ePortfolio-related Tools

(listed in alphabetical order)

Disclaimer: Please note that the purpose of this list is to provide a comprehensive overview of available ePortfolio-related tools (the definition of what is an ePortfolio is broadly defined).  EPAC does not advocate nor support any specific ePortfolio tool and inclusion in this list should not be considered an endorsement.  This initial list was compiled from existing resources and we welcome any and all suggestions from the EPAC community.

• Adobe ePortfolio: http://www.adobe.com/education/pdf/acrobat-eportfolios-wp.pdf
  • see also: http://blogs.adobe.com/educationleaders/2008/06/eportfolios_with_acrobat_9.html
• ANGEL ePortfolio: http://www.angellearning.com/products/eportfolio/
• Blackboard ePortfolio: http://www.blackboard.com/products/academic_suite/portfolio
• Blogs, for example: WordPress: http://wordpress.com/
• Careers Wales.com: https://www.careerswales.com/progressfile/default.asp
• Chalk & Wire: http://www.chalkandwire.com/
• Concord Masterfile Digital library and Scioware ePortfolio: http://www.concord-usa.com/masterfile.htm and http://www.concord-usa.com/scioware.htm
• Desire2Learn ePortfolio: http://www.desire2learn.com/eportfolio/
• Digication: http://www.digication.com/
• Drupal (open source content management platform): http://drupal.org/
  • see also: http://smokinggoat.wordpress.com/category/eportfolio/ and http://www.funnymonkey.com/come-and-get-it
• EduSpaces: http://eduspaces.net/
• eFolio Minnesota: http://www.efoliominnesota.com/
  • see also: Avenet efolio: http://www.avenetefolio.com/
• ELGG: http://elgg.org/; NOTE: ELGG is more of a social networking environment now than an ePortfolio.
• ePearl: http://grover.concordia.ca/epearl/en/epearl.html
• ePortaro Folio: http://www.eportaro.com/; NOTE: it's unclear whether ePortaro is still operating in this field since their last news posting on their website is from 2006.
• ePortfolio.org: http://www.eportfolio.org/
• Epsilen: http://www.epsilen.com/LandingSite/Home.aspx
• FolioLive: http://www.foliolive.com/
• FolioTek: http://www.foliotek.com/
• GoogleApps for Education: http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/index.html
• Ingeniux CMS: http://www.ingeniux.com/
  • see also: http://www.eife-l.org/publications/eportfoliosolutions/ingeniux
• Interfolio: http://www.interfolio.com/
• Johns Hopkins Digital Portfolio: http://olms.cte.jhu.edu/olms/output/page.php?id=2845
• KEEP Tookit: http://www.cfkeep.org/static/index.html; NOTE: The KEEP Toolkit may not be supported by Carnegie after this year
• LiveText: https://www.livetext.com/
• Mahara: http://mahara.org/
• MAPS Managed ePortfolios: http://www.taglearning.com/productdetails/MAPS+Managed+ePortfolios.html
• Maricopa Colleges ePortfolio: http://eport.maricopa.edu/
• Microsoft SharePoint: http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/default.mspx
  • see also: http://www.microsoft.com/education/highered/whitepapers/classroom/OutOfTheClassroom.aspx
• MooFolio: http://www.k12opensource.org/spdc/moofolio/moofolio.html
• My eCoach: http://my-ecoach.com/">http://my-ecoach.com/
• nuVentive's TracDat: http://www.nuventive.com/products_tracdat.html
• nuVentive;s iWebfolio: http://www.nuventive.com/products_iwebfolio.html
• Open Source Portfolio (OSP): http://osportfolio.org/
• PebblePad: http://www.pebblelearning.co.uk/
• Plone (open source content management platform): http://plone.org/
  • see also: http://electronicportfolios.org/wordpress/index.php?p=26
• ProtoPage: http://www.protopage.com/
• Pupil Pages: http://www.pupilpages.com/
• Richer Picture: http://www.richerpicture.com/
• Segue (curricular content management system from Middlebury): https://seguecommunity.middlebury.edu/view/html/site/afranco-nercomp_eportfolios_2008/node/68224
• TaskStream: https://www.taskstream.com/pub/
• ThinkQuest: http://www.thinkquest.org/en/
• TrueOutcomes: http://www.trueoutcomes.com/; NOTE: need to investigate whether TrueOutcomes is still operating
• UserLand's Manila: http://manila.userland.com/
• University of Washington's Portfolio and Portfolio Project Builder (part of Catalyst Web Tools): http://catalyst.washington.edu/web_tools/portfolio.html and http://catalyst.washington.edu/web_tools/projectbuilder.html (only available to UW community)
• hosted web services such as: Geocities: http://geocities.yahoo.com/; Google Sites: http://www.google.com/sites/overview.html; Tripod: http://www.tripod.lycos.com/
• Wikis, for example: PBWiki: http://pbwiki.com/; Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers 

Resources:

Helen Barrett's Categories of ePortfolio Tools:

http://www.electronicportfolios.com/categories.html

EIfEL ePortfolio Solutions Center

http://www.eife-l.org/publications/eportfoliosolutions

EduTools ePortfolio Review (also includes criteria for evaluation ePortfolio tools)

http://eportfolio.edutools.info/static.jsp?pj=16&page=HOME

Richardson, HC and Ward, R. (2005) Developing and Implementing a Methodology for Reviewing E-portfolio Products: version 1.0 [Online] JISC. Available from: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/epfr.doc [accessed 14.11.06]

http://personaldevelopmentplanning.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-good-are-free-e-portfolio-solutions.html