Digication: Guide for STUDENTS 

 

Welcome to the Digication Guide for STUDENTS. The purpose of this guide is to get you up to speed with the login and ePortfolio creation process using Digication.

Before we begin, here are three key principles to the design of Digication that all users must keep in mind:

  1. Digicaition can be accessed directly using
    • the Digication Home Dashboard, or
    • through a Collab Course site.
  2. Second, all ePortfolios exist in the user’s Digication Home Dashboard. Even when created in the context of a course (i.e., in a Collab Course Site), the work is actually housed in the user’s Digication Home Dashboard and is only made visible in the Collab Course site through the Digication’s Custom Permission settings which is under the control of the ePortfolio's owner. The Digication Home Dashboard is, ultimately, the user’s “ePortfolio command center.”
  3. Third, unlike a Learning Management System (LMS) such as Collab which is "instructor/course-centered", Digication is a student-centered ePortfolio platform. What this means is that the student (or anyone who creates an ePortfolio) has complete control of the work. Everything from what is in it to who can see, edit, publish, and/or administer it, is controlled by the person who created the ePortfolio.

You can direct all technical questions to
 Digication Help Desk or eportfolios@virginia.edu