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Education Leadership & Administration

Portfolio Instructional Guide

**Please view the instructional guide as a slideshow**

Three important steps:1. Once you have created your portfolio in Taskstream, do

not forget to PUBLISH to the web. Slides 19 thru 22.2. Include your portfolio web address & password (if

specified) before submitting work to your instructor. Slides 28 & 29.

3. Submit Work! Slides 30 thru 32.

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Single Sign On via GWeb Info System for Students

Click gweb info system

From the webpage my.gwu.edu

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Enter your GWID and PIN

Then click Login

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Click the Student Records and Registration Menu Tab

Welcome to the WWW Information System! Last web access on 10/02/12 at 03:59 pm

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Click the TaskStream link

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Click the LAT by TaskStream link … if an additional slide opens after clicking this link, please select the

LAT platform

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Please read the TaskStream User Agreement and click “Accept” to continue

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Taskstream Homepage

In order to begin working on an Electronic Portfolio, click the “Folios & Web Pages” tab

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Accessing the ELA Internship Portfolio Template

In the New Folio or Web Page Name field, enter a name.

Click Create New.

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Selecting a Custom Template:

Select the ‘Custom Templates’ Category. Then select the Education Leadership and

Administration Internship Portfolio template. Click Continue.

Select the ‘Custom Templates’ Category. Then

select the Educational Leadership and

Administration Internship Portfolio template. Click

Continue.

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Choosing a Portfolio Theme:

Browse and select a Taskstream Theme from the

various options provided under the Style tab

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Choosing a Portfolio Layout:

Under Choose a Layout, click Vertical or Horizontal

to select the navigation layout.

Click Preview to view your new layout

When you are done choosing a layout and

previewing your portfolio, click Apply to begin editing

content or Cancel to select a different theme

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Internship Portfolio Overview:

In the left panel, with the use of add, delete, move, and copy buttons, you can edit the page structure of

your portfolio.

You are now in the Edit Content

tab

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Adding Content:

From the Add toolbar, you can choose to add Text & Image,

Slideshow, Main Text, Attachments, Standards, Videos, and Links.

To add content, select a section

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Adding Text & Image:

To Add Text, begin typing in this area. Click Save and Return when done.

To upload an image from your desktop, click Browse to locate

the file you want to attach.

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Adding an Attachment or a Video:

To upload a Video saved on our desktop, click on

Browse to locate the video you want to attach.

When done uploading,

click on Save and Return

To add an attachment, click on Upload from Computer

to upload a file.

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Adding Web Links:

To Add New Web Link - Name the link and paste the web address. To test the

link, click on the Test button. You can also add a link to an existing

page within your portfolio by selecting a page from the drop down menu.

Click on Save and Return

Click on Add Link when done

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Overview of uploaded attachments, text & image and web link section

Once you have uploaded attachments for all the categories, you can click on Web View to see

what your portfolio looks like before Publishing to the web.

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Publish your Portfolio!Publish your folio or web page to the Internet via a

customized web address that you create. You can limit access by creating a password.

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Publish your Portfolio to the Web

Click on the Publish/Share

tab

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Publish Options:

Create a Customized Web Address and Password Protect your Portfolio. Click

Publish when done.

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Published!*Note - any changes you make to your Portfolio, once published, will automatically update the published

version online.

To change options or unpublish, click these links.

**Remember to include your Portfolio url and

password when submitting your portfolio

to your instructor.

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Once you have created your ELA Internship Portfolio, it will be listed under the Folios & Web Pages Tab

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How to Add your Web Folio as an assignment in Taskstream

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Taskstream Homepage

Click on the ELA Folio link to access your assessments

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Attaching your Web Folio

Select the Ed Admin Assessment 5A link

And then…

From the tool bar below, select the Attachments button

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Select - Add an artifact created in Taskstream

Select - Web Folios from the first drop down

menu

From the second drop down menuselect the title of Your Web Folio

And then Click on Save and Return

Adding an artifact created in Taskstream

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To paste your portfolio url, click on Text &

Image

Adding your Published Portfolio Web Address

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Published Portfolio Url & Password*Including the url for your published portfolio will allow the instructor (once you have submitted work) to click on the link and

view your portfolio.

Paste your published portfolio url and password.

Click Save and Return

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LAST STEP:Submit Your Work!

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**Submit Work**

Once you have attached your portfolio and included the portfolio url, you must click on the Submit Work

button.

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Submitting Work Confirmation

A screen will pop up asking if you are sure you want to submit your work for

evaluation

Click Yes-Submit My Work when done

CONGRATULATIONS!!

YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SUBMITTED YOUR WORK

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Appendix 1Students have 3 Publishing and Sharing Options once

the Internship Portfolio has been submitted for evaluation:

Create a Printable PDFEmail your Web Folio

Publish to Web (with password protection)

The following six slides provide step-by-step instructions on how to publish and share your portfolio.

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3 Publishing and Sharing Options:

You can Create a Printable PDF or

Email your Web Folio.

Or you can Publish to the web.

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Creating a Printable PDF:

Decide whether you want a

Title Page and a Table of Contents.

Then click Continue.

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Creating a PDF:

This window will open. If you are sure this is the PDF you

want to create, click Ok.

The PDF will open in a new window that you can save

and then send or print.

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Emailing your Web Folio:

To email your Portfolio to a TaskStream subscriber, Select Recipients and set your edit permissions.

To email your Portfolio to an external email address, enter address, customize the web address and decide whether you want to password protected your Portfolio.

When done, click Send Message.

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Publishing to the Web:

Create a Customized Web Address and Password Protect your Portfolio. Click

Publish when done.

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Published!

To change options or unpublish, click these links.

*Note that any changes you make to your Portfolio, once published,

will automatically update the published version online.

You can share your Portfolio with Social

Networks.

THANK YOU!For additional assistance, feel free to contact:

TaskStream’s Mentoring Services department by calling 1-800-311-5656 or email help@taskstream.com

Or the GSEHD TaskStream Administrators, Leslie J. Ward, Ed.D., and Ellen Wanjiru by calling 202-994-0359 or emailing oppats@gwu.edu

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