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What is ePortfolio?

ePortfolios are a framework for learning, a space for students to collect evidence of, reflect on, articulate, and create new learning over time. ePortfolios support powerful teaching and learning, assessment, student development, advising and career counseling, and professional and personal identity development along the pathway to graduation.

ePortfolio is both a process and product.  As students capture learning in their ePortfolio each semester, they begin to see patterns emerge and connect learning across the curriculum, co-curriculum, and experiences outside school, leading to a more meaningful and purposeful educational experience.  As they approach graduation, they can curate their ePortfolio into a professional product that articulates their skills, knowledge, and identity as a professional and scholar.

Vision for ePortfolio at IU Indianapolis: All undergraduate students create, develop, and engage with ePortfolio iteratively from their point of entry to IU Indianapolis through their culminating senior experience.

How we do ePortfolio at IU Indianapolis

We are committed to integrating ePortfolios into the entire undergraduate experience. We know that students experience benefits from ePortfolio in a single course and that the benefits increase the more experiences students have. We also know that students see college as more than just classes. They engage in co-curricular activities on and off-campus, work, and often have family responsibilities, so we look for opportunities to engage all campus and community partners in ePortfolio work.

 Our vision for ePortfolios is that all undergraduate students create, develop, and engage with ePortfolio iteratively from their point of entry to IU Indianapolis through their culminating senior experience.

 We accomplish this by embedding ePortfolio into the curriculum and co-curriculum so that students can’t help but engage with ePortfolio in each year of their time with us. In a degree program, this often begins with one or two courses and leads to the thoughtful integration of ePortfolio throughout the curriculum with intentional and substantive touchpoints each year. We embed an ePortfolio kickoff into the first-year seminar so our students learn early the benefits of creating an ePortfolio and begin learning the skills to successfully capture and reflect on their learning over time.