Share an ePortfolio within LEARN or outside of the organization

• Access your ePortfolio and click to view “My Items”

• Click the menu button (1) for the item you wish to share and then click “Share” (2)

• Click “Add Users and Groups” (1) to share this artifact with your instructor or classmates.
• “Allow public viewing of presentation” (2) will only be available for Presentations. To share this way you will add the checkmark to that box and distribute the “Share URL” with those you wish to view the presentation. Removing the checkmark will remove the ability to view the presentation from the URL.
• “Show Visibility Options” (3) will allow you to set a start and end date for the visibility of your presentation.

• After clicking “Add Users and Groups” and selecting users to share your artifact with you will have the ability to “Assign Permissions” to control how the users can interact with your artifact.

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Creating a Presentation

• Access your ePortfolio and click “New Presentation”

• Give your Presentation a Name, add a description and any tags you would like, click Save.
• Click “Content/Layout”

• Select any optional navigation or layout settings by clicking “Edit Presentation Navigation”(1), or “Edit Page Layout”(2).
• To create a new page click the “New Page” icon (3)

• Give your new page a “Page Name” (1), apply any settings (2), and “Save” (3)

• To re-order your pages click the “Reorder pages” button

• To add content to your Presentation click the page you wish to add to (1), and then “Add Component” (2)

• Click the content you would like to add to your Presentation

• Clicking “Banner” (1) will allow you to rename your presentation’s banner, “Theme” (2) allows you to pick a new theme for your presentation.
• You are able to preview (3) themes, and click “Select” (4) to choose a new theme.
• At any point when building your Presentation you can click “View Presentation” (5) to see what it looks like.

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Submit an ePortfolio Artifact as a Dropbox Assignment

• First, you will have had to add your artifact to your ePortfolio.
• To submit it to the Dropbox click “Assessments” (1) and “Dropbox” (2).

• Find the dropbox you wish to submit the artifact to and click it’s title.

•  Click on “Add a File” button as you would submitting any file.

•  Click on “ePortfolio”

• Select the ePortfolio item you wish to submit (1) and then click “Select Item” (2)

• You will now see your artifact attached (1), you are able to add any comments (2) you wish, and when ready hit “Submit” (3).

• You will receive a confirmation page and email.

Creating forms for surveys, self-reflection, or self and peer evaluation through forms

Forms are a powerful tool that will integrate with your course content and a users ePortfolio. Forms can be used for surveys, guided reflections, self-assessment, peer-evaluation and more. Forms are the only way for a student to fill out a rubric and completed forms can be easily submitted to a dropbox for instructor assessment.

Creating a Form

• Click “Edit Course”

•  Click on “Forms”

•  Click on “New Form Template” button

•  Name your Form Template (1), ad a Description if desired (2), and click “Save”
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•  Click on “Add System Field” button to choose what user data you would like to collect when the form is filled out

•  Select what data you would like to include in your form (1) and click “Add” (2)

•  Click “Add Custom Field”

•  Give the Field a Name (1), decide if it’s required or not (2), and select what Data Type you would like (3)

•  In this example “Drop-down List” was selected as the Data Type. Fill in any required information (1), decide on any optional settings (2), and click “Save” (3)

•  Click “Add Custom Field” to continue adding fields.

•  Fill in the required fields (1), select your Data Type (2),  click on “Which data type should I choose?” (3) if you need an explanation on data types, fill in any optional fields (4), click “Save” (5) when done.

Using Forms Allows for Self and Peer Evaluation

Forms will allow for self and peer evaluation through the use of rubrics. Rubrics will need to be published in the course shell and the “Advanced Availability”, “Allow new associations in ePortfolio” option will need to be selected.

• Click “Add Custom Field”

•  Select “Rubric Evaluation” as your custom Data Type

•  Give your Field a name (1),  Click on “Select Rubric” (2) button (Note: You will have had to build the Rubric into LEARN already and have it published), click “Save” (3)

Making a Form Available to Students

• Click on “Course Content”, and “Content”.

•  Click or create the Module you would like the Form to be added to (1), click on “Add Existing Activities” menu (2), click on “Form Templates” (3)

•  Click on the Form you wish to add

•  The Form is now added to the content

Creating a Reflection

• Access your ePortfolio
• Click “My Items”

• Click Add (1) and then Reflections (2)

• Create a Title (1), the Reflection its self (2), any Tags you want to be associated (3), and then click “Save and Close” (4)

• Once done your Reflection can be treated as any other Artifact within your ePortfolio

Reflecting on Course Content

• Access the course content you would like to reflect on within LEARN
• Scroll to the bottom of the page of content and click “Reflect in ePortfolio”

• You will receive the same Reflection screen as above, but Tags related to the course content will be automatically applied. You can remove unwanted tags by clicking the “x” at the end of the tag name.
• Fill in the Title, any Tags you would like to include, the Reflection, and click “Add”.

• You can now view your reflection in ePortfolio (1), or click “Close” (2) to return to your course content.

Collections

Collections are groups of artifacts, reflections, presentations, and learning objectives. An item can belong to multiple collections at the same time. For example, you can add a short story you wrote to a collection called “Fiction” as well as a collection called “Creative Writing 101” and there will only be one copy of the story (artifact).

Creating a Collection

• •   Access your ePortfolio 
  •  Click on “New Collection” link

• Add a Name and if desired Description and Tags to your Collection
• Click “Save and Close”

Adding Artifacts to a Collection

• Select the Artifact and click on “Add to Collection”

•  Select the Collections (1) and click Add (2)

Adding Artifacts to a Collection from within the Collection

• Create or Edit a Collection
• Click on “Add to Collection” button

• Click on “Artifacts, Presentations, Reflections, or Learning Objectives” edit

•  Select Artifacts (1) to add to the Collection and click Add (2)

Adding Artifacts to a Collection through Tags

This process is especially handy when uploading multiple files that you would like added to the same collection.

• Create or Edit a Collection
• Click on “Add to Collection” button

• Click on “Tag List”

• Create a Tag List Name (1), add Tags to the list (2), and click on “Save” button (3)

• Create, Upload or Edit and Artifact
• Tag (1) the Artifact with the Tag from the desired Collection Group and Save (2).

Video: ePortfolio – Create and Add Items to a Collection – Learner

For more information on scheduling meetings with WebEx, see the Getting Started with Cisco WebEx Meeting Centre Documentation.

Why Use WebEx for Meetings?

You can use WebEx to easily schedule online meetings between co-workers. WebEx runs on almost every device and can support text chat, video conferencing, screen sharing, and audio conferencing.

You can use WebEx to use a shared whiteboard, share files, and show your screen to others for troubleshooting and presentations.

With WebEx, you don’t have to travel for meetings and can conference with many people at once, saving time and money.

Create Meetings Quickly and Easily

With WebEx you have your own personal meeting room (http://redrivercollege.webex.com/meet/username) that you can start any time and can invite anyone to join. No more scheduling meetings and setting up meetings rooms, just start a meeting, invite using email, and go.

Share Your Screen

With WebEx you can share your screen with one click. Perfect for troubleshooting or sharing websites, software, and works in progress.

Share Files

Share files to participants and upload PowerPoint presentations to show within WebEx.

Easily Invite Participants

Invite participants via email or directly within Outlook with the WebEx productivity tools.

For more information on scheduling meetings with WebEx, see the Getting Started with Cisco WebEx Meeting Centre Documentation.

There are a few personal Account Settings that can be configured for your LEARN experience.

Access these settings by first logging into LEARN, click your name in the upper right-hand corner of the page, and click “Account Settings”.

Font Options

You are able to adjust the font size, as well as select the “OpenDyslexic” font to improve readability.

Settings for Assistive Technologies

Dialog Setting

By default, secondary windows are displayed in Dialog boxes. You may wish to change this to Pop-ups if you use an assistive technology (such as a screen reader, screen magnifier or voice software).

HTML Editor Settings

You can opt to turn off the rich text editor in LEARN. The HTML editor enables you to enter text and HTML in the system. It has many additional rich text features. If you use assistive technology such as screen readers, some of these features might be difficult to navigate.

Reading Content

Some tools automatically mark content as read as you scroll it into view. If you use an assistive technology such as a screen reader then you may wish to disable this feature.

Video Settings

There is an option to optimize video presentation for programmatically-driven assistive technologies.

Discussions and Email Settings

Though not specifically accessibility settings, you are able to customize your experience using Discussions and Email within LEARN.

Access these settings by the corresponding tabs at the top of the page.