Karuta 2.0 presentation at the annual Apereo conference 2016, New York.é

1. Karuta 2.0: A Flexible Tool for All Your
Portfolio Projects
Jacques Raynauld, HEC Montréal Janice Smith, Three Canoes LLC
Open Apereo May 24, 2016

2. Karuta 2.0: A Flexible Tool for All Your
Portfolio Projects
Experience the latest enhancements to version 2.0 of the Karuta Open
Source Portfolio. Karuta 2.0 features a completely new and customizable
user interface and dramatic improvements that include social networking
(based on the open source solution ELGG), improved sharing options,
presentation templates, dashboards, and enhanced reports using CSV
export. The built-in flexibility of Karuta, its template library, and its
display using responsive design makes it an ideal tool for all your
portfolio projects. Numerous use cases from current partners in the
project will be presented including one from a MBA program and another
using the complete set of AACU Value Rubrics.
Abstract

3. 9. Test your
portfolio model
in a small pilot
10. Run your
project in
stand-alone or
through LTI
Karuta 2.0
launched in
May 2016!

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New Welcome
Page

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New User
Interface

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Clickable
Rubrics

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Enhanced
Sharing Options

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Dashboards and
Reports

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Showcase
Portfolios

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Integration of
ELGG Social
Network

11. • A quick presentation of the
Karuta Project
• Key point: Built-in flexibility
• A short demo of the AACU
Values Rubric Portfolio
• Building a Karuta portfolio in
10 easy steps
• Additional features
• Questions and comments
Overview of the presentation
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12. • A next generation open source ePortfolio
• Created in the spirit of the Open Source Portfolio (OSP) tools
• Partners: HEC Montreal, Kyoto University, IUT-2 Grenoble,
ePortfolium, Three Canoes LLC
• Release of Karuta 1.0: September 2014
• Graduation from Apereo incubation: October 2015
• Release of Karuta 2.0: May 2016
Karuta Project
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13. Current Karuta User Base
• HEC Montréal (affiliated with the University of
Montréal)
• Archive of Quebec Contemporary Dance (ARC
Danse)
• IUT-2 Grenoble (Institut Universitaire de
technologie 2)
• Kyoto University, Japan
• Graduate School of Advanced Integrative
Studies in Human Survivability
• Inter-Graduate School Program for Sustainable
Development and Survivable Societies
• New Brunswick Theological Seminary, NJ, USA
• … many more pilots and an RFP from the French
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Karuta is about the learning process …
Learning
Portfolios
• Focus on
developing
academic or
professional
knowledge,
skills, and
identity
Assessment
Portfolios
• Focus on
programmatic
or
institutional
improvement
Showcase
Portfolios
• Focus on
sharing
attractive
displays of
evidence with
others

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Karuta is
a very flexible
solution … to answer
YOUR NEEDS.
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… which is not the same across institutions

16. • Organize different resources
(text, documents, rubrics,
comments, etc.)…
• … according to a workflow
for different users
(students, evaluators,
mentors, instructors, etc.)
Karuta has the flexibility to:

17. KARUTA
Designer
Templates for
students and
instructors
Prototype –
Pilot
KARUTA
Production -
Instanciation
Karuta prototyping adds to its flexibility.
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18. Live Demo

19. Building a
Karuta project
in 10 easy
steps!
Karuta
Workshop

20. 1. Customize
the Welcome
page

21. 2. Design the
structure of
your portfolio

22. 3. Add
resources

23. 4. Add
semantic
tags

24. 5. Set roles
and actions

25. 6. Create
rubrics and
components

26. 7. Create
menus

27. 8. Build
dashboards
and reports

28. 9. Test your
portfolio model
in a small pilot
10. Run your
project as a
stand-alone or
using LTI with
Sakai

29. • Modern architecture: jQuery javascript
front-end, REST APIs, Java and MySQL
(and Oracle) backend
• IMS LTI integration with Sakai
• Responsive design (works well with all
type of devices)
• Built-in capabilities for export of content
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Technical specifications

30. Sharing options
• Enhanced sharing possibilities
allow users to share any part of
their portfolios.
• Requests for feedback are
handled via the same
functionality.
• Outside evaluators can rate and
comment without logging in.
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31. Reports
Very powerful report capabilities
• Within a portfolio page (rubric
tables).
• For use as a student dashboard.
• Across student portfolios within in
a particular program.
• For export in CSV or PDF format.
• Use reports to count artifacts,
calculate sums and averages, and
display data in different colors.
• CSV file export can transfer data to
Excel for complete analysis and
storage.
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32. Migration of Data from OSP to Karuta
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Objectives:
• Construct Karuta resources that act like OSP matrices and forms
• Export OSP content and import it to Karuta for re-use
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33. OSP Content for Migration to Karuta
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Attachments to matrix cells and to forms:
• Copied from Sakai Resources
• Uploaded directly from user desktop
Content of form fields
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34. Thanks to the Karuta team
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Back: Janice Smith, Nobry Ouk, Marc Vassoile, Olivier Gerbé, Jacques Raynauld
Front: Neil Cadin (Apereo), Eric Giraudin, Isabelle Roy, Dinh Lan Anh

35. Questions and additional information
• Merci pour votre attention!
Learn about us:
• karutaproject.org
• apereo.org/content/karuta
Try Karuta:
• eportfolium.com/karuta
Follow us:
KARUTA ePortfolio
KarutaOSP
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Download Karuta:
• github.com/karutaproject
Contact us:
• info@karutaproject.org
• jacques.raynauld@hec.ca
• janice.smith@threecanoes.com
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