Submitting your ePortfolio to your advisor
Login to https://myq.quinnipiac.edu. Click on the ePortfolio link in the upper left-hand quadrant of MyQ. There is an automatic login to the ePortfolio tool from MyQ. If you are logged out and then need to log back in, use your QU username and password to sign on.
Verifying your ePortfolio viewing permissions
STEP 1: Review your ePortfolio permissions
Select your ePortfolio from the My e-Portfolios section (top right).
Once you’ve opened your ePortfolio, click the Portfolio Tools drop down on the top right of your ePortfolio, and select Settings.
Since you will be sharing your ePortfolio with your advisor and with your FYS professor, set the permissions to “Private within Quinnipiac University” and select “Show in private school directory” and select the Undergraduate Students community from the drop down menu.
Additional Permissions: If you would like to protect your privacy and control who sees your ePortfolio, you can click the check box next to Require a password for access, and setup a password. Be sure to provide your FYS instructor and advisor with the password if you select this option.
Please note that the ePortfolio provides you with the choice of multiple permission options:
- Private to me: Viewable by you.
- Private within Quinnipiac University: Viewable by ePortfolio users at Quinnipiac University.
- Public: Viewable by anyone and searchable by Google and other search engines.
- Custom Permissions: You can allow only specific ePortfolio users to view your ePortfolio.
To give access to specific users, click on “Custom Permissions."
Please note: You can change your permission options at any time by clicking on the portfolio tools menu.
You can also enable Tagging on your ePortfolio. This will give you and other viewers the ability to tag your ePortfolio so it will appear easily in searches. It is recommended that you select Do not allow tags
If you select Do not allow tags no one can tag your ePortfolio.
If you select Allow tags by anyone that has permission to view your ePortfolio can tag pages.
Allow Comments from Registered Users
You advisor or FYS professor may choose to provide you with feedback by inserting comments on your ePortfolio. To enable this, select Allow Comments from Registered users. To keep those comments private, select Do not show comments until they have been approved OR Do not show comments to viewers.
If you have made changes to your ePortfolio settings in the areas above, click Save, otherwise click Cancel to return to your ePortfolio.
Retrieving your ePortfolio link
Copy a link to your ePortfolio
Once you have reviewed your permissions, you will need to copy a link to your ePortfolio. The link can be copied from your internet’s web address bar. You will be uploading this link in your Blackboard Advisees Organization.
Submitting your ePortfolio
STEP 1: Find your Advisees Organization in Blackboard
From MyQ, click on the Blackboard link (automatic login) or go to https://quinnipiac.blackboard.com (login with your username and password). You will find your advisees organization listed under the My Organizations section. Select the organization.
STEP 2: Submit your ePortfolio
From within your advisees organization, click the ePortfolio link in the content menu on the left.
Select the ePortfolio Submission link.
The Preview Upload Assignment screen will appear. Click the Write Submission button.
Paste your ePortfolio link copied from your internet’s web address bar into the text field.
When you are finished, click Submit. You have now submitted your ePortfolio to your advisor.
