You can set up Brightspace Portfolio on a personal device or a shared family device. Your instructor may set up Brightspace Portfolio on a shared classroom device.

Depending on the device you choose, Brightspace Portfolio offers several modes for different types of learners:

• In-Class Mode and At Home provides a workflow suited to more advanced learners, with opportunity to include reflections using audio or text.

• In-Class Mode in the Brightspace Portfolio app

• In-Class With Funster and At Home With Funster provides a workflow with a fun creature to help guide early learners through the process. In Funster mode, instructors can decide whether they want learners to record reflections on their work.
  
  

Video links: Portfolio Overview    Getting Started with Portfolio

To set up Brightspace Portfolio on a shared family device:

1. On your family device, download Brightspace Portfolio from any global Google Play™ store or Apple App Store®.

2. Tap the  Brightspace Portfolio icon.

3. Tap Family Device.

4. Tap one of the following:

   • At Home

   • At Home with Funster. This mode provides friendly guidance for young learners.

5. To start collecting evidence,  scan the student pass card. The student can take picture (or video) . The student can then add a title to the work, record or type a reflection. When the student clicks done, the artifact will be added to their portfolio.

Videos: Using Portfolio at Home  (provides an overview on how to print pass cards and how to use At Home or At           Home with Funster)

   Using My Device Mode (provides an overview of Portfolio for students working on their own personal     device)

1. After your instructor scans the class card with the class device, tap Start Collecting For Your Portfolio.

2. Scan your QR code on the class card.

3. Using the camera or video function in Brightspace Portfolio, collect photo or video evidence.

4. Do any of the following:

   • In the Title your work field, provide a title for the evidence.

   • In the Say something about it field, tap Start Recording to provide an audio reflection of the evidence. When finished, tap Stop Recording. To play the recording, tap the Play icon. To record again, tap Replace Recording.

   • In the Write down some thoughts field, provide a text reflection of the evidence.

5. To add the evidence to your portfolio, tap Done.

Video:  Using In- Class Mode (provides  information on how to set up in-class mode to collect evidence)

1. After your instructor scans the class card with the class device, wake up Funster and start collecting evidence by tapping Wake Time!

2. Tap Let's go!

3. Scan your QR code on the class card.

4. To collect photo evidence, tap Picture Time! Hold the camera still on an object while the timer counts down.

5. If you like the photo, tap Yes. To discard the photo and take a new one, tap No.

6. To provide an audio reflection about the evidence, tap Talk Time! To finish recording and upload your evidence to your portfolio, tap All Done!

Video: Using Funster Mode (provides information on how to use the in-class funster mode)

A digital portfolio is a great way for students and educators to document learning. Evidence stored in the portfolio can be linked to curriculum expectations, contain feedback from the educator, assessed or evaluated, and the educator can record private notes.

Add feedback to evidence

Feedback that instructors provide is visible to learners. If the evidence is shared with parents using Brightspace for Parents, they can also see the instructor feedback.

1. Log in to Brightspace Learning Environment.

2. From the course selector or course tiles, navigate to your course.

3. From the navbar, click Portfolio.

4. On the Portfolio page, click the learner's portfolio tile.

5. From the evidence tile, click the (...) Options menu and select Add Feedback.

6. Under Educator Feedback, add feedback about the learner evidence.

7. Click Add.

Videos: Providing Feedback in Portfolio   Adding Expectations to Artifacts