1. Getting Started with ePortfolios
What is an ePortfolio?
An ePortfolio is an electronic collection of work that demonstrates a person’s developing
capabilities. The term is also used to describe software designed to support a process of collecting
work, selecting exemplary items, reflecting on progress, and setting goals for the future. You can
use your ePortfolio to consider what you’re learning throughout your program, save things you want
to refer to at a later date, get feedback on your work, and share your accomplishments with others.
What is Digication?
Northeastern University Online (NU Online) uses a Web-based software system called Digication as
its ePortfolio platform. View an introduction to Digication (http://vimeo.com/18629390) to
learn more about this platform's capabilities.
To access your ePortfolio account, go to https://www.northeastern.edu/online/eportfolios and
enter your Northeastern username and password.
Creating Your Master of Education ePortfolio
After you login, click on the green “Create ePortfolio” option located in the top
right corner of your ePortfolio home page.
In the Master of Education Program, you will
use one ePortfolio to save and present work
from all of your courses. This allows you and
others to see the “big picture” of what you
have done so far and where you are headed in
your learning.
Select the “Master of Education ePortfolio”
template, give your ePortfolio a name (for
example, “Gail Smith’”), and jot down your
ePortfolio web address for future reference.
Scroll down to select required settings and, if
you wish, customize your ePortfolio’s
“Theme” (e.g. colors and icon).
While you are enrolled in the program, please
set your permissions to “Private within
Northeastern University” so that only your
classmates and professors can see it. You will
also have access to your ePortfolio after
graduation, and at that time feel free to set
your permissions to the public view.
Set your ePortfolio to “Allow Tags” because this makes it possible for you to find things that are
relevant to a particular course or assignment.

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Finally, be sure to click on “Create New ePortfolio,” after which you will be able to enter your
ePortfolio and edit it.
The next time you login, you will see your ePortfolio in the “My ePortfolio” section of your
homepage. All you need to do is click on the icon to enter and edit it.
How do I work within the Master of Education template?
Each section of your ePortfolio includes instructions for how to edit it and suggestions for things
you might want to include in that area.
Home is the place for you to
introduce yourself. Goals is the area
to communicate your reasons for
pursuing the M.Ed. degree and how
you plan to use what you learn to
further your personal and
professional life goals. To edit a
page, click on the “Edit” tab, type
text and add images as you wish,
click save, and then go to the
“Publish” tab to make your work
viewable to others.
My Program is the area you will use
to post work samples and reflections on what you are learning in each of your courses. You will
create a separate sub-page within the My Program area for each of the courses you take. To do this,
first click on the “Add/Edit” tab in the left-hand box add sub-section pages. The template already
includes several generic sub-pages. You can change those pre-made links, giving each the name of
one of the courses you are taking. To add information to a course page, such as a reflection on what
you learned in the course and a sample of the work that you’ve done, click on the “Edit” tab located
in the top of the right-hand box.
When you are satisfied with your changes, remember to make your work viewable to others by
clicking on the “publish” tab and publishing the revisions.
How can I get additional help?
There are number of ways to learn how to use Digication:
1. Download the Digication Help Guide for instructions and screenshots describing how to use the
software (https://northeastern.digication.com/home_guest.digi?sid=2632).
2. If you're logged into your ePortfolio, click the “Help” tab in the
upper right corner to access help and users’ guide materials.
3. Visit the Digication Help Desk (https://support.digication.com) to request support. A
representative from Digication will be in touch with you shortly to help you resolve the
problem. You may also want to brows forums in the Knowledge Base to see if someone else
has already received an answer about the same thing.