1. Growing ePortfolios @ UVa

2. “E-portfolios can provide a means for clarifying and affirming localized institutional value.” Randy Bass, AACU Peer Review 2014 Methodology: Qualitative Weight and Sum (QWS) “…an iterative process of evaluation which focuses on a weighted list of criteria…” -- Himpsl and Baumgartner (2009) Danube Univeristy Krems (DUK), Austria

3. UVa’s “Localized Institutional Context”:  The Cornerstone Plan:  “…pioneer ‘total advising,’ a multidimensional process that combines high-quality academic advising, career advising, and coaching, includes an online portfolio…”  “…posting of student leadership experiences to their online portfolios.”  Other conditions:  No assigned leadership to develop an ePortfolio program  Ad hoc activities by interested instructors;  Experimentation with home-grown ePortfolio platforms  Technology Strategies team in the College of Arts & Sciences  Modest funding for pilot projects (Learning Technologies Incubator – LTi)

4. Priorities Based on “Localized Institutional Context”:  Cornerstone Plan's focus on promoting student leadership, and student advising  Absence of institution-wide focused leadership on ePortfolios  Limited resources (small LTi grants)  Potential for distributed support (UCS, Library, etc.) Our Question: What is the best ePortfolio approach and platform to provide to first year students for collecting, selecting, and reflecting on their curricular and extra-curricular activities while at UVa?”

5. Based on UVa's context and priorities: Focus primarily on “student services” (approach)  ePortfolios supported outside of class context  One-credit courses  UCS, Library, etc.  No institutional context (maybe foreign language departments) Focus primarily on “student ePortfolios” (platform)  Student ownership  Student perspective  Student interface

6. Brief History: 2014 (Summer): LTi grant  Courses: Summer Language Institute (Spanish & French)  Platform: PebblePlus 2014/2015 (Fall/Spring)  Courses: 2000/3000 level Spanish and French  Platform: WordPress (Group has re-applied for 2016 LTi grant: Spanish, French, Italian, Chines, Arabic, Russian, Portuguese) 2015 (Spring)  Courses: Liberal Arts Seminar (one-credit)  Platform: Chalk & Wire; Digication

7. Methodology: Qualitative Weight and Sum (QWS) “…an iterative process of evaluation which focuses on a weighted list of criteria” -- Himpsl and Baumgartner (2009) Danube Univeristy Krems (DUK), Austria

8. The Tool: Essential (E) Not Important (0) Weigh the remaining criteria: Extremely Important * Very Important # Important + Less important |

9. First Iteration of Priorities: Institutional Integration: - LTI 1.0, 1.2, LMS, SIS, etc. - Export Content in Standard Format (zip, pdf, etc.) - Ingest Content in Standard Format (zip, pdf, etc.) User Interface: - Full Graphical/Text/Equation Editor - Intuitive/Standard Layout for ePortfolio Construction - Intuitive/Standard Sharing and Communication - Intuitive/Standard Layout for ePortfolio Presentation External Integration: - Template Libraries - Specialized Editors - Standard API for Plugins

10. Second Iteration of Priorities: (considering the student point of view) User Interface: Intuitive/Standard/Full Configurable Graphical Text/Equation Editor Intuitive/Standard layout for ePortfolio architecting Intuitive/Standard layout for ePortfolio Presentation Robust, configurable template library External Integration: Ability to export ePortfolios in standard (zip, pdf, etc.) formats Ability to integrate with institutional systems (LTI) Standard API for plugins

11. Second Iteration of Priorities: (considering the student point of view, apply QWS) User Interface: Intuitive/Standard/Full Configurable Graphical Text/Equation Editor (E) Intuitive/Standard layout for ePortfolio architecting (#) Intuitive/Standard layout for ePortfolio Presentation (*) Robust, configurable template library (#) External Integration: Ability to export ePortfolios in standard (zip, pdf, etc.) formats (E) Ability to integrate with institutional systems (LTI) (*) Standard API for plugins (#) Note Essentials (E): Intuitive/Standard/Full Configurable Graphical Text/Equation Editor Ability to export ePortfolios in standard (zip, pdf, etc.) formats

12. Third Iteration of Priorities: (expand, specify feature list ) User Interface: -- Intuitive/Standard/Full Configurable Graphical Text/Equation Editor; E Text formatting, internal links, external links, embedding media, etc. -- Intuitive/Standard layout for ePortfolio architecting; # Asset storage, organization, tagging, access -- Intuitive/Standard layout for ePortfolio Presentation; * Flexible canvass, -- Robust, configurable template library; # Flexible canvass External Integration: -- Ability to export ePortfolios in standard (zip, pdf, etc.) formats; E -- Ability to integrate with institutional systems (LTI); * Single sign-on, ??? Standard API for plugins; # ???

13. Criteria Checklist (Himpsl and Baumgartner)

15. Export e-portfolio data Input keywords Internal cross-references External cross-references Publishing on the Web

16. Export e-portfolio data Input keywords Internal cross-references External cross-references Publishing on the Web

17. 1.PebblePlus 2.Digication 3.Chalk & Wire 4.Wordpress

18. Yitna Firdyiwek, Instructional Designer College of Arts & Sciences, University of Virginia ybf2u@virginia.edu