydrive, it asks for some general personal information – year of birth and country – to avoid scamming systems. You should only need to deal with this webpage the first time. Once complete click “I accept.” 15

SKYDRIVE IN EDU 2. Adding Files to your SkyDrive. The SkyDrive initial page looks like this… Add a file by clicking on “Add files” in the menu bar on this page. 16

SKYDRIVE IN EDU 2. Adding Files to your SkyDrive. There is 25 GB of storage space in the SkyDrive, but one may not upload files larger than 2 GB at one time. You can add files from your computer using this standard browsing, attaching process. (Click “Browse…” find and open your file then click “Upload.”) 17

SKYDRIVE IN EDU 2. Adding Files to your SkyDrive. Notice how the file is saved in a public or a locked folder. If the file is public, it will be open to all who have a live.edu account to view. If locked, you must give permission for viewing. Then, share documents in the folder by editing the permission and including those people you wish to have access to the document. It would be a good idea to create a large semester folder and sub-folders within Fall 2011, for example, for each of your courses. 18

SKYDRIVE IN EDU 2. Adding Files to your SkyDrive. Once you are at the new page, click “My Documents”: 19

SKYDRIVE IN EDU 2. Adding Files to your SkyDrive. For this course if you wish to limit access to the instructor or others, then in the box under add specific people, type 20

T HANK Y OU ! After creating your ePortfolio, please share its URL, web address, with your Peer Mentor. 21