Toddle provides a valuable platform for family members to engage more actively in their child's learning journey. The student portfolio feature in Toddle offers an authentic window into their child’s classroom experiences, allowing family members to readily explore their child's portfolio entries and interact through these posts. This article is a walkthrough of some key features of the student portfolio that are readily accessible to family members on Toddle.
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Student portfolio on Toddle family app
Student portfolio on Toddle web platform
Downloading portfolio posts
Student portfolio on Toddle family app
To access the portfolio through the Toddle Family app, select your child's class and tap on 'Portfolio' from the bottom menu. You will be able to scroll through the portfolio feed and take a quick look at all the posts where your child is tagged.
You can browse through and preview all the post attachments and view them without having to navigate to another screen.
If the post includes your child's submission for a class assignment, simply click on the assignment name included in the post title to preview its details.
To delve deeper into a post, simply click on it. The expanded view will provide various details, including the tagged folder and associated learning goals. Additionally, you can browse the likes and comments on these posts.
Use the heart icon to 'like' a post and add comments with the speech bubble to engage with these posts. Toddle also offers an audio comment feature using the microphone. To obtain a copy of the attached media file, simply tap the media card or post and click the download icon.
💡You will be able to view tagged learning goals, like and comment on the posts, and download media only when the corresponding settings are enabled by your school administrator/coordinator.
If you are looking for specific posts related to your child, you can utilize the 'Filter by folder' feature located in the top right corner. Click on the funnel icon, select the desired folder, and tap on the 'See Posts' button to browse through all the posts that are tagged to it.
Student portfolio on Toddle web platform
To access the student portfolio on the web, select your child's class from the homepage and click on the 'Portfolio' tab in the menu on the left. Here, you will be able to scroll through the portfolio feed and quickly see all the posts where your child is mentioned.
If you want to specifically view published portfolio posts within a folder, you can easily click on the desired folder in the left pane to browse through all the tagged posts.
You can conveniently browse and preview all the attachments within a post without switching screens.
If the post includes your child's submission for a class assignment, simply click on the assignment name included in the post title to preview its details
To delve deeper into a post, simply click on it. The expanded view will provide various details, including the tagged folder and associated learning goals. Additionally, you can browse the likes and comments on these posts.
As an active participant in your child's learning, you can engage with the posts. Use the heart icon to 'like' a post and add comments with the speech bubble. Toddle also offers an audio comment feature using the microphone. To obtain a copy of the attached media file, simply tap the media card or post and click the download icon.
💡You will be able to view tagged learning goals, like and comment on the posts, and download media only when the corresponding settings are enabled by your school administrator/coordinator.
Downloading portfolio posts
If enabled by the school administrator, you can download your child’s portfolio posts to your device. To do this, go to your profile using the ‘My profile’ option from the homepage.
💡The option to download the portfolio is available only on the Toddle web platform.
Next, click on the student’s name whose profile you want to access.
On the landing page of your child’s profile, click on the 'Portfolio' tab as shown below, and you'll find an option to download the portfolio under the three-dot menu.
Once you've chosen the portfolio download option, an email containing the child's portfolio will be sent to your registered email address. You can specify the academic years for the posts you wish to include in the download, and then click the 'Request download' button to proceed.
💡Only portfolio posts where your child is tagged will be included in the download. If a post has other students tagged as well, it will not be included in the download.
Simply click the 'Download' button in the email you've received to save the portfolio zip file to your device.
In the zip file, you'll discover portfolio posts neatly organized into month-wise folders. Moreover, you'll find an 'index.html' file that, when opened in a web browser, will display the student's portfolio posts, organized by month, as depicted below. You can effortlessly scroll through the posts or simply click on individual media files to view them in detail.
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