E-Portfolio Resources

Creating ePortfolios

Here you will find a variety of resources to assist you in creating your portfolios. If you find resources you think will be helpful for others, please let us know.

Blackboard Portfolio Resources

Video - Introduction to Blackboard Portfolios

Video - Preparing to Create a Portfolio

Video - Using the Portfolio Creation Wizard

Creating a Personal Portfolio PDF - Instructions for creating your portfolio using Blackboard Portfolios

Sharing your Portfolio via eMail PDF

Video - Sharing a Portfolio with Others Outside of Regent

Web Storage and Uploading for Portfolios/Websites Hosted Outside of Regent

WS_FTP - File transferring program for Windows-based systems. FTP 101 - A Beginner's Guide.

Fetch - File transferring program for Macintosh systems.

Free Web Storage - Companies which allow you to store your portfolio for free on their Web servers.

Free Software Resources

The following websites are also good resources for free software and programs available for download over the Internet:

Giveaway of the Day - Free software promotions with completely free fully licensed sofware. One software opportunity is offered each day.

Download.com - Lots of free software. Categorized for ease of searching.

Completely Free Software - Exclusive freeware club. Free software with membership. Low rates.

Macdownload.com - Free software downloads for Mac users.

Menu Box -Use this free software to create a menu box that will automatically load when you load your CD in a CD player. NEAT!

Autorun.inf Maker - This is a freeware utility that allows the CDs you create to automatically launch an application when the cd is inserted in a CD player.

Primopdf.com - A very useful PDF creation tool that is absolutely free and extremely easy to use for Windows computers.

Free Trial Offers

The following companies allow you to try-out their products for a specified period of time to see if you like them. When the period is up, you can then decide whether you would like to purchase. When you purchase software, be sure to check the prices at Academic Superstore. They have fantastic prices for students and teachers.

Dreamweaver - Adobe's WSIWIG Web authoring software. An excellent Web site creating program. You will receive a free 30 day trial. Select Downloads on the right side down near the bottom of the page. Select the software for a free trial.

Paint Shop Pro - Jasc's photo and image editing software. You will receive a 30 day free trial.

Adobe Photoshop CS - Adobe's photo and image editing software. Select Tryout on the left side. You will receive a free 30 day trial.

Tutorials

The following resources will provide you with information on completing a variety of tasks you may be faced with will creating you portfolio

Scanning Basics PDF (by Ann McCoy) - Instructions for completing basic scanning.

Using Digital Still Cameras PDF - A great tutorial for learning about the basic features and functions of digital cameras.

Using Camcorders as Digital Still Cameras- Do you have a digital video camera, but not a digital camera? Here is a great resource for using your digital video camera for still shots.

Digitize Video with a Digital Video Camera PDF - Use your digital video camera to digitize analogue video.

Still Image Capture and Manipulation - This tutorial covers scanning pictures into a computer, manipulating images using Adobe Photoshop, and using images in Web pages.

Adding sound to your Web pages (Open with Wordpad or MS Word)

How to Make a Web Page - Make your own Web pages from scratch. (Web page on the CD-ROM) Tom O'Haver (to2@umail.umd.edu), Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation, The University of Maryland at College Park.

Web Design and Dreamweaver Tutorials - Adobe's Web authoring program and basic Web design wrapped up in one!

Video Tutorials - Dreamweaver

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 - Video Tutorials - Created by Mark Fletcher and produced through Adobe.com. An entire collection of easy to follow video tutorials for using Dreamweaver. Play it once, and then replay it again!

Downloadable Training booklets - Older Version:

Web Design & Dreamweaver MX 2004 Part I - An Introduction to Web Design Understanding the WWW, basic Web page design ideas, getting organized to build your own Web site, Dreamweaver's interface, creating a new site, and saving your Web pages.

Web Design & Dreamweaver MX 2004 Part II - Basic color theory, working with graphics, Web page layout, and inserting tables, links and images, etc. into a Dreamweaver Web page.

Web Design & Dreamweaver MX 2004 Part III - Understanding and using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in Dreamweaver.

Web Design & Dreamweaver MX 2004 Part IV - Adding buttons (image and Flash) and working with Templates in Dreamweaver.

Web Design & Dreamweaver MX 2004 Part V - Working with the Dreamweaver File panel, checking for and fixing broken links, and checking for browser compatibility. We will also build a Web photo album and learn how to use the behaviors panel to swap an image for another.

An Introductory HTML Tutorial (Web page on the CD-ROM)

Reference Table of HTML Tags (Web page on the CD-ROM)

Adding Videos to Electronic Portfolios - Great examples, specific instructions.

File Utilities

WinZip - File compression and archive utility. Great for sending or saving large files. This software will take large files or multiple files in folders and compress them to a much smaller size.

Stuffit - File compression and archive utility. Great for sending or saving large files. Free 30 day trial which includes a permanent copy of Stuffit Expander (Opens zipped files). For free trial select Stuffit Expander link under the top banner and press the green download button.

Media Players

QuickTime - Free media player and QuickTime Pro version.

Real Player - Free media player.

Graphics and Web Site Enhancements

Stock.XCHNG	Animate GIF Archive
School Icons	ABC Giant
AAA Clipart

If you find resources you think will be helpful for others, please let us know.