The e-Portfolio Plugin Version 1.0 has been released. Pupils can now set up an e-Portfolio by selecting e-Portfolio from a popup on the Create Blog page. Existing blogs can gain the functionality by activating the e-Portfolio plugin.The old portfolio themes are no longer available in the theme picker.
The e-Portfolio plugin make creating a profile from a series of posts much simpler. There is a new Taxonomy ‘Profile Tags’ which control which posts appear on the profile. Pupils can create as many profiles as they like.
A series of help pages are available on using the e-Portfolio Plugin.
This release also add the ability to embed Sways in a blog by pasting in the url to the sway: Example post.
Q – I have been trying to set up new e-portfolios but cannot find my local authority theme?
A – The various LA themes have been disabled for new blogs as the e-portfolios have been changed to use a plugin rather than a theme:
Help for the new system is here:
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/glowbloghelp/e-portfolios/
News posted about the e-portfolios:
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/glowbloghelp/tag/e-portfolios/
Get in touch with John Johnston if you need more information: gw09johnstonjohn4@glowmail.org.uk