ePortfolio for Administrators

Overview

Welcome to Chalk & Wire's ePortfolio! The links on the navigation panel to the right will help you with the administrator options available in your Chalk & Wire ePortfolio.

The help links listed here under the 'ePortfolio Pages' heading refer to the tabs along the top of your screen when you are logged in to your ePortfolio administrator account. The help links listed here under the 'Management Pages' and 'Administrator Pages' headings are the options available in the 'Admin' drop-down menu when you are logged in to your ePortfolio administrator account.

As an administrator, you'll need to know about these three different zones that make up your ePortfolio system. As you focus on different aspects of using your assessment system, you'll find yourself in these three areas outlined below.

1. ePortfolio Pages- These four pages are the same as what students see when they use their portfolios. Here they can upload and manage their files, create and submit portfolios, and check their results.
2. Management Pages- This is where the bulk of your controls are. Here you can set up the system, monitor and report progress, and assess work that is sent to you.
3. Administration Pages- You can use these pages to create and manage accounts, edit site setting options, and keep people informed of new events and information.

This help system is organized so that each of the above three sections has a home page telling you about that part of the program, and suggesting help related topics. The ePortfolio pages relevant to that section are listed on the right of the three home pages.

The Administration Process

If you're starting from scratch with an assessment system , you'll need to do the following things:

• Plan your system.
• Decide on and set appropriate site-wide policies.
• Create accounts for your staff and students.
• Set up departments.
• Enter some Standards in.
• Make your Table of Contents.
• Add rubrics to your system.
• Design a demographic survey.
• Decide if you want portfolios to have a certain look.
• Get students to make and submit portfolios.
• Assess work that's been submitted.
• Analyze the results.
• Present your results.

CWReporter 3.0

(1) First you will need to install SQL Server Express 2005.

(2) When you have installed SQL Server Express 2005 on your computer, you can download and install CWReporter 3.0.

(3)  Important!  In order to run CWReporter 3.0, you will need to make sure that the server name is set correctly. When you begin the CWReporter application, you will notice a new textbox at the bottom of the initial screen. Use this textbox to change the server name. If you are not sure what server name to use for your organization, contact the help desk at (toll free) 1-866-949-6800.

You can also find your server name by examining the URL in the browser address textbox when you are logged in to your account. The server name is the letters between the // and .chalkandwire.com. The server name in this example is 'phil'.  

ePortfolio Pages

• My Portfolios
• My Results
• Image Gallery
• Artifact Library

Management Pages

• My Assessments
• Assessments
• Assessor Pools
• Demographics
• Departments
• Reliability
• Library
• Results
• Rubrics
• Pegging
• Standards
• Status Reports
• Tables of Contents
• Themes
• Image Manager
• Uploading

Administration Pages

• Site Settings
• Users
• Codes
• Capacity
• Newsflashes
• Newsletters
• Newsletter Events
• Newsletter Recipients

Printable Guides

Reference

• ePortfolio Manual
• Assessors Guide Administrator Manual