The class portfolio is a space for students to document their personal learning journey by collecting evidence from their classroom activities over the two years of DP. It also encourages peer learning where students can see and engage with each other's work. Read this article to learn all about the class portfolio
This article will cover:
Navigating to the class portfolio
Creating a portfolio post
Managing portfolio posts
Viewing portfolio posts of peers
Navigating to the class portfolio
To navigate to the class portfolio, choose one of your classes from the homepage and click on ‘Portfolio’ in the left-hand collapsible menu. At the top, you will find two tabs:
Overview: It gives you an overview of the purpose of the DP class portfolio
Portfolio: From within this tab, you will be able to create new posts and access all draft and published posts
Creating a portfolio post
To create a new portfolio post, click on the ‘Create post’ button at the top right.
Next, type in a description for your post. You can upload any combination of media files in a single post. These media attachments can be added using the following options:
Add from device
Add from Google Drive
Add from One Drive
Add a link
💡While adding files via Google Drive, you can choose to add them as a link or file. Before sharing them as links, you need to make sure that the files have appropriate access. In case you are sharing them as files, any changes made to the file after posting in the portfolio will not reflect in the attached file.
If you wish to remove any of the added media files, hover your cursor on the media card and click on the trash icon as shown below.
Once you are done uploading the media attachments, you can move on to add new or pre-existing tag(s) to the portfolio posts. These customized tags will help you to organize and filter all the portfolio entries within your class.
To create a new tag, type the keywords in the highlighted space and click on the plus icon.
In case you want to add an existing tag, type in the related keywords and choose the tag that you wish to add from the list of options.
Finally, you can publish the post using the ‘Publish’ button or save it as a draft using the ‘Save as draft’ button. The draft posts created by you will not be visible to the educators or your peers.
Once the post is published, it will start appearing along with other published posts in your class portfolio feed. The posts saved by you as drafts will be visible under the same feed labeled as ‘Draft’. You can always edit and publish the draft posts using the 3-dots menu against it.
💡Your peers will be able to view your posts only if the setting is enabled by your school administrator.
Your published post will be visible on the teacher’s portfolio feed, as shown below.
Managing portfolio posts
In case you want to edit published portfolio posts, click on the three-dot menu. Here, you will see the following options:
Edit- to edit a published post.
Delete- to remove a published post.
Furthermore, you can use search and filter options to declutter your view while looking at the portfolio entries.
Search by description: With the help of the search bar highlighted below, you can search for a post by its description. To search for a particular post, type the relevant keywords in the search box and the related portfolio post will appear.
Filter by Status: The ‘Status’ filter allows you to filter out the portfolio feed based on their status values— published, draft, and all posts.
Filter by Tags: The ‘Tags’ filter allows you to filter out the portfolio feed based on the tags added to it. You can also filter the posts that do not have any tags.
You can scroll through and preview all the portfolio post attachments and view them without having to navigate to another screen. Feel free to add a comment or view the ones added by your teacher and family members on your post. You can also edit or delete your own comments at any time.
💡 You will receive a notification when anyone comments on your portfolio post.
Viewing portfolio posts of peers
Depending on the settings configured by the school administrator, you will be able to view the posts of your peers by clicking on a fellow student’s name from the left pane.
You will also be able to comment on each other’s portfolio posts with the help of the comment icon highlighted below. You can also edit or delete your comments at any time.
The portfolio space on Toddle is a great way for you to record your personal growth and track feedback from your peers and teachers.
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