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CSD Portfolio Development September 24. Today’s topics: Vista Uploading Word Documents Storage. Vista. http://vista.umn.edu/ Announcements Syllabus Schedule of Topics Backpack filled with information covered in each class session. Uploading Word Documents. https://portfolio.umn.edu.
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CSD Portfolio Development September 24 • Today’s topics: • Vista • Uploading Word Documents • Storage
Vista • http://vista.umn.edu/ • Announcements • Syllabus • Schedule of Topics • Backpack filled with information covered in each class session
Uploading Word Documents https://portfolio.umn.edu
Element: A portion of your ePortfolio featuring one of your skills You may develop an element featuring you Eddy Lecture Attendance Artifact: Individual parts of an element Artifacts featured in your Eddy Lecture Attendance element Scanned brochure Scanned Certificate of Attendance URL to Eddy Lecture information Terminology
To get to Material Manager: • Log into your Portfolio • UMD’s homepage • Current Students • Portfolio • Select the “Enter” function • Click on “Material Manager” the lower right hand corner of your screen
Material Manager • Material manager manages all the artifacts contained in your ePortfolio • From material manager you can: • Upload files • Add URLs • Attach and detach materials to elements • View information you’ve added to your Portfolio • Delete information you’ve added to your Portfolio • Bottom line: It gets anything outside of Portfolio into Portfolio & vice versa
Material Manager • Once your artifact is in your Material Manager: • You can attach it to several elements at once OR • You can simply store it in your Material Manager attach it at a later time
Select Material Manager Browse for target file Select upload Upload File
Attaching to an existing Element • You may now attach your uploaded information to an existing element • To do so, click on “attach”
Then select the element of your choice Click on “save” at bottom of screen Attaching to an existing Element
Attaching • If you don’t have an existing element to attach your material to: • You can create one from the Material Manager page! • Just click on “attach”
Attaching to a Newly Created Element • Scroll to bottom of page • Click on “create” • You are directed to this screen which explains the step-by-step creation of a new element • Remember to click on “save” when you’re done!
Material Manager • All items in your Material Manager are alphabetically sorted • They are named as they appear at the file source • Before you upload, make sure the file name makes sense to you! • Once added to material manager, there is no direct way to rename a file • You’ll need to delete the file, rename it at the source, and upload it once again
Delete To delete, just select the item you want to permanently delete from your Portfolio Click on delete Other Material Manager Functions
View Just click on the name of the item you wish to view Other Material Manager Functions
Detach Click on “attach” Next screen will show where item is currently attached Select item you wish to detach Click “save” Other Material Manager Functions
Uploading with Material Manager Recap • Material Manager gets information in and out of your Portfolio • Once information is added, it must be attached to an element before it can be shared • To attach to an element, click on “attach” • Then, either attach it to an existing element of your choice, or click on “create” to make a new element
Uploading with Material Manager Recap • Chose file names that make sense to you • Don’t include spaces • Don’t include special characters • - / ] } and so on…
Using your ePortfolio for Storage All CSD Lab Computers are cleared daily • To use your ePortfolio to store a document: • Save your document to the desk top. • Upload the document as described earlier. • Delete the document from the desk top • To retrieve your document later • Go to your Material Manager • Click on the document you want to retrieve
Choose a document appropriate to your level Bring it to class on a disk or other electronic storage device Upload this document to your ePortfolio 8 Students with Dr Mizuko- You’re off to Boh H 236 The remainder with Jolene- We’re off to SCC 42 Assignment 1
Presentation Information • Each person will give a short presentation on one of the 6 assignments • And I mean SHORT (a couple of minutes) • Do you want to sign up or be assigned?