Paper Bag Series

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Paper Bag Series
TAFE VC e-Portfolio
10 March 2005
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What is the e-Portfolio?

• The e-Portfolio is a
• free,
• open source,
• web-based
• Content Management System (CMS).

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What is a Content Management System?

• A CMS allows you to manage content, usually for a
  web site
• The main goals of a CMS are to allow content to
  be
• easily created
• published
• retrieved

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Why use a Content Management System?

• Any user can easily produce web pages
• from any where, at any time
• using any standard browser
• with no need for specialist software
• with very little training.

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Learning Objects

• The e-Portfolio is built using the Zope open
  source web application server. http//www.zope.org
  
• Zope is object-oriented
• i.e. everything appearing in a Zope web site (web
  pages, images, links and files) is an object and
  is contained in an object database.

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Who can use the TAFE VC e-Portfolio?

• Any vocational or community education
  student/potential student or teacher/trainer may
  join
• Each member is entitled to 10Mb of storage

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What use can you make of the TAFE VC e-Portfolio?

• Personal
• Create your own personal space
• Develop a CV
• Make an online photo album
• Keep all your course work

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What use can you make of the TAFE VC e-Portfolio?

• Portfolio
• Develop your career portfolio
• Integrate your written achievements with images,
  photos, copies of actual qualifications, audio
  and video files

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What use can you make of the TAFE VC e-Portfolio?

• Web pages
• Write your own web pages for all to see. You can
  have a Web page on the internet in minutes. No
  permission is required.
• Create your assignments for online viewing

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What use can you make of the TAFE VC e-Portfolio?

• Display
• Your work can be held privately for yourself only
  or it can be shared with anyone that you may wish
  to share it with
• You can create a group, or join a group to
  work collaboratively with others

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What use can you make of the TAFE VC e-Portfolio?

• Search Info
• You can search the e-Portfolio and view all
  information on it that has not been made private

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What help is available?

• Help
• Help is available from the home page of the
  e-Portfolio
• Help contains a set of files to assist you in
  using the e-Portfolio
• Help is fully searchable

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HELP on the e-Portfolio

• General information
• Why join an e-Portfolio?
• e-Portfolio Overview
• Basic Navigation
• Building Your Portfolio
• Interactive Video Tutorials

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HELP on the e-Portfolio

• e-Portfolio Manual
• A downloadable step-by-step guide in using the
  TAFE VC e-Portfolio (PDF)

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HELP on the e-Portfolio

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Terms of Service (Guide on what-to-do and
  what-not-to do)
• Quick Hints on using the e-Portfolio

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HELP on the e-Portfolio

• Folders
• Folders are the basic building blocks of the
  e-Portfolio.
• The Folders section provides information on how
  to create and publish content.

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Samples on the e-Portfolio

• Samples
• Samples is available from the home page of the
  e-Portfolio.
• Samples contains examples of various documents,
  e.g.
• CV or Resume
• Web Page
• Stories
• Tutorials

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Join the e-Portfolio

• Go to http//eport.tafevc.com.au
• Find the Log In box (on the right)
• Click on the new user? link

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Join the e-Portfolio

• Complete the registration form
• Member name Use your full name (FirstLast, no
  spaces, e.g. johnsmith)
• Member ID Your password (combination of letters,
  numbers, other codes)
• Submit the form. You will see a welcome page
  with a log-in button.
• Click the log-in button to log in to
  the site

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Your Home Page

• Go to My Folder
• You will be able to see your home page area
• Click into your Home Page link
• Read the view page contents

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Using HELP

• Click on the Help tab
• Under General Information click on Animated
  Tutorials
• Click on How to create and edit document
  run it through