Quality Enhancement ProgramElectronic-Briefcase

Melissa Saenger

Melissa Saenger

• Health Information Administration Major • Senior – Graduates May 2009• Involvement:– Resident Assistant

• 2005-2006 & 2006-2007– Orientation Counselor

• Summer of 2006 & 2007– Alpha Chi Omega

• VP Finance• VP Recruitment

E-briefcase

• E-briefcase offers:– Student Tasks (Give by advisors ONLY)– Career/Targeted Portfolios– Document Library– Photo Library– Discussions with Advisors– Notes from Advisors– Lectures, Seminars, Concerts, Exhibits– Career Assessment– Blog

E-briefcasehttp://ebriefcase.wcu.edu

E-briefcase

First View:

Student TasksAdvisors can assign students assignments/tasks through the e-briefcase that will appear in the Student Task block.

Calendar

• Students have a Calendar setting to use at Student’s discretion

• Students simply click: “add new event”•Fill out time and dates.

Lectures, Seminars, Concerts, Exhibits

Items will be fed in from the Western Carolina Website and displayed on the e-briefcase to keep students informed.

Document LibraryThe Document Library is a place to up-load documents of any kind for students to use or to have in one central location.

Advisor Notes & Discussions

A place where advisors can send their advisees a note or have an e-mail like discussion.

Team Site

A setting students can use with other students for any type of group project

Other Settings

Contacts

Career Assessment

Links

Portfolios

• Students have the ability to develop different types of portfolios.– Career portfolio– Targeted portfolio

• After adding photos, documents, and other material the portfolio can be published and then viewed by others-much like a detailed electronic resume. – Employers

PortfoliosIntroduction

Documents Learning Experience

About Me

Other Portals

• E-briefcase is very similar to other portals that are offered by WCU with similar features. – MyCat– WebCat– Catamount Connections– Facebook– My Space

E-briefcase vs. Catamount Connections

• An online portal for student organizations on campus

• Every student has access with 92-number and password

• All campus organizations can have a group on Catamount Connection

• Join group with permission from administrator• Access to forms

Catamount Connections

• New News• Events Calendar• Current Members• Forms

Catamount Connection

Type of Forms an Organization may need to complete.

Positives

• Electronic resume– Publish– Employer view

• Access from any computer• Communicate with Advisor• Connections• Build overtime

– Community Service– Work Experience– Clubs/Organization – Travel

Negatives

• To many portals for students – MyCat– WebCat– Catamount

Connections– Facebook/MySpace

• Not the easiest to organize

• Hard to maneuver

• Resistance from students – Not mandatory– Other portals offer

similar features• Problems– Log-in– Communication with

Advisor– Access to all Features

Quality Enhancement ProgramElectronic-Briefcase

Melissa Saenger

Questions?