Seacoast Professional Development Center, Exeter NH 

Moofolio

Moofolio is a Moodle block that provides a platform for students and teachers to collect and reflect on portfolio artifacts. It is available as a solution for schools to implement the NH ICT Literacy standards. SPDC provides training on installing and configuring Moodle, adding the Portfolio module, administration, and teacher use of Moodle for online classrooms and the Portfolio.

Demonstrations have been provided by the SPDC. View Steve Kossakoski's presentation (pdf) from these demonstrations that preceded the software demo.

Link to NH DOE Office of Ed. Tech. ICT Standards website

Link to NHEON - ICT Literacy Standards Materials

Download Moodle from www.moodle.org website

Download Portfolio from www.moodle.org website (version must match Moodle version)
  Link to FAQ (frequently asked questions) about Moofolio.

Link to our Moodle demo / training server to view a course that has Portfolio module.
Logins are: teacher1/password, teacher2/password, teacher3/password, etc.
View Using the Student Portfolio

 

Link to Discussion forum on Portfolio block for feedback or questions

 

View SPDC training schedule for training on installing Moodle server, developing a course in Moodle, and using some of it's advanced features or additional modules.

Some features of Moofolio:

  • The "My Portfolio" block is configurable for all users on that Moodle server (as a sticky block)
  • Subportfolios/Views can be created within My Portfolio (one-level)
  • Subject Areas can be used to group and search artifacts (set by Admin)
  • Artifacts can be loaded three ways:
    • Link to an existing Moodle Assignment
    • Enter artifact directly into Moodle screen
    • Upload any type of file to Moofolio
  • Reflections by student and teacher on all artifacts
  • Students cannot modify teacher's reflections
  • Search capabilities:  portfolios and artifacts by student, subject, artifact titles, keywords and dates
  • Appearance can be modified by students - backgrounds, colors, fonts, etc.
  • Maximum file size for uploads determined by server administrator
  • Test scores can be loaded from spreadsheet format by admin - viewable by student or teachers
  • Artifacts can be locked by teachers
  • File Cabinet (formerly known as FileKeeper) is part of the Moofolio architecture but can be used separately as a block if desired
  • "Express Yourself" feature allows student customization of a portfolio view to provide an additional page for creativity