rSmart Sakai CLE Portfolio Sites

Demand for web-based portfolios has grown rapidly in the past 5 years, as institutions are increasingly called upon to demonstrate and account for student learning outcomes. rSmart has anticipated this demand by designing portfolio sites within our collaborative learning environment.

Portfolio sites contain a suite of web-based tools that allow users to store, organize and present digital artifacts representing evidence of their teaching, learning or institutional achievement. Our suite of portfolio tools is designed to facilitate the creation of portfolios for self-presentation, reflection, teaching and learning as well as course, program and institutional assessment.

By collecting, selecting and presenting subsets of their work, students can create portfolios that showcase coursework, professional experience, academic competency or simply self-expression. Instructors can guide students in their creation of portfolios by designing educational scaffolds that engage them in reflection upon learning in relation to a set of educational outcomes or professional standards. Administrators can use the system as a decision-making and reporting tool. Configured and customized to align with institutional goals and objectives, portfolio sites collect real evidence of teaching and learning that can be correlated with and assessed against course, program, department, and institutional objectives.

For individual students, instructors or institutions, portfolio sites provide a convenient and accessible place to integrate knowledge, develop understanding, demonstrate competency, and align mission.

Portfolio Sites Enable Users To:

• Collect multi-media resources that represent learning, accomplishments and experiences over time
• Reflect on work in relation to sets of curricular, co-curricular or personal standards and goals
• Integrate knowledge gained across the curriculum
• Demonstrate understanding of learning goals
• Present subsets of work to diverse audiences across multiple contexts
• Guide student reflection on learning goals
• Conduct formative and summative assessment

Portfolio Site Features*:
Home	Design a home page for your site
Calendar	Track deadlines, activities and site-related even events
Announcements	Post reminders, notices and time critical information for site members
Files & Folders	Post, store, organize and selectively share portfolio related resources
Glossary	Post definitions of portfolio-related terms
Messages	Send messages to site participants
Portfolios	Create portfolios of your work, view portfolios shared with you for comment
Wizards	Create sequential or hierarchical scaffolds for documenting and reflecting on learning
Matrices	Create multi-dimensional scaffolds to documenting and reflecting on learning in relation to a set of desired outcomes
Assignments	Create and assess portfolio assignments
Evaluations	Evaluate work on matrices and wizards
Goal Management	Create learning goals and associate with assignments, matrices, and wizards
Data Points	Create data points for charting learning beyond the classroom
Forms	Create template forms for use in matrices, wizards and portfolios
Reports	Access and run usage reports, and analyze portfolio data
Dynamic News & Web Content Links	Highlight dynamic news feeds or external web content on interest to your portfolio site
Site Management Tools	Manage membership, functionality, default templates and configuration of your portfolio site

*Features are optional and can be altered by the site owner at any time.