The Blackboard Portfolio Tool: Features and Uses
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The document outlines the features and uses of the Blackboard portfolio tool at Northern Illinois University, highlighting its importance for enhancing student retention and success. It provides detailed information on how portfolios serve as a collection of work and assessment for various academic disciplines across the campus. Additionally, it discusses implementation processes, considerations for effective use, and examples of portfolio applications in different courses.
The Blackboard Portfolio Tool: Features and Uses
- 1. The Blackboard Portfolio Tool: Features and Uses August 8, 2017 © 2017 Northern Illinois University
- 2. Presenter Stephanie Richter Assistant Director Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center Northern Illinois University srichter@niu.edu @slrichter
- 3. Agenda • Background information • Blackboard Portfolios: Features and examples • Campus-wide implementation process • Portfolio usage across campus • Considerations
- 5. Northern Illinois University Overview • Main campus in DeKalb, IL located 65 miles West of Chicago • Total enrollment: 19,015 • 1,174 Instructional faculty • Student to instructor/faculty ratio: 15:1
- 6. Why the Institutional Emphasis on Portfolios? NIU PLUS Taskforce High Impact Practices (HIP’s) Focus on student retention and success
- 7. Who has taught with portfolios (electronic or paper)?
- 8. Overview of Portfolios 8 Presentation Footer – Edit in Insert Menu > Header & Footer (then Apply to All)
- 9. Portfolios A “collection of work and reflections that together describe learning experiences and professional accomplishments.” Source: https://teachingcommons.stanford.edu/teaching-talk/e-portfolios-creating-your-professional-identity
- 10. Purpose of Portfolios Learning Showcase “best work” Assessment Employment
- 11. How might you use a portfolio?
- 13. Building Portfolios o Add artifacts from files or from prior Blackboard Assignment submissions o Embed media directly in the page o Customize and preview features o Manage multiple portfolios for different purposes o Use templates for standardized portfolios
- 14. Grading Portfolios o Faculty can create an Assignment with Portfolio Submission enabled o If Portfolio Submission is enabled, students can only submit a Portfolio o Faculty can grade and provide feedback as usual in the Grade Center
- 15. Sharing Portfolios o Share snapshots internally with institution users o Share snapshots externally with people outside the institution o Download entire portfolio as zip file for future use and portability
- 18. Any questions I’ve missed?
- 19. Portfolio Usage At NIU
- 20. Usage • First Year Composition o Students create portfolios with their best work o FYC team reviews the portfolio for writing assessment
- 21. Usage • Family, Consumer, and Nutrition Sciences o Students create professional portfolios in a capstone course
- 22. Usage • School of Nursing o Students submit specific key assignments as a portfolio o Faculty assess portfolio for program effectiveness
- 23. Usage • Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment o Students create portfolios to complete their Master’s degree, in lieu of a thesis or exam o Portfolio are assessed for competency; students must pass to graduate
- 24. Considerations
- 25. Considerations • Provide support to students, such as training or samples • Use Portfolio Assignments when grading a portfolio, instead of Sharing • Students can create Artifacts from within a course, saving their work for future use in a Portfolio • Templates help students to know what to do, and you can require that they keep a consistent structure
- 27. Presenter Stephanie Richter Assistant Director Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center Northern Illinois University srichter@niu.edu @slrichter
Editor's Notes
- #10: Definition Work + reflections = evidence of learning experiences + professional accomplishments A number of you indicated that you would be using portfolios for various reasons: UNIV 101 First Year Composition Course Program General Interest in portfolio tools
- #11: Learning portfolio – Flexible, evidence-based process that combines reflection and documentation Engages students in ongoing, reflective and collaborative analysis of learning Focuses on purposeful, selective outcomes for improving and assessing learning Showcase “best work”- Final documentation for a capstone course Assessment- Assessment of performance standards (e.g. certification standards, professional standards for a job) Employment- career search or career development **Since there are so many purposes of the portfolio, it is important to clearly define the purpose of the portfolio when using it with students* It is important to identify the purpose of the portfolio before deciding on the structure of the portfolio to ensure that the design of the portfolio makes sense for the purpose of the portfolio
- #17: Show MSEd and UNIV 101
- #18: Su00002 Create a portfolio from a template Create additional pages Rename first page – About me Rename first section – Biography Add a little text, point out formatting options on text editor Rename second page – Written Communication Rename first section – Literature Review Add a course artifact from 2014 Basics of Online Learning Add a personal artifact Then > Guest Course 2 Grade a Portfolio submitted by another user Review pages, open artifacts, and use a rubric