Guidelines for using portfolio-based learning

We have developed these guiding principles to help you plan your portfolio-based learning and teaching strategies, using Portfolium as your digital platform tool. 

An individual’s portfolio in Portfolium consists of a profile and multiple projects which can be set to a public and/or private audience.  To leverage its affordances, a portfolio should be:  

1. Designed to allow for the narration of a personal learning journey towards a professional identity: a portfolio is the domain of its owner. They should be empowered to show their journey towards contributing to their professional communities. 
2. Designed for reflexivity: a portfolio should allow its owner to demonstrate their reflexivity.  A reflexive individual considers how their experiences, values and perspectives, as well as their interaction with others, shape their professional identity, over time. 
3. A carefully curated collection of artefacts, to showcase the work of students.  Artefacts refer to the items an individual has chosen to evidence the progress of their knowledge and skills, as well as items which reflect their professional values, beliefs and ethics.   

We recommend that formative and/or summative tasks guiding students towards the development of their portfolio for Portfolium should reflect the faculty graduate attributes. These tasks should also be designed with equity, inclusivity, and diversity in mind.  

As Portfolium is a public platform that allows users to upload and share artefacts online, it is important for you to be aware of the UTS Portfolium Terms of Use, and ensure that your students understand these as well. 

Portfolium can be used for:

• Creating a digital portfolio of original work 
• Displaying resumes
• Recording personal reflective learning 
• Showcasing achievements and published research 
• Making connections with UTS students and staff

Portfolium should not be used for:

• Sharing of assessment work for purposes that may constitute academic misconduct such as plagiarism or collusion 
• Sharing of private or sensitive information (for example private health records or confidential information)
• Sharing of intellectual property, including copyrighted materials, that do not belong to you 
• Bullying or abuse of others

The relevant UTS polices which govern the use of Portfolium are:

• Student Rules
• Code of Conduct
• Student Rights and Responsibilities Policy
• Intellectual Property Policy 
• Equity, Inclusion and Respect Policy