[ARCHIVED] Moving pages between sections in ePortfolio

[rmattson1]

Hi,

I cannot figure out how to move an ePortfolio page from one section to another.  This information is not available in the guides, all it shows is how to reorder the pages already in a section, or create or delete them.  I accidentally put all of my pages into the home section instead of the different sections they should be in.  I assume the program allows pages to be moved between sections, why is the method to do so not in the guides?  If it does not have this functionality, why would it not?

[kblack · Accepted solution]

I am sorry to say,  @rmattson1 , that I​ do NOT think this is possible.  I speak from only modest experience of guiding our faculty members at my institution through creating ePortfolios for their contract renewals, but I was asked this very question and I could not figure out a way to do this.  The ONLY (kind of) work-around depends on the type of material included.  If, for example, you are talking primarily about a web-based PAGE that you used the rich content editor for, you will  have to (yes...) create a new page in the new section you create, but then go back to the original page and copy/paste the text from one editor into the other.  (Even better, in my opinion, would be to do this from the HTML editor in each one to be absolutely certain everything gets captured.) 

On the other hand, if you have links to files or images, after you (again...) create the new placeholder in the new section, the files and images you originally uploaded when creating the page should now be stored in your personal FILES page, and the Choose File button that appears in that editor should allow you to somewhat more easily find the file again to link to.

The sad fact of the matter is that I have a sinking feeling that ePortfolios is not on anyone's radar at the moment at Instructure to do much about.  There is not even a mention of any development in the Canvas Studio page, so I fear there will be few if any improvements, at least in the short term.  (I will be delighted if someone from Instructure corrected me on anything I stated above, though!)

[Stef_retired]

 @rmattson1 ​,  @kblack ​ is correct, in every respect. I was able to find this feature idea (open for voting at this writing) that calls for more flexibility in manipulating ePortfolios:

[panosh]

Socked. How can a dead end alley be labeled SOLVED?!

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi @panosh …

As you can see from this topic thread, Ken Black had provide a response a few years back.  At the time he answered this question, the Canvas Community platform was using a different web interface that allowed people to mark only one response as “Correct” (as opposed to the current platform which allows multiple responses to be marked with the “Solution” label).  When people ask questions here in the Community, unfortunately sometimes the “correct” or “solution” response is that something cannot be done…even though we’d like that not to be the case.  I’m not aware that the ePortfolio portion of Canvas has gotten lots of development recently, so I suspect that much of what Ken has provided above is probably still relevant today.

I do know, however, that there is another tool for ePortfolios that you might want to take a look at.  Canvas has a partnership with Portfolium.  I’m not sure if you have checked it out, but it might be worth your time.  When you click on your “Account” icon (on the left-hand global navigation menu of your school’s Canvas environment), do you have a “Folio” option?  That is where you can begin to access Portfolium.  If you do not see this, you might need to reach out to your school’s local Canvas administrator or someone from your school’s Online Learning/eLearning department to see if it can be enabled for your school.

This may not be the answer you were looking for, but I hope that some or all of what I’ve shared has been helpful to you.

[panosh]

Hello Chofer,

I do not have a Folio option. Since the ePortfolios option is still available, it can benefit from either substantial improvement or sunsetting it. End of the semester is not the time to reach out for enabling hidden features. Will do out of curiosity.