We now have some considerable experience of getting people started with PebblePad in face-to-face situations but we have continued to struggle to help people who just want to browse a demo account. The problem that browsers face is that PebblePad doesn't demand anything of them; it doesn't work you through a 'building your portfolio' wizard. You have to enter the system with a purpose, whether that is to write an action plan, upload some scanned certificates or start 'storying' your experiences in a webfolio. I would suggest that you think about what you want to do and then go and see how to do it in PebblePad.

To help get you started there are lots of materials on the PebblePad website including this Getting Started tipsheet. When you are working in PebblePad you can click on the ? icon in the bottom right of the screen to access help at any time.

More Resources

I have used this page to offer a few resources that colleagues might find helpful. The first is actually a link to the work-in-progress of my very enthusiastic colleague Julie Hughes who is likely to ePort herself into an early grave such is the effort, enthusiasm and energy she is committing to the eportfolio revolution. Contact Julie for further information about her work and the work of her students.

Here is a very short paper I wrote about how ePortfolios were becoming personal spaces for learning. This is a short paper that describes the design of PebblePad and this is the accompanying presentation.

You have probably accessed this WebFolio through your PebblePad account which itself is accessed from the PebblePad home page. If so you’ll already know about the sample movies available here.

I hope you’ve found this interesting and helpful. It is now part of your personal asset store and you can decide whether to keep all or part of it. You can add to it or duplicate it and customise different versions. Or, you could be really adventurous and start writing your own story.

I’d really like to hear some feedback from you so please feel free to email me.