I'm looking for suggestions on how to quickly setup an online portfolio of e-learning projects. I use wordpress.org and from what I've read, it's a fairly cumbersome process to host an articulate presentation from a wordpress website. I don't really want to get into the guts of the site at this point
What are some quick and dirty solutions that you use? I'm thinking the easiest thing would be to simply host the presentation(s) on a free file sharing service like Dropbox and just link to it from my website.
Would this work? Anyone have any better solutions?
I agree wtih Brian - Dropbox is a pretty good solution. Here's a recent screencast where David shows some good ways to use Dropbox for sharing your published courses: https://player.vimeo.com/video/149185910
I'm a fan of WordPress. Admittedly, it does take some time to feel comfortable with it. There are some really great portfolio themes available. If you're interested, I'm happy to help you navigate setting up your WordPress site. I don't know php, but I can help you install and setup a theme along with widgets.
Examples of portfolio themes? Smashing Magazine published an article on some of the more popular themes. WPZOOM does some good work, too. I've used their Gallery theme.
If you're using a regular WordPress installation, you can embed your courses into WordPress. Brian Batt developed a WordPress plugin that makes embedding super easy.
You can even customize your portfolio start screen using a technique shared in this thread.
A friend of mine actually recommended another one called Box He mentioned that it had more storage space than Dropbox and it also has a few more features. Haven't tried it myself but that was his choice.
Hi I've hosted my elearning on dropbox for my school pupils to access with great success. However in the past couple of weeks i've found that all my links no longer work. Has anybody else had this problem?
Hi John - are you courses in your Dropbox/Public folder? And the link you're providing to your students...are you getting it by right-clicking the file and choosing Dropbox>Copy Public Link? If so, I believe that should still work (I have several course samples in my own Dropbox/Public folder which are working fine). I wonder if there is a problem on the learners' end... sometimes there are issues with firewalls that block access to Dropbox & sites like it. If you continue to have trouble, you might reach out to the Dropbox folks to see if it's something else.
I know this is a belated comment, but I thought it was worth it as the eLearning landscape has changed dramatically in recent years. Cloud hosting options are now numerous and Moodle (which is free) is an awesome and comprehensive way of managing all your e-learning requirements, including handling presentations and providing file sharing.
My choice is Hosted Moodle which handles all the tech details for you - there is literally nothing you need to know about hosting, servers, bandwidth, linux, MySQL ... anything! They provide Moodle out-of-the-box working. They even update Moodle for you completely automatically.
I'm commenting with the hopes that this thread can be updated. I am confident that in the past 4-5 years, multiple solutions have become available to host/share portfolio work???
I use SquareSpace to run my website and the files are hosted on amazon web services. If you're curious, feel free to view it at https://www.carlywritescontent.com.
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Hi, Paul:
Dropbox should work nicely. I do this all the time for SME review and approval.
I agree wtih Brian - Dropbox is a pretty good solution. Here's a recent screencast where David shows some good ways to use Dropbox for sharing your published courses: https://player.vimeo.com/video/149185910
Hi Paul
I've been thinking the same too so thanks for raising the question. So is the idea - you link the Articulate file from dropbox to your website?
Pam
Dropbox is definitely a favorite these days!
I'm a fan of WordPress. Admittedly, it does take some time to feel comfortable with it. There are some really great portfolio themes available. If you're interested, I'm happy to help you navigate setting up your WordPress site. I don't know php, but I can help you install and setup a theme along with widgets.
Examples of portfolio themes? Smashing Magazine published an article on some of the more popular themes. WPZOOM does some good work, too. I've used their Gallery theme.
If you're using a regular WordPress installation, you can embed your courses into WordPress. Brian Batt developed a WordPress plugin that makes embedding super easy.
You can even customize your portfolio start screen using a technique shared in this thread.
That's Great David - thank you for Wordpress plugin. Will give that a whirl
Pam
Thanks for the replies, everyone! Sounds like Dropbox will work well for now.
I would definitely prefer embedding the presentations directly in my Wordpress site though.
David, I'm pretty good at setting up WP sites and installing themes, etc. I have the same problem as you though, little to no knowledge of php, etc.
I will check out the plugin though!
Paul
has anyone thought about getting a GoDaddy site and posting the files there? Is that free? Or, is there another site?
As for DropBox, how long can you have your files posted there without a fee?
A friend of mine actually recommended another one called Box He mentioned that it had more storage space than Dropbox and it also has a few more features. Haven't tried it myself but that was his choice.
Hi Kim,
DropBox gives you 2GB for free and if you refer a friend you get extra space.
Regards,
Helena
Hi I've hosted my elearning on dropbox for my school pupils to access with great success. However in the past couple of weeks i've found that all my links no longer work. Has anybody else had this problem?
Thanks
John
Hi John - are you courses in your Dropbox/Public folder? And the link you're providing to your students...are you getting it by right-clicking the file and choosing Dropbox>Copy Public Link? If so, I believe that should still work (I have several course samples in my own Dropbox/Public folder which are working fine). I wonder if there is a problem on the learners' end... sometimes there are issues with firewalls that block access to Dropbox & sites like it. If you continue to have trouble, you might reach out to the Dropbox folks to see if it's something else.
My portfolio is in Jooma
www.elearninglaboratory.co.uk, the content is on my server and I just add links.
I really need to update mine with some new content, got some great stuff to go on there
I know this is a belated comment, but I thought it was worth it as the eLearning landscape has changed dramatically in recent years. Cloud hosting options are now numerous and Moodle (which is free) is an awesome and comprehensive way of managing all your e-learning requirements, including handling presentations and providing file sharing.
My choice is Hosted Moodle which handles all the tech details for you - there is literally nothing you need to know about hosting, servers, bandwidth, linux, MySQL ... anything! They provide Moodle out-of-the-box working. They even update Moodle for you completely automatically.
I'm commenting with the hopes that this thread can be updated. I am confident that in the past 4-5 years, multiple solutions have become available to host/share portfolio work???
Hi Eric,
I use SquareSpace to run my website and the files are hosted on amazon web services. If you're curious, feel free to view it at https://www.carlywritescontent.com.
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