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How confident do you feel following todays session about using or guiding students in Xello

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How confident do you feel following todays session about using or guiding students in Xello

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How confident do you feel about using or guiding students in Xello.

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Not confident – I don’t understand this and need a lot of support.

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Somewhat confident – I understand parts of it but still need help.

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 Fairly confident – I mostly understand and can do this with minimal support.

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Very confident – I fully understand and can do this independently.

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Xello Portfolios lets students easily create and share vibrant portfolios to showcase their work across subjects and reflect on what they've learned. Students can highlight the self-exploration and planning they've done in Xello and add their own artifacts, like photos, videos, and journal entries. Portfolios can be used across departments to support everything from science projects to talent profiles to work-based learning experiences and more.

Educators can easily view student portfolios and track completion across student groups to ensure requirements have been met.

How students showcase their work with Portfolios

Your students can watch a short video to learn exactly how they can use Xello Portfolios to create an organised digital collection of work. Check out the short video below:

Goals & Portfolios launch event

Xello has two new tools to help students better prepare for their futures: Goals and Portfolios! Students can now set realistic goals and create actionable to-do lists to help them stay on track towards short or long term achievements. As well as, the ability to create vibrant, shareable portfolios to showcase their work and highlight the self-exploration and planning they've done in Xello. Watch this session to learn the ins-and-outs of these features, and how you can view their work, track completion, and support them in showcasing their work and achievements through Xello.

Watch this recording to learn:

How the Portfolios and Goals tools work

Viewing and tracking your students' goals and portfolios

Key settings and functionality for Portfolio sharing

How parents and guardians explore their child's goals and portfolios

Key resources to support goal setting and portfolio building

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Students and Portfolios

Students use Xello Portfolios to create and share fully customisable displays of work - whether it's their own work, or things they've collected.

Once they've created their portfolio, they can share it as documentation of work for a job, or college scholarship, or for a digital submission requirement for certain exams. They can also use it for an assigned project, talent showcase, and more.

Note: Portfolios has replaced Storyboard. Students can access any resources or media they had previously saved in their Storyboard by visiting Portfolios.

Students access Portfolios from their dashboard in Xello.

Before they begin, if they're looking for inspiration, they can check out Xello's sample portfolios by clicking See sample portfolios. From here, they can watch a quick, informative video and view a variety of detailed portfolio samples. Examples include school projects, career skills, college applications, creative and work experience.

They build out their portfolio by creating sections and adding media to each section. The media they're able to add can be their own text or reflection, external media such as videos or webpages, or even other Xello work they've completed. For external media, students can upload files up to 1 GB and have a total of 200 GB total storage.

Once they've built out their portfolio and are ready to share with others, they can toggle the Share portfolio button, copy the link and share it with their educators, college admissions office, and more. They're able to turn off the shareable toggle at any point. Anyone they've shared the portfolio with will no longer be able to view it.

Note: Portfolio sharing must be enabled by the educator for students to access the Share portfolio link. See Shareable portfolios for more information.

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Educators and Portfolios

In your educator account, view a student's portfolio, and run reports.

View a student's portfolio

You can check out a student's portfolio by viewing their profile.

To view a student's portfolio:

1. In the search bar located at the top of any page in your educator account, enter the student's name or ID.

Tip: Alternatively, from the left menu, click Students and select Student list to browse the full list of students.

2. Click on the student's name. The About student tab of their profile opens.

3. Click on the Portfolios tab.

4. Click on a portfolio title to open and view the student's completed portfolio.

5. To turn on or off sharing, flip the Sharing allowed toggle.

Note: This toggle will not show if shareable portfolios are disabled at the school or region level.

Run a report on student portfolios

To run a report on students' Portfolios:

1. From your educator account, click Reports and select Student work.

2. Scroll down to view the Portfolios card.

3. To view which students have completed a portfolio, click on the percentage total and link called Students with portfolio.

4. Use the Data options or the Filters to narrow the table. Click on a student name to open that student's profile so you can view their portfolio.

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Delivering Portfolios in the classroom

Check out this resource to help you implement the Portfolios feature in the classroom face-to-face, online, or in a blended learning environment.

Xello activity lesson plan

The My portfolios lesson will help you successfully introduce the Portfolios feature to your students. Get your students ready to create their own unique portfolios with discussion prompts, reflection activities, and teaching strategies.

This standalone lesson will take about 50-60 minutes and includes:

Inquiry prompts

Tips for preparing to teach the lesson

Teaching strategies

Step-by-step guidance in how to create a portfolio in Xello

Activity Lesson Plan

Activity Lesson Plan My portfolios

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Educator * 5 minutes * Learn how Xello Portfolios lets students easily create and share vibrant portfolios to showcase their work across subjects and reflecton on what they've learned. Learn how educators can view student portfolios and track completion.

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Do you have any further suggestions or comments on todays session on Xello?

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Do you have any further suggestions or comments on todays session on Xello?

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Educator • 3 minutes • Learn how students use Goals to plan for life.

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What other career related topics or training would you like this year?

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What other career related topics or training would you like this year?