Quality Enhancement Program Electronic-Briefcase

1. Quality Enhancement ProgramElectronic-Briefcase Melissa Saenger

2. Melissa Saenger • Health Information Administration Major • Senior – Graduates May 2009 • Involvement: • Resident Assistant • 2005-2006 & 2006-2007 • Orientation Counselor • Summer of 2006 & 2007 • Alpha Chi Omega • VP Finance • VP Recruitment

3. E-briefcase • E-briefcase offers: • Student Tasks (Give by advisors ONLY) • Career/Targeted Portfolios • Document Library • Photo Library • Discussions with Advisors • Notes from Advisors • Lectures, Seminars, Concerts, Exhibits • Career Assessment • Blog

4. E-briefcase http://ebriefcase.wcu.edu

5. E-briefcase First View:

6. Student Tasks Advisors can assign students assignments/tasks through the e-briefcase that will appear in the Student Task block.

7. Calendar • Students have a Calendar setting to use at Student’s discretion • Students simply click: “add new event” • Fill out time and dates.

8. Lectures, Seminars, Concerts, Exhibits Items will be fed in from the Western Carolina Website and displayed on the e-briefcase to keep students informed.

9. Document Library The Document Library is a place to up-load documents of any kind for students to use or to have in one central location.

10. Advisor Notes & Discussions A place where advisors can send their advisees a note or have an e-mail like discussion.

11. Team Site A setting students can use with other students for any type of group project

12. Other Settings Links Career Assessment Contacts

13. Portfolios • Students have the ability to develop different types of portfolios. • Career portfolio • Targeted portfolio • After adding photos, documents, and other material the portfolio can be published and then viewed by others-much like a detailed electronic resume. • Employers

14. Portfolios Introduction About Me Learning Experience Documents

15. Other Portals • E-briefcase is very similar to other portals that are offered by WCU with similar features. • MyCat • WebCat • Catamount Connections • Facebook • My Space

16. E-briefcase vs. Catamount Connections • An online portal for student organizations on campus • Every student has access with 92-number and password • All campus organizations can have a group on Catamount Connection • Join group with permission from administrator • Access to forms

17. Catamount Connections • New News • Events Calendar • Current Members • Forms

18. Catamount Connection Type of Forms an Organization may need to complete.

19. Positives • Electronic resume • Publish • Employer view • Access from any computer • Communicate with Advisor • Connections • Build overtime • Community Service • Work Experience • Clubs/Organization • Travel

20. Negatives • To many portals for students • MyCat • WebCat • Catamount Connections • Facebook/MySpace • Not the easiest to organize • Hard to maneuver • Resistance from students • Not mandatory • Other portals offer similar features • Problems • Log-in • Communication with Advisor • Access to all Features

21. Questions? Quality Enhancement ProgramElectronic-Briefcase Melissa Saenger