Creating an ePortfolio in College Central
Growth is something that can be difficult to see. This is especially true when it is our own growth we seek to witness and describe. Imagine watching an infant grow into a toddler 鈥 then a child, an adolescent, an adult. The difference between any two days is imperceptible, but the difference over weeks, months, years and decades can be dramatic. Now imagine looking into a mirror every day and looking for changes in your own capacities. How much harder would such daily growth be to see?
ePortfolios are one way you can watch this growth.
Adapted from the Becoming a Scholar reader, 2018-19
College 鈥 tracking your academic work from your first semester through graduation; witnessing your own growth in how you understand, think, communicate, question and integrate learning across your academic journey.
小优传媒 ePortfolio Process
All students have an account in 小优传媒鈥檚 College Central Network (CCN). To access and update your account, follow the steps below.
| 1 | Go to (you can also get here through the Center for Career and Vocation page on Buffton鈥檚 website: /academiclife/career/findjob/employlinks.aspx. Click on College Central and then the 鈥淪tudents鈥 box at the bottom of the page. |
| 2 | Enter your 6-digit Student ID in the 鈥淯ser ID鈥 field. If your ID is only 5-digits long, add a lead zero (for example, 鈥34567鈥 would be entered as 鈥034567鈥). |
| 3 | The first time you enter, click on 鈥淔orgot your Password.鈥 This will allow you to set up your account and enter a password of your choosing for future log-in. |
| 4 | Once you get to the CCN Dashboard, we encourage you to explore all of the CCN functions. Eventually, though, you will want to click on 鈥淢y Career Portfolio鈥 on the left side of the page. |
| 5 | Click on 鈥淐reate a Career Portfolio.鈥 On this page, you can read the one-page help document in the upper right hand corner. Then select the 鈥淕eneral Career Portfolio鈥 option from the list. If you are in art, design, theatre or music, you may want to return later in your program to consider a different format; for now, though, the General Career Portfolio offers the broadest options for uploading documents (doc/docx, pdf, ppt, etc.). |
| 6 | Click the green 鈥淐reate鈥 button to get started. |
| 7 | There are great help features on this page, including a video tutorial and pop-up tips accessed by hovering over the gray question marks. |
| 8 | Add the two required items listed in your Becoming a Scholar syllabus by clicking the 鈥淎dd鈥 button in any center section. You will give your posting a title and a brief description. Then click 鈥淐hoose file鈥 to locate the document on your computer and 鈥淪ave鈥 to add it to your ePortfolio. |
| 9 | Once you have added two items, additional buttons will appear at the top of the page.
These are settings that allow your ePortfolio to be located by employer searches and
to be shared by email with your professor or others. We recommended the following
settings for these buttons: Employer Search 鈥 leave set to 鈥淥ff鈥 (the default) Shareable Link 鈥 move to 鈥淥n鈥 so that you can share your ePortfolio with your professor if asked |
| 10 | On the right hand side of the page, you will see similar 鈥淎dd鈥 buttons to add languages, a website or blog, and a personal statement. |