Waiting on a solution!

From day 1 of UBC’s campus-wide e-portfolio pilot, one of the key goals has been to choose a campus-wide software solution. It has become clear that that goal, first stated 3 years ago, was ahead of it’s time. We haven’t yet had success with this one and have found that a one-size fits all may not be the way to go. However, recently announced developments with a number of tools (WebCT, iWebfolio, Keep Toolkit, Elgg) give us hope that an easy-to-use and scaleable solution may be in our future.

A message came through on a WebCT listserv this morning detailing the top 5 reasons to upgrade to WebCT Campus Edition 6. Reason # 4, copied in below, is to get ready for the WebCT Portfolio. A number of our pilots have used WebCT (the student presentation) for student e-portfolios. We’re looking forward to seeing how this will work and are hopeful that it will indeed be easy to learn.

4. Get ready for the WebCT Portfolio!
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Moving to WebCT Campus Edition 6 will also pave the way for
you to start using the WebCT Portfolio. Targeted for release
in the first half of 2006, the WebCT Portfolio is a personal
portfolio solution that will make portfolio initiatives easy
for institutions to manage and for students and instructors
to learn.