- Digication
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Digication provides a web-based e-Portfolio and assessment management system to colleges, K-12 schools, and professional organizations. The web-based software allows faculty members to create and manage course content, as well as share and view student contributions. The electronic portfolio module includes a unique assessment system.
Digication was first launched in 2004 at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) for the sharing of rich media works by the students.
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History
Digication began as a research project in the founders' own classrooms in 2001 and was commercially released in 2004. Digication e-Portfolios were used for collaborative learning, sharing work, and showing future employers student creations.
Digication has evolved significantly since its release in 2004. Digication now includes Assessment Management. It has also notably expanded its client base and is used by faculty and student in several thousand schools in both the U.S. and abroad, including Boston University[1], Otis College of Art and Design[2], and Yale School of Music[3].
Features
e-Portfolio Features
- Create an unlimited number of e-Portfolios within your Digication account
- School-wide e-Portfolio directory
- Rich text editing
- Media support, including individual images, photo galleries, video, and audio
- File-upload of all file types including documents, spreadsheets, and presentations
- Customizable navigation
- Customizable templates
- Collaborative e-Portfolio editing
- Tagging and commenting
- Customizable access permissions per e-Portfolio
- Permanent e-Portfolio archive tools
- Download e-Portfolio option
- Alumni community support
Philosophy
Founder Jeffrey Yan states in the video, "Digication: e-Portfolio Based Assessment System," that using a Digication e-Portfolio can be used for "the metacognitive process of...learning," in addition to a "career showcase tool."[4] Digication also features a "snapshot," or a static saved copy of an e-Portfolio submission, so that a student's progress throughout a course can be archived and assessed over time.
The assessment management side of Digication is unique in that it allows faculty to mix and match learning standards to assignments in order to track how well a student is meeting criteria to pass a course and to make sure that all standards are met within the class. Because Digication's goal is to make its product, as Yan mentions in the video, "dynamic and flexible," standards and rubrics can be manipulated to fit a course and are used to track student progress in real-time.
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