CSD Portfolio Development September 24

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CSD Portfolio Development September 24

• Todays topics
• Vista
• Uploading Word Documents
• Storage

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Vista

• http//vista.umn.edu/
• Announcements
• Syllabus
• Schedule of Topics
• Backpack filled with information covered in each
  class session

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Uploading Word Documents
https//portfolio.umn.edu
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Terminology

• Element
• A portion of your ePortfolio featuring one of
  your skills
• You may develop an element featuring you Eddy
  Lecture Attendance

• Artifact
• Individual parts of an element
• Artifacts featured in your Eddy Lecture
  Attendance element
• Scanned brochure
• Scanned Certificate of Attendance
• URL to Eddy Lecture information

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To get to Material Manager

• Log into your Portfolio
• UMDs homepage
• Current Students
• Portfolio
• Select the Enter function
• Click on Material Manager the lower right hand
  corner of your screen

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Material Manager

• Material manager manages all the artifacts
  contained in your ePortfolio
• From material manager you can
• Upload files
• Add URLs
• Attach and detach materials to elements
• View information youve added to your Portfolio
• Delete information youve added to your Portfolio
• Bottom line It gets anything outside of
  Portfolio into Portfolio vice versa

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Material Manager

• Once your artifact is in your Material Manager
• You can attach it to several elements at once
• OR
• You can simply store it in your Material Manager
  attach it at a later time

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What file types can you add through Material
Manager?
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Special Characters File Names
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Upload File

1. Select Material Manager
2. Browse for target file
3. Select upload

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The file is now in your Material Manager
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Attaching to an existing Element

• You may now attach your uploaded information to
  an existing element
• To do so, click on attach

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Attaching to an existing Element

• Then select the element of your choice
• Click on save at bottom of screen

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Attaching

• If you dont have an existing element to attach
  your material to
• You can create one from the Material Manager
  page!
• Just click on attach

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Attaching to a Newly Created Element

• Scroll to bottom of page
• Click on create
• You are directed to this screen which explains
  the step-by-step creation of a new element
• Remember to click on save when youre done!

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Material Manager

• All items in your Material Manager are
  alphabetically sorted
• They are named as they appear at the file source
• Before you upload, make sure the file name makes
  sense to you!
• Once added to material manager, there is no
  direct way to rename a file
• Youll need to delete the file, rename it at the
  source, and upload it once again

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Other Material Manager Functions

• Delete
• To delete, just select the item you want to
  permanently delete from your Portfolio
• Click on delete

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Other Material Manager Functions

• View
• Just click on the name of the item you wish to
  view

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Other Material Manager Functions

• Detach
• Click on attach
• Next screen will show where item is currently
  attached
• Select item you wish to detach
• Click save

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Uploading with Material Manager Recap

1. Material Manager gets information in and out of
   your Portfolio
2. Once information is added, it must be attached to
   an element before it can be shared
3. To attach to an element, click on attach
4. Then, either attach it to an existing element of
   your choice, or click on create to make a new
   element

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Uploading with Material Manager Recap

• Chose file names that make sense to you
• Dont include spaces
• Dont include special characters
• - / and so on

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Any Questions?
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Using your ePortfolio for Storage

• All CSD Lab Computers are cleared daily
• To use your ePortfolio to store a document
• Save your document to the desk top.
• Upload the document as described earlier.
• Delete the document from the desk top
• To retrieve your document later
• Go to your Material Manager
• Click on the document you want to retrieve

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Assignment 1

• Choose a document appropriate to your level
• Bring it to class on a disk or other electronic
  storage device
• Upload this document to your ePortfolio
• 8 Students with Dr Mizuko- Youre off to Boh H
  236
• The remainder with Jolene- Were off to SCC 42

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Presentation Information

• Each person will give a short presentation on one
  of the 6 assignments
• And I mean SHORT (a couple of minutes)
• Do you want to sign up or be assigned?

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https//portfolio.umn.edu