This page contains questions and answers for Making History students and staff working with MyPortfolio. We will keep it up-to-date as we encounter new questions - let us know (contact details at the bottom).
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Students have access to their Group space during the marking period, but will not be able to edit it. This means that if you leave feedback on any given page, then depending on their settings, they will be able to see it.
What permissions or role do markers have in MyPortfolio?
You'll have a Group Administrator role, which enables you to see the Reports. If you don't have this role, contact ELE.
How can I see who is in the Group?
Use the horizontal row of tabs under the Group name to navigate to Members - there you will find a list of contributors, along with other History staff and possibly ELE staff.
Where can I find the Weekly Logs?
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TAs can subscribe to these by email, and they are available via the horizontal menu of tabs which appears under the Group name.
How can I find my way round the Group space?
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- The Back button, top right of the screen. Caveat - be careful not to click the Edit button by mistake and if you do that, then click Cancel to return.
- The Groups link on the Mahara menu.
- The Group's name, wherever it appears as a link.
Is there a way to 'skim read' audiovisual material by increasing the playback speed?
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If you find ways to change the playback speed in other media, let us know.
What can students see while I'm marking?
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This means that if you comment on Pages (using the Place feedback link), students will be able to see this, for example.
How can I give feedback or comments on a Page?
See the corresponding section for students above. This gives an explanation of the different Place feedback settings.
Blocked or invisible content? Some content seems to be missing - is it me?
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Retractable blocks - where used, if these have been set to retract by default, then that's another reason content might be hidden. If you see a title with an adjacent arrowhead icon, click the icon and the block will be revealed (unless it's already revealed - in which case it will retract).
How can I find out which student has contributed to which bit of work?
- MyPortfolio Group Reports can be access via the Reports link in the Group menu (horizontal menu under the Group name). This is pretty rudimentary but gives some indication of who contributed what.
- Pages may have comments ('Feedback') from group members underneath, which will give some indication of how different members have influenced the work.
- Student Weekly logs (accounts of who did what and when). These have the advantage of encompassing offline work too.
- While the work is ongoing, TAs can ask.
How can I judge how well a group is working together?
- Asking.
- Comments ('Feedback', in MyPortfolio language) on Pages.
- If you can see cross-referencing between pages created by different students, this may be an indication that students are paying attention to each other and integrating each others' work.
- Weekly logs may reveal if students are dividing the labour equitably.
- Reports - more on these in a separate section.
What is the difference between 'Group pages' and 'Pages shared to the group'?
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Students were given guidance to copy all Pages as Group Pages - but it wasn't an explicit requirement.
What do the Reports tell me?
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- Pages shared with this group: List of all the pages that people have shared with this group.
- Shared by: Displays the author of the page.
- Members involved: Shows the group members who have commented on the pages publicly.
- Non-members involved: Schows the users who have commented on the pages publicly but are not members of the group.
- Next to each person who commented on a page is the count for the number of comments they have left on that page.
- The total count for the comments by members and non-members is displayed.
- Pages owned by this group: List of all the pages that were created within the group.
Find out more
- If what you're looking for isn't here in these Questions & Answers, let ELE know.
- Talk to ELE - the support team can be reached via 020 3549 5678 (internal: 65678) or email ele@ucl.ac.uk.
- Ask a fellow student in your group, and if no luck, ask your tutor.
- You can contact your Faculty's E-Learning Facilitator, Mira Vogel on 020 3549 5197 (internal: 65197) - but she may take longer to get back in touch than the support team above.
- Guides at the UCL MyPortfolio Resource Centre
- Mahara (the software we call MyPortfolio) has its own guides and support forums.
- Search YouTube - somebody may have recorded a screencast of what you are looking for.