How to grant viewing access of a student ePortfolio to instructors after the student is enrolled in a course or community
The first step is the instructor has created a course.
These instructions are for granting viewing, editing, publishing or administrative access to ePortfolios that are already enrolled in an ePortfolio course or community. Students may enroll in a course or community if the facutly has specified in the enrolling settings that students may enroll in the course/community.
1) After logging into your ePortfolio, click 'Portfolio Tools' on the top right corner of the page (pictured below)
2) After clicking 'Portfolio Tools', click 'Settings'
3) Under Permissions, choose either Private within Stony Brook University or Public (Do NOT set as Private).
4) An Additional Permissions box will appear. Type the course number or name of the course into the search field.
5) You may change the permissions of the faculty and students. Leave students as viewers. If you change faculty to be administrators, they will receive notifications of comments that are left on your eportfolio. Most faculty ask to be set to "viewer."
6) After the course or community has been added and permision settings are correct, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click 'Save' on the bottom left (pictured below).
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7) To see what adding your ePortfolio to the course accomplishes, click on 'Courses' on the top.
8) Select the course.
9) Click on the category 'ePortfolios.' You should be able to view your ePortfolio added to the course.
