User:Vtaylor/BusCS ePortfolios

ePortfolios - a representation of student work, collected to demonstrate progress, depth and breadth of accomplishment, for review and assessment

Business / CS programs and courses where ePortfolios would be appropriate

Individual courses - examples...
 * CIS2 Computers and the Internet in Society community service learning ePortfolios - compendium of weekly reflections, free hosting at Edublogs.org
 * Photoshop - demonstration of breadth and depth of incorporation of Photoshop features with artistic design in assignments

Certificates and Degree Programs - suggestions...
 * Business Administration
 * Entrepreneurship
 * Web Development
 * Network Administration
 * Computer Systems Security
 * Internet Literacy

Help and information


 * Edublogs - FAQs, Forums
 * WordPress.org - documentation
 * WordPress for a portfolio site - way more complex than necessary to get started

Hosting
 * eFolio - free for Minnesota residents, college can purchase campus-wide service and support
 * edublogs - includes some administration functionality for school use


 * WordPress.com - better response time, easy migration to premium service (which is still really cheap)


 * Flickr - pictures, other graphic formats
 * Moodle - blog, wiki - DeAnza resets courses every semester so program-long presence not possible at this time

Retention
 * semester / course
 * program completion
 * beyond graduation ? years, indefinitely, download, notification prior to purging

Access
 * student and instructor
 * classmates
 * program instructors
 * selective access granted - prospective employers, admissions personnel, academic reviewers

Requirements
 * personalization
 * program-specific framework
 * text
 * images
 * audio / video