1. Quality Enhancement Program Electronic-Briefcase Melissa Saenger

2. Health Information Administration Major Senior – Graduates May 2009 Involvement: – Resident Assistant 2005-2006 & 2006-2007 – 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 http://ebriefcase.wcu.edu

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 e- mail like discussion.

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

12. Other Settings Contacts Career Assessment Links

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 Documents Learning Experience About Me

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 – 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 – 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 Melissa Saenger Questions?