iWebfolio Overview

For Owners (students)

Functional Model

iWebfolio

Will not/does not…

Provide a splashy, full of bells and whistles e-portfolio template

Provide a detailed template for portfolio design

Lock you into a template that doesn’t reflect who you are

Require programming or webpage design expertise

Allows/Provides…

Easy/ fast development of an electronic portfolio

Storage of documents on a server you can access anywhere.

An open platform for designing an e-portfolio as fancy and simple as you want.An easy but secure way of sharing your documents. (It is not out there for the whole world to see…)

Roles Portfolio Owner – most often students.

provide permission to enable reviewer to view and provide feedback on their portfolio(s).

Build portfolios based on templates, or can build a portfolio without a template

Reviewer – most often faculty members. build templates

access student portfolios to provide feedback.

Admin – The Admin sets up accounts and the permission tree.

Key Terms

My Items - your “stuff”

Template - how you organize “stuff”

Permission Tree - who gets to see your “stuff”

My Items

“File Drawer" Content items that can be used in any

Portfolio Any new content item added to a portfolio is

stored in My Items Any content item stored in My Items can be

used in any portfolio(s)

Template

A Template is an outline used to provide structure to a portfolio.

Templates are created by Reviewers (Faculty) and then can be used by Portfolio Owners (Students) to create their portfolios.

Owners (students) can also create a portfolio without a template.

Permission tree (organizational structure) lists all of the potential Reviewers (faculty and

more) at WMU.

you can give Reviewers in the permission tree access to your portfolio(s).

you can deny Reviewers in the permission tree access to your portfolio(s).

you can add custom Reviewers.

Template Framework - Default Permission

Faculty can specify default permissions for all portfolios based upon the template. That is … they can specify who, by default, can view the portfolio based on that template.

You can override the default

Template Framework – Feedback Type

Faculty can specify the default Feedback Type. You can change the Feedback Type (more

Private). Feedback Types are:

PrivateAffiliated PublicPublic

Important Information:

The login website for iWebfolio: http://www.iwebfolio.com

The website for the User Guides: http://www.wmich.edu/sis/guides

Use your first name.last name

Questions?

Log in page

Set up your account….

Building a portfolio

Using a template

Creating your own design

Developing and editing catagories

Adding files to “My Items”

Permissions

Resources

Good luck and enjoy!

Support and help resources:Within iWebfolioHandoutsPeersInstructorsTrainers