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Instruction Modules

Portfolio Owner Guidance QuickStart

Portfolio Reviewer Guidance QuickStart

"Show Me" Tutorials* Print Handouts*
eDoc Overview eDoc Overview (288 KB PDF)
Logging In to the iState Portal Logging In Handout (747 KB PDF)
Creating a Portfolio Creating a Portfolio Handout (611 KB PDF)
Managing your File Repository Managing Files Handout (4.1 MB PDF)
Using the HTML Editor HTML Editor Handout (3.7 MB PDF)
Editing Biographical Information Editing Biographical Info Handout (2.0 MB PDF)
Linking Reflections and Artifacts Linking Handout (2.2 MB PDF)
Sharing a Portfolio Sharing Handout (1.9 MB PDF)
Viewing a Shared Portfolio Viewing Handout (1.6 MB PDF)

*Notes on Instruction Modules

Note that the Show Me (animated) files are Flash files, and the Handout files are PDFs .

- To view the Handout files, you will need Adobe Reader.

- To view the Show Me files, you will need Macromedia Flash Player.

Navigation Bar for "Show Me" filesYou may use the navigation bar that appears at the bottom of each screen to go forward, backward, pause, and exit when stepping through the Show Me files.

Examples of Theme-specific Instructions

Educational Leadership PreLEAD instructions

Food Science and Human Nutrition (FSHN) instructions

CIT Annual Review instructions (coming soon)

Browser Recommendations

eDoc is optimized for Firefox, but you can use any browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape, AOL, Firefox, Mozilla.  In general, if you are having a problem with one browser, try another one.  We recommend that you do not use IE with Macs. 

To learn more about electronic portfolios or to develop an eDoc theme for your department:

Contact Lesya Hassall or Rex Heer (eportfolio@iastate.edu; 515-294-6072) in the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT).