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In thinking about potential artifacts, I realized that I created several podcasts for my Intro. to Information Technology course which would work well for Comp A3.  It looks like .mp3 files can't currently be attached to reflections.  Is that correct and could this be changed? 

Hello. This is my first blog entry to the new portfolio site. It is wonderfully laid out and easier to use than before.  Martin just put in my new password and account.  

I will shortly be posting reflections.

So, this is my first reflection on ePortfolio. The only thing I would like to correct are the uncapitalized links on the left-hand navigation bar. Otherwise, it is an easy site to navigate and fairly speedy for a complex application. Let's have a look at the source code, then.

Given to the SIRLS-LSO meeting Sept 18 06

http://www.sir.arizona.edu/faculty/fricke/ePortfolio/ePortfolioTalkSept1806.htm

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Given to the incoming IRLS504 July 06.

http://www.sir.arizona.edu/faculty/fricke/ePortfolio/FrickeePortfolio.htm

[Under construction]

Where do the artifacts go?

The system here is similar to that of email and attachments. Say you are off on your vacation, and, from Internet Cafés, you send a series of emails to your friends and on each one you attach one or more pictures of you sunning yourself, enjoying the Bodlean, etc. The pictures are, in a sense, artifacts, and the emails to some degree are reflections on those pictures (and the events they depict). And, perhaps you would like records of this for yourself to see later and to show to others whose addresses you have forgotten, so you send copies to yourself at home.

3. 8/4/06 Uploading. This is not a bug (but it might be a problem for some). The uploading of attachments is restricted in two ways: a) by file size (which is presently set at 2 megs) and b) by file suffix (which is presently set to any of jpg jpeg gif png txt html htm doc xls pdf ppt pps odt zip). So if you try to upload your 3 meg myPhDThesis.doc or your 1 meg movie myHoliday.mov, neither will work. 2 megs is pretty big, and we thought it enough, but it might not be for some power point presentations (you could compress them first before uploading). We may set this larger if that seems appropriate (and also we could change the suffixes is that seems required).

Here's an image

and here is some more text. [Apparently I have to post at least 10 words.]

As a library and information professional, you will need to be skilled at assessing your own learning and identifying additional things you need to know. We expect students, as they progress through SIRLS, to move from dependence on faculty assessment of their achievements to a realistic self-assessment of achievement. The competency reflections are the tools and opportunities for you to monitor your own learning and augment it as you see the need.

Each reflection itself will be evaluated as it is posted. The evaluation here will either be 'acceptable' or 'in need of revision'. [If a reflection needs revision, the evaluator will usually suggest what needs to be done. ]

Producing Help to cover all contingencies is quite a task, indeed an ongoing and extensive task.

Fortunately others have made attempts here, and we can, to a degree, leverage off their efforts (this is sometimes called 'not re-inventing the wheel').

The underlying software for this site is Drupal and others have produced Help files for Drupal. In particular, Bryght uses Drupal and Bryght has produced good Help pages here (Bryght does not have exactly the same set up as we do, but there is plenty enough in common for this to be valuable).