EL E-Portfolio Guidance for Elms College Students
Why create an E-Porftolio?
Document your achievements in internships, research, field/clinical placements, practicum, course projects, community service, study abroad, participation in a mission trip, etc..
Go beyond your resume to show potential employers examples of essential workplace skills and talents.
Let the world know about the great work and rich learning you have accomplished.
Collect and present photos, multimedia video and audio files, presentations, and papers highlighting your experiential learning.
How-to Guidance
BASIC STEPS TO CREATING A GOOGLE SITES E-PORTFOLIO
Look at some of the examples provided here (to the right =>)
Login to your Elms G-Suite account, and click on the "Sites" app to create a new site. Choose a template.
Use the Site creation tools to create some text and design your layout. Click here for some helpful guidance. Add images and links to content that you have stored elsewhere on the web, such as in Google Drive, on YouTube or other media platforms, etc.
Multimedia files, such as PowerPoint or Google Slides presentations, short videos or audio recordings, slideshows, etc.
Research or reflection papers you wish to share with a wider audience (note, you should choose carefully what material is appropriate for sharing). Be sure that you have set sharing to enable "Anyone with the link" to view your documents.
When your site is ready, take ALL of the following steps:
Complete this form (click here to go to link) to register your site and provide the Office of Experiential Learning with permission to refer to it in guiding others toward your work and to advance Elms' Experiential Learning programming
Share your site (using the "share with others" link at the top right, with a) our own private gmail account so that you may continue to access it after graduation, and b) with the Office of Experiential Learning, experiential@elms.edu
Publish your site, using the button at the top right.
KEY ELEMENTS TO INCLUDE
Biographical information - who you are, what you studied, what experiential learning are you presenting/where did it occur, contact information
"Artifacts" of learning - your content!
Reflection - present some thoughts about how your experiences helped you grow, challenged you, gave you particular skills and knowledge, what your learning has meant to your career aspirations
Sample Student E-Portfolios and Tutorials
Elms Sample/Template
Examples
Tutorials/Guidance Documents & Videos
IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS
Images and privacy protection of others may require explicit permission for you to reproduce pictures on the web. You should consult your faculty and/or experiential learning placement/project supervisor. You may ONLY reproduce pictures of minors under age 18 if you or the organization you are working for/with has received explicit parental/guardian photo releases. You should check into this prior to publishing your site.
Collaborative work - projects you undertake in teams with other students, community members, etc. - should appropriately cite their contributions and you should avoid claiming or seeming to claim others' work as yours.
Copyrights and ownership - consult with your experiential learning site/project supervisor about publishing materials created with and for them or their organization to ensure they do not have any concerns about posting anything not previously made public (e.g. already on a website).