Plymouth University provides an ePortfolio tool to all staff and students through a system called PebblePad. PebblePad is Personal Learning Space which can help you capture, record, reflect, review and discuss your experiences. It can support professional development planning skills through in-built templates such as action plans, skills audits, customisable CVs and more. You can work independently and by default all work in PebblePad is private to you. All work can be shared if you wish to work collaboratively or you may want to make your work available to others for comment or review. The system also enables you to publish content to the web if required. All work created within the system is underpinned by and encourages reflection.
There are a number of tools within PebblePad. The ePortfolio tool is a widely used feature of PebblePad that allows you to create multiple portfolios of work which can often be for different purposes, such as personal portfolios for organising your work, portfolios used for modular assessment during your studies or for showcasing work to potential employers.
PebblePad is web-based and can be accessed on or off campus on any device at: eportfolio.plymouth.ac.uk.
For information about PebblePad including an general overview and help videos, please see these resources:
Help and Guidance
For staff interested in finding out more about how PebblePad can be used as part of teaching please contact : asti@plymouth.ac.uk or to book onto a training session go to: http://technologyenhancedlearning.net/workshops/
Detailed help can be found at http://www.pebblepad.co.uk/pp3help or by clicking the question mark icon from any page within PebblePad once you are logged in. If you access the help function once logged into the system you will see an additional Plymouth University help section
You can also download an electronic version of the Pebble Learning book ‘Pebblegogy’ here http://www.pebblepad.co.uk/pebblegogy.book.asp which explores the principles and practice of PebblePad and also gives practical examples and a collection of learning designs for using PebblePad in a variety of contexts.