ePortfolio@LaGuardia Community College:What, Why and How

Developing an ePortfolio helps LaGuardia Community College students collect their work, select sample course work , reflect on their learning, and connect between their academic and professional lives.

1. ePortfolios
@LaGuardia
What, Why and How?

2. What is an ePortfolio?
A collection of student work
A web portal where students access their work, track
their academic growth and plan their career
A multimodal way to express , reflect on and present
student work
A digital resume
A record of student skills, achievements and learning

3. What can you put in an ePortfolio?
Sample course work: research projects essays,
internship reports, business plans, accounting/cost-
benefit graphs, etc.
Reflections
Multimedia files: video clips, audio clips, graphic files,
visual art designs, photos, etc.
Documents: Word, Excel, Powerpoint presentations, etc.
Links:blogs, websites, social media tools

4. Why ePortfolio?
•To deepen student learning and engagement:
•The LaGuardia
ePortfolio encourages
students to think about
their learning within
the broader context of
family, career, culture,
and experience.

5. Why ePortfolio?
•For Transfer and Employment :
LaGuardia’s ePortfolio
helps students to
examine and reflect on
their learning and career
goals.
This eases the transition
from LaGuardia to the
worlds of work and
advanced education.

6. Why ePortfolio?
•For Program assessment:
All colleges and universities
examine teaching practice and
student learning in order to
improve the education provided
to students.
At LaGuardia, this process is
called Program Assessment.
And we do it, in part, with samples of class work students place in
their ePortfolios and in the Program Assessment interface of the
ePortfolios.

7. How to get started
•https://intranet.laguardia.edu/eportfoliosso/

8. Features
•Ease of use
•Customization
•Various multimedia file formats could be uploaded
•Social networking features
•Drag and drop features
•Email notifications
•Unlimited number of ePortfolios per account holder
•Dedicated and secured URL per ePortfolio
•Web-based system eliminates need for additional
software programs and zip files

9. Features
Convenience - mobility
Log in off campus and edit ePortfolio from home
Less time consuming to create
Easy to learn and retain
Less time spent in lab
Less need for outside help to create and edit ePortfolio.
 Improved functionality, new modules like video,
enhanced photo presentation
User-controlled access makes ePortfolio work more fun

10. Resources and Contacts
Studio Hours
ePortfolio and Assessment Workshop (complete this form to schedule):
http://www.eportfolio.lagcc.cuny.edu/forms/workshop_request.html
ePortfolio Lab, E-273, C740 (Starting Fall 2011 – B 121, B 123)
Online Tutorials:
http://www.eportfolio.lagcc.cuny.edu/digication.html
http://www.eportfolio.lagcc.cuny.edu/quick_guides.html
Contact ePortfolio Consultants: [email protected]
718-482-5407
Staff Information: http://www.eportfolio.lagcc.cuny.edu/contact.html