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Getting Started in Project Share: A Guide for Texas Educators
©2011 Texas Education Agency/University of Texas System
By the same token, you can remove any of these tools from your
ePortfolio by using the
Utilities > Options
feature in the
My Portfolio
menu.
Epsilen recognizes that you probably will not want all potential visitors to your
ePortfolio—students, other teachers, other Epsilen members—to have access to
all parts of your ePortfolio.
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Therefore, built in to each of the features marked with an asterisk (*) in
the above list are
access keys
which give you the power to limit who can
see the information included in the feature.
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For example, you might allow fellow teachers to read your blog posts,
which could deal with things like classroom-management techniques,
but be less inclined to give students the same access.
In addition, you can customize the look of your ePortfolio (change background
and border colors, configure your ePortfolio menu) with tools called
themes
and
options
.
Important
:
To see the current state of your ePortfolio, select
My ePortfolio
>
Preview ePortfolio
from the left menu. (The symbol “>”means “then click on.”)
One of the best ways to get an idea of ePortfolio possibilities
is to browse sample portfolios made public by their owners.
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On the
My Portal
page, click the tab labeled
ePortfolio Examples
(
under My Network Channel).
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You will see a gallery of Epsilen members whose
ePortfolios are public and available for you to view.
One ePortfolio to view is that of Ali Jafari, the developer of
Epsilen.
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Click on Jafari’s name or photo, and awindowcalled
Ali
Jafari’sCorner
pops up.
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To see his ePortfolio, click the third icon to the right
of his name and photo (the icon looks like a sheet of
paper with an
e
on it).
