Tools

toc There are many different tools available to use for e-portfolios. Making the choice depends on a wide variety of factors including the role of the e-portfolios, school and teacher expectations, school IT infrastructure and school wide vision. The list below is by no means complete and just offers some of the more popular options available. = = =__Blogs__=

WordPress
Internal [|What is WordPress?] [|New to WordPress?]
 * WordPress** is an [|open source] [|CMS], often used as a [|blog publishing application] powered by [|PHP] and [|MySQL]. It has many features including a plugin architecture and a templating system. Used by over 2% of the 10,000 biggest websites, WordPress is the most popular blog software in use today.[| Wikipedia]

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Weebly
Web based = = Weebly is an online website creator. Within the website you are also allowed to host multiple blogs. Weebly has an educators version which allows you to set up a classs of students under your name. They now have a whole school solution. A PDF with further details has been added below. []

Google Apps
Web based Google Apps for Education domain [|Get Apps for your school] [|A wiki on how to use googleapps for e-portfolios]

=__Wiki__= A **wiki** ( [|/] [|ˈ][|w][|ɪ][|k][|i] [|/]  [|// WIK -ee//] ) is a [|website] that allows the easy[|[1]] creation and editing of any number of [|interlinked] [|web pages] via a [|web browser] using a simplified [|markup language] or a [|WYSIWYG] text editor.[|[2]][|[3]] Wikis are typically powered by [|wiki software] and are often used to create collaborative websites, to power community websites, for personal [|note taking], in corporate [|intranets], and in [|knowledge management] systems. [|Wikipedia]

WikiSpaces
Web based [|Wikispaces for educators] [|Wikispaces private label for a school]

=__LMS__= A **learning management system** (commonly abbreviated as **LMS**) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, and reporting of training programs, classroom and online events, e-learning programs, and training content.[|Wikipedia]

StudyWiz
Studywiz []

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[|Elgg]
Internal
 * Elgg** is [|open source] [|social networking] software that provides individuals and organizations with the components needed to create an online social environment. It offers [|blogging], microblogging, file creation and sharing, networking, groups, news collection using [|feeds] aggregation and a number of other features.

=__E-portfolios__= =[|Mahara]= Mahara is an open source e-portfolio system with a flexible display framework. Mahara, meaning 'think' or 'thought' in [|Te Reo Māori], is user centred environment with a permissions framework that enables different views of an e-portfolio to be easily managed. Mahara also features a weblog, resume builder and social networking system, connecting users and creating online learner communities.

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iWeb
[| http://www.digication.com/]

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=Inquiries= What is a robust platform? Internal vs external? Technology support Ease of use Integration into other systems Cost