Portfolium is an online portfolio system that allows students to archive examples
of their academic work and experiences in college. Work samples such as papers, presentations,
projects, audio & video files, sketches, designs, essays, photos galleries, etc. all
make great contributions to a Portfolium account. We call these things “artifacts”
of learning. Portfolium functions like a cross between a social media platform and
an archive of artifacts, so that students can make their identity, knowledge, and
skills visible to any audience they choose, including employers, graduate schools,
peers, and faculty and staff.
Why have an ePortfolio as a student?
Creating a digital portfolio is way to take responsibility for your learning and showcase
that learning for others. An ePortfolio allows you to organize, document, and display
your most significant learning experiences all in one digital space. The reflective
learning process of creating and building a portfolio over time deepens your learning
AND yields a dynamic product that makes your learning visible to any audience online.
Once you build a solid portfolio with examples of your best work and experiences,
you essentially have a website that is dedicated to your learning in college. You
are able to then send links to your portfolio to anyone who might be interested in
seeing it — prospective employers, for instance.
Support, Resources, and Tutorials
Invitations to create a Portfolium account are delivered via email to new members
of the Queens community, and can also be created using Queens login credentials at
queens.portfolium.com.
For questions regarding login, usage, tips, coaching sessions, etc., email the Queens
Portfolium team at portfoliumcoaching@queens.edu.
Below you will find short video tutorials on how to navigate Portfolium as it is used
at Queens.
A team of Queens students serve as Portfolium coaches. Our coaches have expertise
related to using Portfolium as a platform, and they have a deep understanding of the
theory and philosophy behind why ePortfolios are such valuable tools. Coaching sessions
can be scheduled in 20 minute timeslots with one of our coaches. Our coaches are also
available for class and group presentations to onboard their peers and orient them
to why and how to use Portfolium.
To set up a coaching appointment with one of our Portfolium Coaches, please click here. Once there, choose “Portfolium Coaches” from the dropdown menu and select an available
time.
I am Ngoc Le, you guys can call me Le. I am a Queens sophomore, majoring in nursing.
I'm originally from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and I'm a proud First Gen student!
I'm definitely a hugger and I love to hang out with family/friends during my free
time. Some words that would describe me are optimistic, upbeat, and team player.
I'm Calli Romig-Koch and I'm currently pursuing a degree in Interior Architecture
and Design with a minor in Professional Writing and Rhetoric. Between that and my
background education in Nurse Assisting, I imagine a world of spaces designed to heal
through experience. In my free time, I enjoy photography, hiking, and gardening.
Hello! My name is Erin Tyler and I am a sophomore nursing student. I’m from Apex,
North Carolina, which is right outside of Raleigh and Chapel Hill. Back home my family
has two corgis and two cats. An interesting fact about me is that I am SCUBA certified.
This is my first year as a Portfolium coach and I’m super excited!
Students get their accounts when they enter as first-year students. Traditional first-year
students take a course called Roadmap in their first semester, during which they learn about the many resources at Queens
and ways of thinking that lead to success in college. Students in Roadmap learn about
Portfolium early in the semester and become increasingly familiar with how to use
and navigate the tool throughout the semester.
Yes, students retain access to their Portfolium accounts after they graduate. As
long as they keep their Queens email address, they can use it to log in to Portfolium.
Once a graduate no longer wishes to use their Queens email account, they can go into
Settings and change the email address and password associated with the account.
Students determine the privacy settings on their Portfolium account. Students have
many privacy options: private, visible to members of the Queens community, visible
to certain people only, and publicly viewable on the web to anyone. Other options
also exist, such as making only certain parts of the portfolio visible. The many
options give students flexibility in whether, how, and by whom their portfolio is
seen.
The difference between Portfolium and Linkedin is similar to the difference between
someone’s personal website and their Linkedin page—one (Portfolium) is a deep drill-down
into identity, products, examples, experiences, stories, etc. and the other (Linkedin)
is a site that facilitates professional connections, networking, and job searches.
Both are valuable, but they serve different purposes. Students can link back and
forth between the two platforms by placing a link to the other platform on the homepage
of each site. That way, traffic is generated between the two platforms. For more
insight into this question, visit our friends at the Vandiver Center for Career Development.
The simplest way for a student to get someone to look at their portfolio is to send
them a link. Students can do this by embedding a hyperlink in a cover letter or otherwise
directing someone to the web address of their portfolio. Many jobsites have a field
for a web address. Students can manage what’s visible on their portfolio (or whether
it’s visible at all) in the manner described above.
The fact is that any ideas or products that can be found in a public domain can potentially
be taken by someone else. However, this possibility can be addressed by converting
all important papers, documents, etc. to PDF format to ensure that it cannot simply
be copied. This is a relatively simple step that can make plagiarism much more difficult.
