Creating iEARN - Qatar Portfolio

1. Creating iEARN-Qatar Portfolio Paul Gerhard 2014

2. Creating– iEARN Qatar Project Portfolio Steps: Create basic ROTA Account on ROTA Knowledge Network at:http://reachouttoasia.org/en/kn/iearn-qatar-central-home Create IEARN-Qatar Educator account Fill ‘Request Portfolio’ form Approval (1 week approval time) Start your project portfolio from User Profile Add information, documents etcin Project portfolio Publish the project portfolio

3. Where to start Go to iEARN-Qatar Central: For portfolio in Arabic, start at http://reachouttoasia.org/ar/kn/iearn-qatar-central-home For portfolio in English, start at http://reachouttoasia.org/en/kn/iearn-qatar-central-home Remember if you start in Arabic, always use Arabic ROTA site at www.reachouttoasia.org/ar

4. How to go to iEARN-Qatar central from ROTA home page www.reachouttoasia.org/en

5. Click on ‘Request Portfolio’ Click on request portfolio link You will be directed to first step of registration process: Create Basic ROTA Account This is iEARN-Qatar central page All published project are listed there along with resources for project development

6. Step1 - ‘Basic ROTA Profile’ First step to create a portfolio is to have a basic ROTA account. Fill in this simple form and click ‘submit’ If you already have a ROTA Account. Click on the login link at the top of the form After ‘Submit’ you will receive an email with your login and password

7. ‘Login with your ROTA account to access the form’ A) In your email account, find the login and Password for your ROTA Account. B) Use your Login and Password to access the form

8. Step 2 – iEARN-Qatar Educator form Second step to request a portfolio is to complete an IQ Educator request. Only confirmed educators part of our network can participate. Fill in this simple form and click ‘submit’ If you already are an approved IQ Educator, you will be redirected to step 2 ‘request portfolio’ form

9. Step 3 – ‘Request Portfolio’ form Third step in the process is to request the Portfolio. Fill in the title of the portfolio and a short description (these can be changed later) Add if you want to also have access to ‘Workspace’ tool (to upload work documents during the project development) and ‘Professional Development tools (blog etc) ‘Project Outcome’ page is compulsory Fill in this simple form and click ‘submit’

10. Step 4 – “Approval” • Before you can start working on • your portfolio, you will need to • be approved as IQ Educator • Approved portfolio by admin You will receive an Email for each approval

11. Step 4 – “Approval emails” Approval IQ Educator Approval Portfolio Follow the link to your user profile You might have to login again!

12. Go to your ‘User Profile’ Click ‘Create project’ Important: start from Arabic language profile if you want to make an Arabic language portfolio (www.reachouttoasia.org/ar/users/xxxx/myprofile) Change to English language profile if you want to make an English language portfolio ((www.reachouttoasia.org/en/users/xxxx/myprofile)

13. Step 5 - Project Information’ form Fill all the fields for project information form. From this point the original language of the project cannot be changed Fill in this simple form and click ‘submit’

14. Step 6 – Project documents, information Well done your project has started Next steps: Go to ‘Workspace’ and start working on adding content from project Once project is well advanced, fill the Outcome part of the project and Once your project is finished, click on ‘Publish’ project to get it approved for publication

15. Professional development – iEARN Reflections