Your 1st Ten Steps as an ePortfolio Expert

• ePortfolio is a tool to document and reflect on learning

• Students can share their work with professors, potential employers, peers, and friends

• An ePortfolio is a work in progress that will extend throughout your college career and beyond

What is ePortfolio?

• Showcase your accomplishments

• Build a web-presence• Track academic

progress• Receive feedback on

work from others• Create and store files• Present yourself in a

professional way on a social networking site

Why Build an ePortfolio?

• Eportfolio.pace.edu• If you forget this site,

you can find it using the A-Z index on the Pace website, & there is also a tab in Blackboard

• Sign in with Pace Portal username and password

Step 1: Sign in to ePortfolio

• “Profile” tab• “Edit Profile”• Fill out information such as About Me, Contact

Information, Messaging & General

Step 2: Add Contact Information

• “My Portfolio” tab• Set Page Permissions for all pages you

want to be seen• Public: All internet users. The URL for

a public page is: http://eportfolio.pace.edu/public/USERNAME

• Logged in Users: users inside the Pace ePortfolio network only

• Friends: users within the Pace ePortfolio network who you add or approve as a friend

• Secret URL: If sent to viewers either in or outside of the Pace ePortfolio network, they will be able to view the page associated with this URL

Step 3: Set Permissions

• Any post can be removed from your page by clicking the red box at the upper right hand side of the post

• We do not suggest removing the “Course Listing” box, or the “My Pages” box. “My Pages” is an easy way to navigate through your site. “Course Listing” is automatically on your page, & it shows every class you’ve ever taken at Pace University. If you accidentally delete this, just create a new text box & title it “Course Listing.”

Delete Posts

• “My Portfolio” tab• “My Files” tab• Only you can see your file

section. After reading and agreeing to the copyright notice, check the box next to “Upload File”.

• “Browse”• Select the file to be uploaded• You can create a folder to

organize your files by clicking “Create Folder”

Upload Files from Computer

• “My Portfolio” tab• “My Blogs” tab• “Create new Blog”• Add title/description• “Create Blog”• “Add post to this blog”• Add title/body• “Save Post”

Create a Blog Post

• “My Portfolio” tab• “Edit this Page”• Drag the blog icon

anywhere under the gray bar

• Title your blog by typing in the Block Title box

• Select the Blog title that you created earlier

• “Save”

Display your Blog

• “Groups” tab• “Create Group”• Name your group and

select the privacy settings. Click the blue question mark to read about each option. Click “Save Group.”

Create Group Join Group

• “Groups” tab• “Find Groups”• Make sure drop

down menu says “Groups I’m not in”

• Search by title of group

• “Request to join this group”

• www.pace.edu/eportfolio• Click on the tutorials tab to find step by step

instructions on what we went over today and more!

Tutorials