Presentation at Brightspace Ignite Ontario on October 29, 2015. The ePortfolio Lady and Her Lessons Learned - Michele Faux, Durham Catholic DSB

1. The ePortfolio Lady
and
Her Lessons Learned
Michele Faux
TeLT Contact
Durham Catholic DSB

2. History
• Pathways Committee formed to look at "All About Me" for K to Grade 6
• D2L makes a presentation on ePortfolio
• Decision is made to use ePortfolio
• Workflow designed to use Teacher-Created Collections
• Presentation to Principals (Portable, Private, and Paperless)
• Decision to fund small group training at schools
• 3 after school workshops for early starters
• 39/40 schools want to be part of the "pilot"

4. Why am I here?

5. Lesson Learned
THE TASK before THE TOOL
A PILOT isn't a pilot if EVERYONE is involved

6. Infrastructure: Devices

7. Infrastructure: Wifi

8. Lesson Learned
TOOLS must be provided
Reliable WIFI is essential

9. Teachers and Tech
• International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS) 2013
Report
• 80% of Ontario students said "Lack of ICT Skills among teachers was an
obstacle to teaching and learning"

10. My Favorites (#1)

11. My Favorites (#2)
• Where is the HOME button?
• How do I turn this on?

12. My Favorites (#3)

13. Work Device or Personal Device?

14. Lesson Learned
When work devices are given to teachers, there MUST be training.
Norms regarding use must be stated

15. What's my Password
Again?

16. Lesson Learned

17. The Resistance Movement

20. "There is a free app that is easier to use....."

23. Lesson Learned

24. Some positive results and uses....

25. Infrastructure
• iPads for everyone
(well....almost)
• improved Wifi (even in the
portables)

28. BIG Users..
• FDK

30. French Immersion

32. Career Planning (in Kindergarten)

33. If only I could be..........

34. A link to school goals..

35. Lesson Learned
Link to what teachers are already doing

36. eP Tip #1: Filter by Collections
Before After

37. eP Tip #2: Doing a "Full Sync" of the App
Before After

38. How to Full Sync
• click menu icon (top left)
• click Full Sync
• click OK
• click menu icon (top right)

39. eP Tip #3: Do it now

40. eP Tip #4: Upside Down Photos
• lock iPad in Landscape
• keep Home button on the right side
• or........"Do It Now"

41. eP Tip #5: Split Screens

42. Help Desk Solution
Lock screen in "Portrait"

43. My solution (works most of the time)
• click the gear
• choose anything under Settings, then Back, and then Back

44. eP Tip #6: Adding an iPad Video Longer than
30 seconds
In Full version of eP, go to My Items
and then:
Choose File Upload, Upload and then
Photo Library

47. The eP Collections Creator !!

48. It's on our default Course Home page

50. Instantly, collections are created and shared.

51. Reaction?

52. Comments....
• You've made it so easy!
• That's it???
• I can start to add to my collections?
• It was so much harder last year.

53. My eP Wish List
Automatic Push to Student at Year's End

54. Change "Explore" to "Shared with me"

55. Let more than 1 person add to the collection (e.g.
teacher & ECE, French/English teachers, teacher
and student)

56. Let video in the app be longer than 30 s

57. The ePortfolio Lady
Michele Faux
Durham Catholic DSB
Michele.Faux@dcdsb.ca