With the increasing focus on graduate employability within higher education, ePortfolio activities present an opportunity to work with students on reflective practice and digital fluency for lifelong learning. However, universities must invest in building teachers’ capacity to confidently embed portfolio activities through the use of technologies. In this presentation, we will describe how we designed trials of two new ePortfolio platforms to build staff capacity, by incorporating these trials into courses for teaching staff and educational designers. We will also discuss the opportunities and challenges presented by such innovation projects through the lens of staff development.