Portfolio Sites

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. Sakai's 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. Click Here to view our portfolio showcase featuring examples of different portfolio types.

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.

While course and project site tools can be used immediately upon installation, using portfolio tools and building a portfolio implementation requires additional consulting. rSmart has a number of partners with a great deal of portfolio experience who can help you with your portfolio configuration when you implement the rSmart Sakai CLE. Please contact us for details.

The following portfolio tools are available in the rSmart Sakai CLE. Portfolio Organizers may choose all or a subset of these tools to include in Portfolios.

Communication Tools	Portfolio Tools	Site Management Tools
Announcements Announcements Distribute information and send out notification about activities or events relevant to your site. image #2 Calendar Calendar Post information about activities and events of interest to your site participants. image #2 Mailtool Mailtool Send email messages to site participants, groups, individuals and external users. image #2 Email Archive Email Archive See a list of messages that have been sent to your site. image #2	Resources Resources Post, store and organize material of use to site participants. Glossary Glossary Provide contextual definitions of terms used in your site including mouse-over and pop-up definitions for row and column names in the matrix. Matrices Matrices Create an assessment process for participants to use in documenting and reflecting upon their learning in relation to a set of standards. Wizards Wizards Assist participants using a sequential or hierarchical process for creating and reflecting upon artifacts that represent learning or other achievements. Portfolios Portfolios Create and publish portfolios and to view and provide feedback on published portfolios. Assignments Assignments Create and submit text-based assignments. Goal Management Goal Management Create learning goals and associate goals with assignments, matrices and wizards. Data Points Data Points Assess work outside core assignments. News News Display a dynamic news source to site participants. Web Content Web Content Display a web site outside the system to your site participants.	Site Editor Site Editor Edit and manage your site. Evaluations Evaluations Provide participants with summative feedback on wizard pages and matrix cells submitted for evaluation. Reports Reports Run, view, and export results of reports on portfolio activity in your site. Form Builder Form Builder Create form templates. Forms Forms Create templates that assist participants in collecting relevant information. Portfolio Templates Portfolio Templates Define the content, style and layout for participants to use in creating portfolios. Portfolio Layouts Portfolio Layouts Specify the arrangement of items on a portfolio page. Styles Styles Select fonts, colors, and graphics for wizards, matrices and portfolios. Roster Roster View a list of participants in your site. Search Search Look for content within or across sites in which you're a member. image #2 Help Help Provide contextual help documentation to site participants.