Parent e-portfolio Survey

Please take a moment to answer the folllowing questions based on your child's e-porfolio.
Name (optional): 


  1. What grade level is your child in school?
    Senior
    Junior
    Sophomore
    Freshman


  1. Had you heard of your child's e-portfolio before receiving a letter informing you of it?
    Yes
    No
    Possibly but not sure.


  1. Have you logged in to your child's e-portfolio before over the course of the 2007-08 school year?
    Yes
    No


  1. On your child's title page (the opening page of his/her e-porfolio), are you able to find particular documents attached to specific buttons/text?
    Yes
    Yes, but with some difficulty
    No


  1. Please describe the navigability of Blackboard's e-portfolio (Note: you are not assessing your child's work, just the interface of Blackboard and its e-portfolio software)
    Very easy to use. No problems surfing the site were incurred.
    Somewhat easy. I had to stop a few times along the way to navigate the site.
    Somewhat difficult. I had more problems than expected perusing the site.
    Extremely difficult. Numerous problems made it difficult for me to navigate the site.


  1. List any of the following you found in your child's e-portfolio:
    Note: if you are only allowed to choose one area from your computer during this survey, please choose the area that you see most often.
    Title page with buttons/text used to categorize subject areas
    Word documents
    PowerPoint documents
    Audio files
    Video files
    Pictures of your child's work (e.g. art work)
    Teacher assessments/evaluations
    Documents where your child argues/explains how his/her work meets a particular standard


  1. While remembering that this portfolio is still "a work in progress," do you see your child's e-portfolio as related to classroom curriculum?
    Yes, most definitely.
    Yes, but there are still some areas I don't quite follow or understand the curriculum relationship.
    No, I see no relationship whatsoever.
    No, because I am not familiar with the classroom curriculum.


  1. Do you see yourself regularly visiting your child's e-portfolio over the course of the spring semester 2008?
    Yes, regularly.
    Yes, but not regularly.
    No
    No, because my child's class was only one semester long.


  1. Please feel free to add any questions comments regarding your child's e-portfolio. All questions will be addressed in a timely manner, and all comments will be recorded for data representation of this e-portfolio pilot program.
Tanis Loudon