E-Portfolio ReviewMDDE 610 Winter 2015

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MAHARA

OPTIONS● Open Source Electronic Portolio● Resume creator● Weblog● Social networking system

MAHARA ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO

● Single sign in● Affiliated with AU● Easy to use● Support

○ Centralized○ Synchronous on-line sessions○ Links to tutorials, videos, text, FAQ, examples, discussion forums,

manual and help index○ Help desk

MAHARA ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIO

● Portable○ Import and Export capabilities

● Modular Design○ Components available and easy to access

● Security ○ Password protected ○ Access determined by student○ Multiple sources of access permitted

• Build your online presence with an electronic portfolio or website

• Create your e-portfolio within your web browser

• Control the layout and make the design yours

• Drag and drop website builder

• Blog and Media

• Site Planner, Photo & Video options

• Custom HTML and Embeddable Widgets

E-Portfolio or Website

Easy to UseWeebly Help Centre includes:

• Beginner’s Guide to Weebly

• Common Questions

• Live Training Webcasts

• Text and Images

• Pages and Navigation

• Tablet and Mobile

• Email and Google Apps

• Custom HTML and Embeddable Widgets

• SSL Certificates and DDoS Mitigation

• Password Protected

Pages

• Search Engine Optimized

• Full HTML/CSS Control

• Stats and Search

Engines

Privacy and Security

Visitor Friendly

• Easy to Navigate

• Links to Social Media

• Navigation links to other Sites

• Cloud based Hosting Infrastructure

• No forced Advertising

• High quality Media

Costs

• Create a Free Website

or

• Upgrade your site (more storage / larger

membership):

• Starter Plan at $3.29+/mo

• Pro Plan at $6.63+/mo

Wikispaces - Privacy Concerns

• Global site level filters that can enable an

individual to block out visitors from every page

• Page specific privacy filters enabling users to hide

portions of the wikipage

Wikispaces

Electronic Portfolio Review

Wikispaces - Export

• Allows export in PDF, wikitext or HTML format

Wikispaces - Tracking

• Has page statistics on a site level

Wikispaces - Editing

• Accomplished through a WYSIG editor

Wikispaces - Costs

• Free for educators

• Fee structure for others:

Google Sitesas an

e-portfolio platform

Google Sites - Student Data

Privacy settings can be set by site or by page• collaborators only• anyone who has the link

• publicSustainability

• long term

• functionality may change without noticePortability

• low - difficult to move to a different provider

Google Sites - Ease-of-Use

Pros

• Many help/support

resources

• Integrated with Google’s

other services

Google Sites - Ease-of-Use

Pros

• Various page templates

• Themes and

customization options

Google Sites - Ease-of-Use

Cons

• 100 MB file limit

• Limited page

management options

• No tagging functionality:

hierarchical organization

only

Google Sites - Cost / Interactivity

Cost

• Currently free

• No paid upgrade for better

features / support

Interactivity

• Built-in Google search

• Rating system using

Google+

• Limited commenting

possibility

• Poor integration with non-

Google social media

WordPress - Description• WordPress is:

• blogging software• a blogging community

• Two options:• WordPress.com for bloggers• WordPress.org for website creation and customization

WordPress - Features• WordPress has three plans: Free (with ads), Premium ($99/year), and Business

($199/year)• The Free or Premium plans are appropriate for e-portfolios• Bloggers can use a WYSIWIG editor or HTML code• Intuitive menu creation• WordPress supports both internal and external hyperlinks• Media supported:

• Free: 3 Gigabytes (GB) of content excluding video and audio files• Premium: 13 GB including video and audio files

• Site analytics dashboard• Support and help:

• Free: WordPress community forums• Premium: email support

WordPress - Using the platform• Setting up a WordPress.org blog• Choosing a theme• Creating and editing pages• Building menus• Adding media• Responding to reader comments• Using the "Press This" bookmarklet to import site information and links to blogs• Shortcodes• Support

• WordPress support forum (https://en.support.wordpress.com/)• Contact WordPress form (Premium plan)• Youtube

WordPress - Data & Information• The WordPress dashboard• Search engine optimization (SEO)

• Default: allow search engines to index the site• Premium: add HTML 5 tags and microformats

• Share posts on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Tumblr, and Path• Add additional bloggers (users)• Portability

• Option to convert to a WordPress.org website• Copy and paste HTML / rebuild site styles• No portability to other e-portfolio options

• Privacy• Discourage search engines from indexing the site• Make the site accessible only to a set of users