Spring 2026 ePortfolio Institute Participants

12/3

Hello colleagues! 

A reminder that Friday is our kickoff to the Research Institute and FLC. Please dress comfortably. Bring any materials related to the ePortfolio course you will be teaching in the spring (syllabus, past course materials, etc.). Many prefer to bring their laptops, but that is your choice.

The agenda is tentatively:

8:30-9:00 Check-in, breakfast, grab swag bag (Hine Hall 241/243 Institute for Engaged Learning)

9:00-9:05 settle in classroom Hine Hall 236

9:05-9:20 Charity Bishop: Welcome, housekeeping, overview/agendas of Institute and FLCs, Introductions

9:20-10:45 Jerry Daday: HIPs – The basics - Level setting, definitions, and essential elements

10:45-11:00 Break 

11:00-11:30 Tara Callahan and Debbie Oesch-Minor: ePortfolios on the Fives and the ePortfolio Taxonomy

11:30-12:00 Liz Wager: Experiences in the ePortfolio Institute, integrating ePortfolios into a course, and presenting ePortfolio work at a conference

12:00-12:30 Working lunch: Track down Liz and other ePortfolio team members to share your thoughts

12:30-12:50 Liz, Debbie, and Tara talk templates [Check out IUI WIX Template options + IUI Google Sites Template options]

1:00-1:30 Build out your ideas and share strategies for WHAT goes into the ePortfolio, WHEN students will build in class/add first major assignment, and HOW you will integrate 4+ Canvas Assignments where students turn in work through an ePortfolio URL

1:30-1:50 Salsabil shares her ePortfolio adventure from a first-year "create your own adventure" course

1:50-2:00 How can our assignments intersect with Career Competencies through ePortfolio assignments?

Break

2:10-3:00 Mapping your course, scheduling time with Tara/Debbie/Liz, and EXPLORING GOOGLE SITES as part of the Institute

I look forward to seeing everyone Friday!

Debbie

11/19

We will be distributing IEL sweatshirts to all of our participants on Dec. 5th. So we can prepare "swag bags" in advance, please email me back with what size you would like. We will do our best to accommodate!

Charity 

Congratulations! 

You are invited to join the "When Done Well: ePortfolio Institute and Faculty Learning Community." 

Our team in the Institute for Engaged Learning looks forward to working with you in the coming months.

The kickoff for the ePortfolio Institute is Friday, December 5, 2025, from 9:00-3:00. 

The program will be held in Hine Hall, Room 236. 

Attendance of the full-day event is required for participation in the Institute.

To accept participation in this program, please complete this form by no later than 5:00pm Friday, Oct. 31. 

The information on this form will also be used to process your $2,500 stipend paid as $500 monthly over spring semester.

KICKOFF: Friday, December 5

Check-in and a light breakfast will be available beginning at 8:30 in the Institute for Engaged Learning, Hine Hall, Room 243. 

A working lunch will also be provided. Your program facilitators for the FLC will be Debbie Oesch-Minor, Tara Callahan, and Sophie Carrison.

Later, you will receive a formal acceptance correspondence for your FAR along with additional details about the Kickoff.

All Best,

Debbie

ADD

FORMS LINK: Call for Proposals

EMAIL: Call for Proposals

INVITATION: To Be Part of the Grant

scottat@iu.edu; sbangert@iu.edu; findley1@iu.edu; knfloyd@iu.edu; dawnhold@iu.edu; amymjohn@iu.edu; salayden@iu.edu; keelatha@iu.edu;  tsoneal@iu.edu; lkabbach@iu.edu; roskowsd@iu.edu; tostoval@iu.edu; wvogt@iu.edu;  keyancey@iu.edu; ikwebb@iu.edu; cehara@iu.edu, taracall@iu.edu, ewager@iu.edu, djoeschm@iu.edu

Happy Holidays from your ePortfolio Institute team!

We're working December 22-23 and will be back on campus January 5 to support your course ePortfolio integration. Feel free to email me or use Outlook to block a time to talk more about your course plans. Tara, Liz, and I are here for you.

To better support your work, Liz Wager will be available to work with you from 12:00 to 1:00 on Th/F before the semester starts and periodically during the semester. Feel free to bring your lunch, share challenges, talk through opportunities, and build community in the Institute for Engaged Learning, Hine Hall 243.

ePORTFOLIO COURSE INTEGRATION SUPPORT: Laptops & Lunch (BYO) with Liz 

LLL's are opportunities for you to meet and talk about your ePortfolio integration, assignments, and other tech issues that may come up in the early stages of the semester.  Liz Wager was in your shoes last year; she's our Faculty Fellow to support your work this Spring. 

Laptops & Lunch with Liz are optional to everyone in the Spring 2025 eP Institute faculty cohort and count towards the two required Faculty Learning Community [FLC] meetings requirements in the eP Institute. 

Laptops & Lunch with Liz are from NOON-1PM in The Institute for Engaged Learning on: 

• January 8th and 9th 

• January 22nd and 23rd 

• February  5th and 6th 

• March 5th and 6th 

• April 2nd and 3rd 

WIX and Google TEMPLATE REQUESTS: Email Tara taracall@iu.edu = quick and easy for you

If you would like a template to support your course-based ePortfolio, please email Tara Callahan. Tara and I are here to build the template for you. The process goes through six phases. You can cover these bases with an email and short Zoom/s.

• You Request a template: just email Tara with your course information and days/times you can Zoom

• You Zoom with Tara and/or Debbie about template components: tell us what you want

• Tara and/or Debbie build the template [usually Tara] & send you a link

• You email your approval -OR- Zoom with Tara and/or Debbie IF you want template tweaks

• Tara forwards the template to the ePortfolio Review Committee [they say yes or request updates that we make for you]

• The template gets published on the Wix template page -OR- IU Google Template page under "Course Templates"

CLASS VISIT RSVP: 

SCHEDULE an ePORTFOLIO TEAM IN-CLASS ePortfolio BUILD

We are available to visit your class to help them build their ePortfolio and insert an assignment they completed prior to class.

To schedule a an ePortfolio in-class build, visit https://eportfolio.indianapolis.iu.edu/faculty-staff-resources/professional-development/index.html

We look forward to supporting you and your students this Spring!

All Best,

Debbie