Social Media Links in ePortfolio Dashboard and Presentations

Social Media Links in 'My Profile' in ePortfolio

Clicking on "My Profile" in the ePortfolio will allow you to enter information about yourself.  You can now add links to your various social media profiles.

NOTE: You will not be able to see the buttons on your own Dashboard, but users with whom you are sharing or in public Presentations will be able to see them.



POSSIBLE USE CASE: Add "My Profile" as a Component in Content Area 2 of a Presentation so that others can click on links to your social media sites.


Sharing Presentations via Social Media

In addition, any Presentation view will now have icons that allow viewers of the Presentation to share it via Twitter, Google+ and Facebook.

Understanding 'My Items' in ePortfolio

"My Items" consolidates all of your artifacts, reflections, presentations, and collections into a single view, enabling you to view, search, and manage all of your content from one location. From the My Items page you can:

• Add ePortfolio content by clicking the New or Upload buttons
• Bulk add items to a presentation or collection from the action bar
• Perform common actions on your ePortfolio items, such as view, preview (image and HTML file artifacts only), edit, copy (presentations only), delete, and share

Your ePortfolio items display in a list that you can sort by name or date edited, ascending or descending. Filters at the top of the list enable you to search and manage specific sets of content; you can filter by item type or sharing status.

Once you share items with others and they provide comments or rubric assessments, icons that represent this activity appear beside your items in the My Items listing.

You can click on these icons to view details about which individuals or groups you are sharing an item with or review comments and rubric assessments made on that item.

Clicking on the sharing group icon or individual icon opens that item's Sharing Settings dialog. From here you can modify who can access your item.

Clicking on the feedback icon opens an item's View page where you can review comments from others.

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Click on the image below to see a full size view of the layout of My Items. 

Create a new presentation in ePortfolio

Create a new presentation

1. Click the New button on the My Items page and then click Presentation from the drop-down menu.
2. Give the presentation a Name and Description.
3. Add any Tags you want the presentation to have.
4. Make sure the allow Comments and Assessments check boxes are selected if you plan to share the presentation with others.
5. Click Save.

Sharing presentations with external users in ePortfolio

Sharing presentations with external users

You can share ePortfolio presentations with people who are not a part of your organization such as friends, parents, or potential employers.

You can share presentations with external users in two ways:

• You can make the presentation publicly available to anyone through a URL. When you share a presentation this way people can only view the presentation. They cannot see, add comments to, add assessments to, or edit the presentation.
• You can send a personal invite to view your presentation via an email and the recipient can follow the attached link to view the presentation. The recipient must set up a username and password, and then they can see and add comments or assessments based on the permissions you gave them. External users cannot edit presentations.

Make a presentation publicly available through a URL

Note  If you make a presentation public via URL, the system includes social media icons (Twitter, Google+, and Facebook) at the top of your presentation to enable further sharing.

1. Click Share from the context menu of the presentation you want to make available by URL.
2. Select Anyone with the URL below can access this item from the presentation's Sharing Settings and click Done. Share the provided URL with others.

Make a presentation externally available to specific people and assign them permissions

1. Click Share from the context menu of the presentation you want to make available to external users.
2. Click Add Users and Groups from a presentation's Sharing Settings.
3. Click the Click to share the presentation with an external user link.
4. Enter the External Email Address of the external user you want to send an invite to and click Add.
5. Select the permissions you want the external users to have and click Add. The system automatically notifies external users of their granted permissions.
6. Click Done.
   Note  The recipient must follow the link in the invite and set up a username and password to view the presentation. The invite expires after three days (or another amount of time set by your organization).

Sharing ePortfolio Presentations in the Discussions

You can easily share an ePortfolio Presentation in a D2L Discussion.

Step 1: Set Presentation PermissionsTo adjust the Permissions for the Presentation so that people can see your Presentation, please see:

http://d2ltipsandtricks.blogspot.com/2011/05/sharing-items-in-eportfolio-via.html

Step 2: Create a Quicklink in a Discussion Posting

1. Go to the Discussion Forum and Topic where you will share your Presentation

2. Click [Compose] and create your message.

3. Link to your ePortfolio Presentation:

a. In the message toolbar, select the "Quicklink" icon (looks like a grey chain with an orange star above it)

b. In the pop-up window:

i. select "ePortfolio Item from the "Category" dropdown menu
ii. in the "Link Details" area, leave the "Source" as "My Items"
iii. in the "Item" area, click on "Select Item"
iv. from the list, select the Presentation you wish to share
v. in the "Page" area, select the page of your Presentation people will see first
vi. in the "Link Caption" area, type the text that people will click on to take them to your Presentation
vii. choose how your Presentation will open in the browser ("Same Frame" or "New Window" are recommended)
viii. click [Insert]

c. After the popup window closes, click [Post]

4. (Optional) If you wish, click to open your Discussion posting, then click on the Quicklink you created, to see if your Presentation opens for you. If not, either click [Edit Message] to try again -or- return to the ePortfolio area and double-check that the Permissions have been correctly set.

D2L 9.2.1 SP6 – November 2011

Sharing Presentation in the ePortfolio via Sharing

Screenshots for this post: http://tinyurl.com/3l435y6

To share a Presentation with another user in D2L:

1. Click on "Presentation" in the left-hand menu

2. Select the key icon or "Sharing" icon to the right of the name of the Presentation

3. To share with other D2L users, click on [Add Users and Groups] under the "Presentation Sharing List" field.

4.  Click on the "Users" tab and begin typing in the first name of the users with whom you'd like to share your item.  Click on the name of the appropriate user.

5.  In the "Assign Permissions" field, set the appropriate permissions and click [Add].

6.  Once the user appears below the "Presentations Sharing List" field, click [Done].

NOTE: Please do *not* click [Done and Send Invite]! 

The user with whom you are sharing will now see your name in the "Explore" area of their ePortfolio

D2L 9.2.1 SP6 – November 2011

Submitting ePortfolio Items to a D2L Dropbox

To turn in an ePortfolio item to a Dropbox:
1. Enter the appropriate Dropbox in your ePortfolio class
2. Click [Add a file]
3. Click "ePortfolio" in the left-hand side of the pop-up window and make a mark by the item to be submitted
4. Click [Select Item] and, once the pop-up window disappears, click [Submit]
NOTE: When submitting a Presentation, you need only submit the Presentation itself and NOT all the Artifacts or Reflections that you've placed into the Presentation.


D2L 9.2.1 SP6 – November 2011

Making ePortfolio Presentations available as publicly available web sites

To make your ePortfolio Presentation a publicly available web site:

1. Click "Presentations" in the left-hand menu

2. Click on the key icon to the right of the name of the Presentation

3. Make a checkmark in the box entitled, "Anyone with the URL below can access this item"

4. Copy the URL address of the web site you see ("https://...") and click [Done]
  5. You may then paste the URL address into an email and send to whomever you like. 
D2L 9.2.1 SP6 – November 2011