An ePortfolio Task Force was formed at SOU in the spring of 2014 to conduct a consultative process for systematically exploring the place of ePortfolios in teaching, learning and assessment. Sponsored by the University Assessment Committee, the Task Force worked with constituents (students, faculty, staff and the broader community) to tackle the questions listed below. The Task Force identified needs, determined the functional requirements of potential ePortfolio software applications that would meet those needs, chose Google Sites and WordPress as ePortfolio tools for piloting, designed formal pilots that began in Fall 2014, reported to the Assessment Committee periodically concerning the status of the project and lessons learned, and made recommendations based on pilots in Spring 2015.
The questions that guided the Task Force's investigations:
Project Co-Leads are Kristin Nagy-Catz (Director of Institutional Assessment) and from the Center for Instructional Support, Vicki Suter and Hart Wilson. Task force members included:
The campus was community was invited to: