Week 3 – Assignment 1 

Portfolium Set-Up

Throughout your degree, you will be building a personal electronic portfolio, or ePortfolio. The ePortfolio will serve as a tool for you to track your professional and academic progress. In the capstone or last class, you will use the ePortfolio to reflect on your development across the degree. Once you graduate, it can also be used to demonstrate your skills and competencies to potential employers and the professional community.

This learning activity introduces you to Portfolium, the ePortfolio tool being used by this university. As an Ashford student, you not only will have access to Portfolium during your time at Ashford, but you will retain lifetime unlimited access after leaving the university, without fees or capacity limit.

For this activity, you begin the development of your ePortfolio by creating an account using Portfolium (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., setting up a home page and adding a brief biography to your ePortfolio.

Step 1: Getting Started in Portfolium

· View the Portfolium Introduction (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. video.

· Review the Porfolium User Guide (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

· Review the steps for setting up your homepage and profile in Students & Alumni (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

Step 2: Learning Activity

· Now you are ready to set up your account in Portfolium by signing in and creating your Portfolium profile with a short bio and photo. This should be a representation of you that you can share with colleagues and professionals.

· Copy and paste a working link to your website into a Word document and submit it to your instructor via the Dropbox or Assignment Submission button (check that your link works before submitting it).

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.