cuPortfolio

In HIST 2000, students will be asked to create a digital portfolio related to topics explored in the course. Using cuPortfolio (a digital platform that allows students to mount and exhibit their work), students will complete assignments as public presentations involving the analysis and interpretation of documents, images, or objects. Students will be asked to share their work on cuPortfolio with other members of the class and provide helpful comments on their peers assignments (see peer feedback). If cuPortfolio is new to you, you are responsible for making time to ramp up, troubleshoot, and learn how to use it. This activity will require your patience, can-do attitude, and sense of adventure.

Instruction and on-going support in using cuPortfolio will be provided by Dr. Saurette in first term. Additional support is available from the Education and Development Centre. For more on cuPortfolio, see http://carleton.ca/cuportfoliosupport/

Here is a rough guide to getting started with cuPortfolio:

1. Sign in to cuPortfolio.

Use your username (firstnamelastname) and password to login

2. Click on one of the many tabs to see "My Groups" and click on "HIST 2000 in the sidebar.

When you login it will look something like this. Might be different if on a phone.

3. When you enter the class "Group" it will look something like this:

4. Scroll down the page and locate "Shared Collections". Find the Collection names "Your Name Here's Portfolio" and click on it. Make sure the one you are clicking on is authored by me (Marc Saurette) not anyone else who copied the collection but forgot to rename it.

5. When you open the collection, it will looks something like the following. Find the elipsis (...) on the upper right corner of the page and press it, then click on "Copy".

6. You will be asked to copy page or collection. CHOOSE COLLECTION!

Superduper important to choose "Collection".

7. You will be prompted to rename it. Make sure you rename it something like "Your Name's Portfolio...".

Please change the name...

8. You will be taken to the next page which will allow you to add pages to the collection. Don't do that at this point. Just scroll to the bottom of the page, confirm that there are the "Pages Already in the Collection" as in the following image and then press "Done".

You're almost done.

9. You now need to share you collection with the group (HIST2000 Medieval Europe). When you complete copying the collection or if you come back and edit the collection later, you can change sharing by clicking on "Share" in the upper left corner of an open page.

Click share!

10. Make sure the collection is shared with the whole class. Don't worry about "Advanced Share Options" just scroll to the bottom of the page, click on the "Share With" drop-down menu and find our class (HIST2000 Medieval Europe) and allow "Everyone in the Group" to view it.

Press "Save" and you're done!

11. Rejoice! You're done! Actually, now you should start working on your Profile.

There are detailed instructions on how to use cuPortfolio by Carleton's instructional media services/ Educational development centre here.

The following link to their tutorials on:

• How to copy a collection template.

• How to share a collection with the class.

Do not copy it as a group collection.