What is Epsilen Portfolios

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What is
Epsilen Portfolios?

• Epsilen Portfolios is an Electronic
  Portfolios Management System,
• offering a customizable Web environment for
• Creating professional and student portfolios
  showcasing accomplishments.
• Managing and demonstrating student learning
  outcomes.
• Advisement and assessment from faculty and
  administration, students,
• study
  and interest groups.
• Access to an array of tools for file
  management, collaboration, group
• interaction, a
  resume builder, learning matrix and more.

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Start with MyProfile

The first time you login to your Epsilen
Portfolio, you will be directed to the MyProfile
page, where building a personal home page begins.
Enter only information you wish publicly
available on the Web. Upload your picture to
replace the generic image. MyBio Academic
Goals have Hide from Public options.
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In only five minutes you have a professional
portfolio page for view by visitors to your
Epsilen Portfolio.

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MyEpsilen
The MyEpsilen page appears upon each login,
offering the tools for managing MyFiles,
MyCalendar, MyWeather, MyDictionary, and more.
Also found here are specialized communication
tools for Epsilen Portfolios users.
MyFileInbox is for file sharing between
Epsilen Portfolios users. MyQuickNotes is
where you may find comments left by
visitors to your portfolio. MyCalendar gives
users ease of use for scheduling plus options
for reminders and displaying schedule
entries for public or private views.
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MyFiles
Placing electronic files in MyFiles facilitates
dynamic file sharing and storage. From this file
management area you have access to your documents
from wherever you connect to the Web. In
MyEpsilen click on Upload File and follow the
simple directions for naming and uploading the
file, which will then be added to your MyFiles
storage.
Upload File
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If you wish to grant permission for other Epsilen
Portfolios users to view or assess a file which
has been uploaded to your portfolio, click the
gold key icon associated with the file and then
click New Permission.
Permission

• Enter the Epsilen Portfolio username for the
  person you wish to receive the
• file, along with the preferred choices for
  viewing and assessment. Save these
• settings and the file will instantly appear in
  the chosen users MyFileInbox.

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MyGroups

• MyGroups is the new interactive area for creation
  of discussion, interest
• and study groups, which includes such features as
  private group creation,
• file sharing, messaging, forums.
• Group creation by Epsilen
• Portfolios users allows private
• invitations for membership.
• Status settings show which
• group members are online.

• File Sharing, announcements, notes and forum
  messages are easily accessed from MyGroups.

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Present your work in MyShowcase

• MyShowcase features your best or most recent
  academic and professional
• accomplishments in multimedia presentation form.
• For each item you wish to add
• complete a Title and Description
• along with optional instructions for
• viewers. Upload an image to
• represent the item and provide
• the file URL (Web address.)
• Previously uploaded files can be
• added to your MyShowcase page
• by choosing the file from the drop-down box.
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Uploaded Files
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Represent yourself with MyResume
MyResume provides a template to build and
maintain your professional resume. Using the
built-in template allows you to produce a
customized Web-based resume with a variety of
choices for sections to include. The template
found in MyResume Home allows for basic contact,
objective and education entries plus a selection
of choices for customizing the format. After
choosing and arranging the sections for the
template, click Save Order and enter the
specific information to each section. Your
MyResume is easily edited, section by section at
any time. If you prefer, upload a resume in
MSWord document format to be displayed. Either
way, your resume is the available to anyone who
has access to the Web. To display an uploaded
resume, choose Upload Resume and check the box
labeled, Display Uploaded Resume as default
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MyMap The Master Academic Planner
MyMap provides a multidimensional matrix used to
track and demonstrate student learning outcomes.
Assessment, advisement and learning
accreditations formats are determined by each
campus, with choices for showing the students
major, minor and learning principles prescribed
by the institution. Online delivery of
services by academic administrators through
MyMap offers options for reviewing and
assessment of student work and personal
evaluation comments.