The Brightspace ePortfolio is a repository of artifacts that you can organize into a showcase of your work using the Presentation Tool. You should have uploaded your artifacts as you went throughout the program. (Refer to the Adding Files to the ePortfolio Repository document if you have not uploaded your artifacts.)
1. To access the ePortfolio tool from the course home page, click on the Tools menu and select ePortfolio, as shown below.
2. On the ePortfolio page, you can start developing your presentation by clicking the New Presentation link, as shown below.
3. Give your presentation a title on the Properties tab. Then, click Content/Layout tab to add pages and content. You can add pages by clicking the New Page icon in the left corner, as shown below.
4. Repeat the previous step to create all the pages you need based on the name for your pages as
described in the Toolbox ePortfolio Guide.
5. To add information to your pages, click on the title of the page and then click Add Component
on the right side of the screen, as shown below.
6. After you click Add Component, you will be able to choose what you want to add. For your
ePortfolio, you will either add an artifact or use the text area, depending on the directions in the
Toolbox ePortfolio Guide.
Adding Text and Artifacts
1. To add text, click Text area. You will then be able to add a name for the area, and the text you
want to see displayed on the page. Click Save and Close. You will not see all of your text on the
page; you will see the number of characters instead, as shown below.
2. To see how your text will look in the presentation, click View Presentation on the top of the page, as shown below.
3. To add an artifact, click Artifact. All of the artifacts that you have saved to your ePortfolio throughout the program will then appear: Select the artifact that you want on that specific page and click Add.
4. If you need to edit the text included with your artifact, click the caret next to the artifact’s title and select Edit, as shown below. You will then be able to edit your description.
Adding Artifacts to a Text Link
1. On the Artifacts page, you will apply the categories provided in the Toolbox ePortfolio Guide to each artifact.
2. First, select Add text area. Then, name the area after the category and add the entire category in the Content section. To add artifacts, click the Insert Stuff Icon, as shown below.
3. In the Insert Stuff window, click on ePortfolio and select the artifact you want to apply to that category, and then click Next. Add a title in the Link Text box and click Insert, as shown below.
4. Next, label your artifact and click Save. You can view what the page will look like by clicking View Presentation. Below is a view of an example portfolio on the Artifacts page after an artifact was added to a category.
5. You can edit text areas by clicking the caret next to them and selecting Edit.
6. To edit the style of your presentation, choose from a menu of themes (or edit the current theme) on the Theme tab. Your presentation will automatically be saved to the My Items page of the ePortfolio for future access.
7. Use the Banner tab to add a description that will appear at the top of every page of your presentation, as shown below.
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