1. Quality Enhancement Program Electronic-Briefcase
Melissa Saenger

2. Melissa Saenger Health Information Administration Major
Senior – Graduates May 2009
Involvement:
Resident Assistant
&
Orientation Counselor
Summer of 2006 & 2007
Alpha Chi Omega
VP Finance
VP Recruitment

3. E-briefcase E-briefcase offers: Student Tasks (Give by advisors ONLY)
Career/Targeted Portfolios
Document Library
Photo Library
Discussions with Advisors
Notes from Advisors
Lectures, Seminars, Concerts, Exhibits
Career Assessment
Blog

4. E-briefcase

5. E-briefcase
First View:

6. Student Tasks
Advisors can assign students assignments/tasks through the e-briefcase that will appear in the Student Task block.

7. Calendar
Students have a Calendar setting to use at Student’s discretion
Students simply click: “add new event”
Fill out time and dates.

8. Lectures, Seminars, Concerts, Exhibits
Items will be fed in from the Western Carolina Website and displayed on the e-briefcase to keep students informed.

9. Document Library
The Document Library is a place to up-load documents of any kind for students to use or to have in one central location.

10. Advisor Notes & Discussions
A place where advisors can send their advisees a note or have an like discussion.

11. Team Site
A setting students can use with other students for any type of group project

12. Other Settings
Links
Career Assessment
Contacts

13. Portfolios
Students have the ability to develop different types of portfolios.
Career portfolio
Targeted portfolio
After adding photos, documents, and other material the portfolio can be published and then viewed by others-much like a detailed electronic resume.
Employers

14. Portfolios
Introduction
About Me
Learning Experience
Documents

15. Other Portals
E-briefcase is very similar to other portals that are offered by WCU with similar features.
MyCat
WebCat
Catamount Connections
Facebook
My Space

16. E-briefcase vs. Catamount Connections
An online portal for student organizations on campus
Every student has access with 92-number and password
All campus organizations can have a group on Catamount Connection
Join group with permission from administrator
Access to forms

17. Catamount Connections
New News
Events Calendar
Current Members
Forms

18. Catamount Connection Type of Forms an Organization may need
to complete.

19. Positives Electronic resume Access from any computer
Publish
Employer view
Access from any computer
Communicate with Advisor
Connections
Build overtime
Community Service
Work Experience
Clubs/Organization
Travel

20. Negatives To many portals for students Catamount Connections
MyCat
WebCat
Catamount Connections
Facebook/MySpace
Not the easiest to organize
Hard to maneuver
Resistance from students
Not mandatory
Other portals offer similar features
Problems
Log-in
Communication with Advisor
Access to all Features

21. Quality Enhancement Program Electronic-Briefcase
Questions?
Quality Enhancement Program Electronic-Briefcase
Melissa Saenger