Exporting Items from ePortfolio

ePortfolio is a useful tool within VU Collaborate for showcasing your hard work and achievements. This guide will show you how to export items from ePortfolio onto a computer so that it can be stored, shared or used externally.

This guide covers the following topics, use these links for easier navigation:

• Navigation through VU Collaborate
• Exporting ePortfolio Items
• Exporting Selected ePortfolio Items
• Download the Export onto Your Hard Drive
• Exporting ePortfolio Presentations to HTML
• Changes to Presentation Properties during HTML Export

Navigate through VU Collaborate 

1. From your VU Collaborate home page, navigate to a unit space located in My Spaces.

2. Select Toolbox from the Navbar in the Learning Space and then select My ePortfolio.

3. Select My Items.

4. Select More Actions. Select Go to Import / Export Page.

5. Select Export.

6. If you want to export your entire ePortfolio, select All Items.

Note: If you would only like to export selected items within your ePortfolio, click here.

7. Scroll through the list of items that are being exported.

8. When you are satisfied, click on Export. 

Tip: If there are just a few items that you would not like to include in your export, you can deselect them by clicking on the corresponding items.

9. A new page will display informing you that your export is in progress.

Note: Scroll down to Export onto your Hard Drive for detail on how to locate the exported file on your hard drive

10. Click Done.

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Export Selected Items

1. To export selected items from your ePortfolio, from the Import/Export page, click Selected Items. To navigate to the Import/Export page follow steps 1-5.

2. From the page that appears, click Add Items.

3. Scroll through the list of items within the pop-up that appears or you can use the search bar to look for a specific item.

4. Tick the relevant items you would like to export.

5. Once you are satisfied that you have selected all of the items you would like to export, click Add.

6. You will be presented with the list of items you selected. Double-check that your list of exports is correct.

7. Click Export once you are satisfied.

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Download the Export onto Your Hard Drive 

1. Back on the Import/Export page, you will now see your exports available for download. To navigate to the Import/Export page view Steps 1-5 in Exporting ePortfolio items.

2. Click on the download link under the relevant export. 

Note: If you do not see any exports available for download, please wait a few minutes and refresh your page, as it sometimes takes a little while for exports to be processed.

• If you are using Google Chrome as your browser, your download may appear in the bottom left-hand side of your screen.
• Alternatively, you should be able to locate your export in your downloads folder on your hard drive.

Tip: For instructions on how to import content back into ePortfolio please see this guide. 

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Exporting ePortfolio Presentations to HTML

If you have the appropriate permissions, you can export presentations to HTML format directly from a presentation's context menu.

Exporting your presentation to HTML format enables you to keep a copy of your presentation in a viewable format external to the system. This is useful if you change institutions and you don't want to lose your work. Once you export your presentation to HTML, you can host it externally on your own website or save it on your computer to view offline.

Note:  You cannot import an HTML presentation back into ePortfolio. 

1. Navigate to the ePortfolio page by entering a unit, then select Toolbox then select My ePortfolio from the navigation bar.

2. Select on My Items then click on the Presentation you would like to export. 

3.  Export on by clicking on the drop-down menu next to the presentation you want to export.

4. Choose Export and click on the Automatically include associated items checkbox. Click Export.

5. Click the link for your export file when the file packaging is complete.

Tip: If you want to navigate away from this page or close the window, you can retrieve your export package from the Import/Export area in the Recent Import/Export Activity list. Then save the export file to your computer or storage device.

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Changes to Presentation Properties during HTML Export 

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