Course Overview

ePortfolios - Student Instruction

This video is designed to help students understand the purpose and power of creating their own digital portfolio. Whether you're in elementary, middle, or high school, building a digital portfolio gives you the chance to reflect on your learning, track your progress, and showcase your best work. You'll learn how to choose meaningful pieces to include, set personal learning goals, and take ownership of your academic journey in a creative and organized way.

Through this training, you’ll discover how a digital portfolio can help you see how much you’ve grown, share your accomplishments with teachers, parents, and even future schools, and better understand the connection between what you're learning and your personal goals. You’ll also explore how different digital tools—like Seesaw, Google Sites, or Wix—can help you design a portfolio that truly reflects who you are as a learner.

No matter where you are in your educational path, this video will give you a strong start. When you take charge of your portfolio, you're not just collecting assignments—you’re telling the story of your learning. Let’s begin creating a space that celebrates your growth, your voice, and your future.

ePortfolio Goal - 3 Column Table

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Course Timeline

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GETTING STARTED

Welcome & Introduction
Course Calendar
Online Resources
Introductions (Learners)

WEEK 1-The What & Why

Intro Video
Call to action video & benefits of ePortfolios
- Class discussion about the benefits
Lesson 1: Adding Pages (About Me)
Discussion 1: What is beneficial about an ePortfolio?
Weekly Task- choose an eP platform
- Resource: a video that shows how to choose a template to create a beginning website, which the student can then customize.

WEEK 2- Taking Ownership

Intro Video
- Video about how using eP will increase ownership of learning
Lesson 2: Blogging
Discussion 2: Match an Artifact
Weekly Task- Publish your first blog entry on your ePortfolio (Topic of your choice!)

WEEK 3 - Feedforward

Intro Video
- Video, supporting resources
Lesson 3: Feedforward
Discussion 3: share ePortfolio with the group + give feedforward to 2 different classmates
Weekly Task- share eP link as ‘assignment’ and receive video feedback from the instructor.

WEEK 4- Building out Content

Intro Video
- Video lesson on creating versus adding content to ePs
Lesson 4: Tell your Story!
Discussion 4: What content tells the story of your professional, academic or personal journey? How do those artifacts added to your ePortfolio assist your students?
Weekly Task
- Upload the link to a piece of original content added to your ePortfolio

WEEK 5- Growth & Reflection

Intro Video
- Video, supporting resources
Lesson 5: ePortfolio reflection via blog to showcase growth & development over time
Discussion 5: Why is reflecting on your ePortfolio important?
Weekly Task
- Create a blog post reflecting on your ePortfolio
Weekly Task
- Final submission of eP

Seniors ONLY: Before Graduation

Transfer your ePortfolio to your personal gmail account

Beyond the 5 weeks

This course will be introduced at the beginning of the year and remain an ongoing communication and collaboration throughout the school year, documenting and reflecting on their learning.

References

Bates, A. W. (2019). Teaching in a digital age: Guidelines for designing teaching and learning (2nd ed.).

BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/teachinginadigitalage/

TED Talks. (2014, October 2). Helping students learn how to learn (Video). YouTube.

https:/Lyoutu.be/qyAaMFOlMul

University of Oklahoma. (2016, November 18). Designing for significant learning (Video). YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLmxREQLizk