The Digication Environment Creating a Section Adding and Editing Sections Changing the Order of Sections Adding Pages to a Section Adding Modules 4 Editing a Rich Text Module Publishing a Module Adding Media (Picture, Audio, Video, and PDF) Adding Media from the web (Videos)
The Digication Editing Environment When you log into your Digication account, click on your e-portfolio under My e-portfolios section Then, you will reach a page that looks something like the one below Here are some of the important parts you need to be familiar with to edit your e- Portfolio When you log in and view your portfolio, you first see it in Edit Mode, it displays all your editing options for adding Sections, Pages and Modules This shows you the different sections in your e-portfolio and allows you to navigate through them Think of sections as a tool to organize your e-portfolio content This tab allows you to preview what your page will look like once it is published This tab shows you what your live e- Portfolio currently looks like This button allows you to add additional modules to this page The different types of modules available are Media Gallery, Rich Text, and Image/Video/Audio This shows you the pages within this section You can have as many pages as you want within each section The page you are editing will be underlined The Center for Instruction and Technology Last updated: September 4, 05
Creating a Section Before adding content to your e-portfolio, plan the structure of it Also, remember that you can create more than one e-portfolio with your account, so you do not need to fit all your projects or content into one e-portfolio What sections would best represent the work, information, topics, or achievements that you will present in your e-portfolio? Within each section, what pages will you need to organize your content? You can modify these sections and pages later, but you need an initial structure to get started Adding and Editing Sections To add or edit your e-portfolio sections, make sure you are viewing your e-portfolio in Edit Mode Then click the Add/Edit tab To add a new section, click on button at the right on the Add/Edit tab Changing the order of sections You can change the order of sections by dragging and dropping a section to a new place in the sequence A red dotted line indicates the area where it may be dropped Adding Pages to a Section Make sure the Edit tab is highlighted In the View Sections area, click the section to which you want to add pages In the following example, the section About Me was selected In the View Pages area, click Add/Edit tab 4 To add a new page, click the Add Page button at the right 4 The Center for Instruction and Technology Last updated: September 4, 05
5 Enter the page name, and click the Save button 5 Adding Modules To add and edit content within your e-portfolio, you must be in Edit mode Select a section and a page within your e-portfolio for which you want to add or edit content The basic building block of structuring a page is a Module Modules define what kind of content can be added and also the layout of this content within the page You can add multiple modules to a page for flexibility in how you customize the presentation of your work There are several types of Modules from which to choose: Image/Video/Audio Module The Image/Video/Audio module enables you to display a single large piece of media, such as a movie, image, or an audio file Rich Text Module The Rich Text module provides a rich text area that can contain formatted text and display links, files, and images in-line Gallery Module The Gallery module gives you the flexibility of presenting multiple images on a page, using thumbnails or simple numbering across the page to link to large images Each image has a rich text caption field as well Contact Form Module For added security and to avoid unsolicited e-mails, the Contact Form module enables you to be contacted through your e-portfolio by email without publishing your email address You can choose multiple modules for each page you create The variety of layouts enable you to choose ones that will best present your work Let s take a look at the Rick Text Module to see how we edit a Module in Digication The Center for Instruction and Technology Last updated: September 4, 05 4
To add and edit content within your e- Portfolio, you must be in Edit mode Editing a Module, eg Rich Text Module The section you are editing is underlined The page you are editing is underlined This section shows you the pages within this section Click on the subpages to navigate to them for editing When you are on the edit tab you can edit any of the text in the window just like you would in Microsoft Word Select this button to start editing Once published, the module will be added to this page Make sure you save your edits If you don t, you won t be able to publish them! These buttons allow you to insert photos and documents These buttons allow you to edit your table If you don t know what something does, hold your mouse pointer over it for a few seconds and a yellow box will pop up naming the button The Center for Instruction and Technology Last updated: September 4, 05 5
Publishing a Module, eg Rich Text Module Once you are done editing the content of your Module You will have to publish it in order to be visible to others when they visit your e- Portfolio Don t forget to Save first, otherwise you will not be able to publish the module When you have unpublished changes you will get a red draft message on your preview tab Click on the publish tab to publish your edits When you re ready to publish click on the big green Publish Changes button The Center for Instruction and Technology Last updated: September 4, 05 6
Adding Media (Picture, Audio, Video, and PDF) Click the Add a Module option Choose Image, Video Audio under the Basic section of the menu Then click Add this Module 4 On the Edit tab of the module, click on the Replace the Media option A new window will appear 4 5 Click Choose a File, locate the image you would like to add to the page, click Ok You can upload the following media files: - Images in bmp, gif, jpeg, jpg, png, tif, and tiff formats - Audio files such as mp and wav - Video in avi, flv, mov, mp4, mpg, mpg, swf, wmv file for formats - PDF files 6 In this same window you have option of uploading Media from the web 5 Adding Media from the Web (Videos) To add media from the web, you will use the same Media module and click on Replace This Media A window displays options to upload media from your computer or from the Web Click the Media from Web tab In the URL field, enter the URL (web address) of the video file Click the Done button at the bottom of the screen to add the video to the module The Center for Instruction and Technology Last updated: September 4, 05 7