You cannot get very far in this process without declaring the navigation structure that will apply to the new portfolio. Just like a book, your portfolio must have a table of contents.
1. Choose the "Table of Contents" button at the top of the screen.
2. Choose an existing Table of Contents from the drop menu.
3. Locate the Table of Contents in the drop menu that you are required to use.
4.Click the "Continue" button.
To do this:
1. Name the new Table of Contents in the "Title" blank provided.
2. Click the "Create a Table of Contents" button. This will take you to a new screen below:
3. Add the "Section Name" for the first topic (standard, category) for your ePortfolio.
Leave the "Instructions for Authors" box below the one for the Section Name empty as this is used for account holders with very specific privileges.You are the author, and you know what you intend to do in this section.
4. Add your remaining Section titles. You may create multiple categories by entering them one at a time, clicking the "Save Changes" button after each entry. Keep the names of each category very short (a few words at most). Each time you save the changes an new "Section Name" will appear.
5. Add Sub-sections to Sections (optional): You will also be presented with a way to enter the "Sub-sections" for each Section. These become the "second level" of your web site (a sub-index). Just add the short title (we recommend no more than three short words) and Save the Changes.
You can use the Sub-section titles for the purposes of:
Warning: You may add as many sub-sectional title links as you like, but remember that a web site with too many links in an index starts to become less user friendly.
6. Test your new Table of Contents:
The structure of the ePortfolio is very flexible. You can create it, and try it out by clicking the Table of Contents button at the top of the page. You then scroll down this page until you find the title of the new Table of Contents you have been working on. Click the "Use" button to see how your new table of contents will look. Check the links to the various sections and sub-sections you have created.
If you feel you want to make changes, just click the Table of Contents button at the top of the screen again, locate the title for the new Table of Contents and choose to "Edit" it. Repeat this process until you are satisfied with the result. Then, go ahead and start developing a new ePortfolio (you must make a new portfolio to see the impact of significant editing).
Important safety tips!
CAUTION: If you have already used a personal Table of Contents to create a portfolio, changing a section of sub-section name may delete parts of your existing portfolio, even if you give them the same name.
Sub-section items created in the Table of Contents editor are not editable in the second level editing page (where you can add new titles for your sub-section presentations one at a time). They can be edited again only in the Personal Table of Contents editing page. This is to prevent you from deleting items in your original Table of Contents except from the Table of Contents editor page.
If you use the second level, editing page to add new sub-sectional title, these will not appear in your Table of Contents editing page for that Table of Contents. So, again, be cautious about overusing this powerful feature.
Deleting a personal Table of Contents.
1. Check the box beside the personal Table of Contents you want to delete.
2. Click the delete button.
Choosing a default Table of Contents | Making your own Table of Contents | Making your Personal Table of Contents one of the default choices. | Deleting a Personal Table of Contents