CONGRATULATIONS on your completion of the ePortfolio Institute!

You played a valuable role in our faculty cohort; we served 130 students as part of the Spring of 2026 IEL ePortfolio Institute. Your contributions to the institute added an experiential component to student engagement, helped students become more technology-savvy, and expanded students' openness to new technologies.

Your successful integration of a High-Impact Practice into your course helps IU Indianapolis support students as they develop expertise in their chosen field/s and expand their career readiness skills. These are important steps in navigating IUI's Path to 2030 and Beyond. 

VERIFICATION OF WORK COMPLETED

This correspondence serves as verification that you completed the "When Done Well" institute requirements which included:

• AWARDED FUNDING: As a finalist/participant in the "When Done Well" ePortfolio Institute: You responded to a CPF [75% acceptance rate] and were awarded $1,500 in funding for integration of ePortfolios into your course

• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: You participated in full-day workshop as part of your professional development in the "When Done Well" High-Impact Curricular Engagement Institute

• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: You participated in the ePortfolio Community of Practice

• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: You participated in the ePortfolio Faculty Learning Community

• SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND LEARNING [SOTL]: You supported opportunities for your students to participate in a multi-year, ePortfolio study of student perceptions of ePortfolio curriculum and the benefits of ePortfolio integration into the curriculum 

• INVITED PRESENTATION: As an invited presenter, you presented your ePortfolio work in an IUI, Institute for Engaged Learning, Community Of Practice: Zoom webinar

• OPEN-SOURCE, COHORT PUBLICATION: You had the option to publish your work in an open-source ePortfolio pedagogy website which includes details of your ePortfolio integration experiences, samples of students' work, and reflection

Access to your COP Presentations

As part of the Institute, you presented your ePortfolios integration/optimization in your course for the previous semester.  You can NOW access the entire presentation, featuring other faculty, on our shared Google Sites page.

ePortfolio COP

ACCESS YOUR STUDENTS' SURVEY RESPONSES: ePORTFOLIO SURVEY RESULTS ARE IN

As part of your contributions, you were asked to have students respond to pre/post surveys of ePortfolio use in your course. Students reported benefits from ePortfolio integrations. You can access cohort survey responses and your disaggregated student responses on your ePortfolio participant page.

With Your Help the ePortfolio Showcase Topped 1,400 Student Entries

The IU Indianapolis is officially the largest open-source repository of public-facing, student ePortfolios. In May, the Showcase topped 1,400 entries and is itself an example of engaged learning in action. Thank you for encouraging your students to participate and helping us reach this milestone.

CONTINUING YOUR WORK with ePORTFOLIOS:

Collect Surveys + Require Student ePortfolio Showcase Participation 

You are welcome to continue ePortfolio surveys of your students. Our team will add these to your ePortfolio Participant page each semester that students identify you as the faculty member. NOTE: The old survey links are closing as we pilot new HICE surveys. Please stay tuned for the new and improved survey links!

Please continue to encourage students to share their work in the Engaged Learning & ePortfolio Showcase. The best way to get students to participate is through a point-bearing Canvas Assignments. The Showcase as a "public display of disciplinary competency" shows that your class meets this Essential Element of a High-Impact Practice. Students benefit from creating work that targets audiences beyond the classroom and can use their Showcase entry as a way to expand their digital footprint and to take control of their professional persona.

The ePortfolio Team is here to support your continued work with ePortfolios.

As you continue your work with ePortfolios, our IEL team is here to meet with you, to build ePortfolio tools to support your work, to help with design of research/analysis tools, to explore dissemination options, and to connect you with grant opportunities. Please email anytime to talk about your ePortfolio work or to share success stories.

We invite you to work with The Institute for Engaged Learning as you pursue other high-impact curricular practices. Please watch your email for future HIP opportunities and contact eportfol@iu.edu with any questions.

Best Regards,

Caitlin Lowenthal