Student Portfolios and Work Submission
Tools listed below focus on creating both process and showcase portfolios in addition to general assignment collection.
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The ⏱ symbol following the tool name denotes a site where students can use it with a minimal learning curve (although faculty may need to do more set-up for students spaces on the back end).
The 📲 symbol following the tool name denotes a mobile-friendly tool or tool that has a mobile app.
The privacy and accessibility statements for tools and websites on this page are also available. Please consider how student data is stored and used by third-party tools before requiring your students to use one. Please also consider selecting tools that are accessible to everyone, or consider providing multiple means of demonstrating learning or skills with your assessments.
Sample Google folder structure for courses.
Google Drive ⏱ 📲
A simple way to collect student assignments or to create a portfolio is to use Google Drive and create a folder for your course and then a subfolder for each student. The folders can then be shared individually with students as a place to submit their work, or to create a portfolio for use in the class or over the course of their time in a program.
This is a snapshot of the editing view for this page, which was created with Google Sites.
Google Sites ⏱ 📲
Google Sites is part of the Google suite and offers a quick way to create websites using templates and layout building blocks for your content. The site can itself be a portfolio, collecting documents and arranging them on a single website page, or it can be used for students to narrate and document the process of learning or working on a single project. Sites can be shared via links like other Google documents or published to the internet.
Example binder from Live Binders website: http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=73923
Live Binders allows you to create a digital portfolio of websites, user-created content, videos and other materials. You can edit it and collaborate in real time, then share the binder with anyone. It could be used for student portfolios or to create an Open Educational Resource (OER) textbook for your course, for example.
This is an example of an assignment; photo credit: Seesaw.
Seesaw is a web-based and app-based digital portfolio where students can demonstrate what they have learned through text, video, or audio examples of their work. Instructors set up a class folder and provide a code for students to join the course, then students simply upload their work.
Sample infographic template that you can edit for any project or content.
Canva allows you to create infographics, posters, documents, and other presentations using preset templates and images. You can download the files or share them directly from Canva with a free account. Premium accounts offer more templates and images for your team. This is a powerful tool to create engaging materials for individuals who otherwise may have limited access to graphic design software or experience. It can be a way to offer students alternative formats to demonstrate knowledge in a course, for example creating an infographic or poster as one of several options for showing research findings.