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# Portfolio

The portfolio tool lets learners collect and showcase their work throughout the course. It serves as a digital portfolio where learners can compile their best work, reflections, and achievements.

## How Portfolios Work

Each learner has a personal portfolio within the course where they can:

* **Add items** — Write text entries with the rich-text editor and attach one or more files to each item
* **Organize content** — Tag items so they can be filtered by topic
* **Share selectively** — Set the visibility of each item: hidden, visible to the course, hidden except for the teacher, or shared with selected users when advanced sharing is enabled

## As a Teacher

You can use portfolios for:

* **Reflective learning** — Ask learners to maintain a portfolio of reflections on their learning journey
* **Competency demonstration** — Have learners collect evidence of skills and knowledge
* **Assessment** — Review portfolio contents as part of your evaluation

To view a learner's portfolio, open the portfolio tool and filter the items list by user.

If the course is configured to allow it, you can score portfolio items and individual comments — these scores can then feed into the gradebook. You can also **highlight** items you want to draw attention to, and mark items or comments as **templates** so you (or learners) can reuse them as a starting point for new entries. Portfolios can be exported as **PDF** or **ZIP**.

## Tips

* **Define expectations** — Tell learners what kinds of items to include and how to organize their portfolio
* **Review regularly** — Check portfolios periodically rather than only at the end of the course
* **Combine with skills** — Use portfolios alongside the skills/certificates system to create a comprehensive competency record