Portfolios & Activities

Learn about Portfolios, Class Activities, and the creative ways in which you can implement them in your classes!

Why should you implement digital portfolios in your classroom?

The Why? - Digital portfolios in education have evolved to become an essential learning and assessment tool .  The What? - A digital portfolio is a web-based collection of student work gathered over time.  The How? - Students are able to upl...

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By Alasdair McMillan

April 30, 2021

How can students share their portfolios?

Keep your teacher, family and/or advisors in the loop of all the amazing work you have been doing in myBlueprint Education Planner by sharing your portfolio with them. You can also use the Interactive Share feature to send a copy of your portfolio...

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By Gil Silberstein

July 27, 2020

What file types and file sizes are supported in Portfolios?

myBlueprint Portfolios are multimedia-driven, and support a wide variety of different file types. The only common file formats which we don't allow you to upload are those which are incompatible with playback or previewing in most Web browsers. Wa...

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By Alasdair McMillan

April 21, 2023

What is a Class Activity?

Looking for a way to prompt your students to upload pictures or video, add journal entries, or other content to their portfolios in myBlueprint? Class Activities are for you! They're an ideal way to support curriculum objectives for any course, an...

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By Alasdair McMillan

August 13, 2020

How do I create class activities?

Class Activities are a great way to adapt your in-class learning to the online e-learning and digital portfolio environment.  Note: you will need to have classes already set up to create class activities.  To set up class activities simply: Log...

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By Gil Silberstein

August 13, 2020

How can students re-do Class Activities?

Need to re-do an Activity you had already completed? It's easy to do, just follow the steps below: Log in to your myBlueprint Student Account Click the Class Activities tab  Click the Class box (with the assigned activity) Click the Completed...

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By Gil Silberstein

August 13, 2020

How can I allow students to re-submit activities?

Have a student that needs to resubmit their Class Activity? To allow them to re-do their work from your Teacher Account: Click Classes  (left navigation menu) Click on the Class  box  you need Click the Activities  tab  Click on the specific ac...

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By Gil Silberstein

August 13, 2020

How can I view a shared Portfolio?

Portfolios are meant to be showcased! There are two (2) ways that students can easily show their portfolios. Slideshow mode  and Interactive Share . When a student uses  Interactive Share  they create a URL link  to the portfolio that is sent...

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By Alasdair McMillan

August 8, 2023

How can students use Portfolios for Reflection on Core Competencies and 21st Century Competencies?

Overview The 21st Century Competencies and Core Competencies Lesson Plan Packages were created by the myBlueprint Support Team to assist educators in developing and supporting students' self-assessment of their competencies through the creatio...

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By Gil Silberstein

August 21, 2020

Can I connect myBlueprint with Google Drive or Docs?

Looking to integrate content from your Google Drive or Google Docs account into myBlueprint portfolios? You definitely can! Read on to find out how. There are two ways to add content from Drive: By connecting directly to Drive - this will save yo...

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By Alasdair McMillan

December 1, 2020

How can students use Portfolios for Subject-Specific Instruction?

Subject-specific portfolios are very useful when documenting student learning, and showcasing their individual course work, learning experiences, self-discovery, and career exploration. For example, a foreign language portfolio could have cultura...

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By Gil Silberstein

April 9, 2021