ePortfolio Platforms

Adobe

BlackBoard

Blogster

Bluehost

Bulb

Chalk&Wire

Desire2Learn

Digication

eFolio

World

eLumen

FolioTek

Google Sites

iWebFolio

Knext

LiveText

Mahara

Manaba

Mahoodle

Pathbrite

Pearltrees

PebblePad

rCampus

Red Pen

Reflection

Sakai

SchoolChapters

ScoopIt

Seelio

TaskStream

The Portfolium

TK20

Tumblr

Web 2.0 Mash-ups

Weebly

Wiki

Wix

Wordpress

Yola

Some of these platforms are commercial. Others are free. When choosing a platform I recommend that you consider at least the following factors:

Ownership:

Will the students own their portfolios? If this is a commercial software, will your alumni retain access to their sites?

Interaction:

Will you have different stakeholders interacting with the ePortfolios (i.e, faculty in different departments providing feedback and creating assignments)? If so, does the software facilitate this interaction?

Technical Demands:

Is the software user friendly? If not, do you have the resources to provide users with training? Does the software have built-in tutorials available?

Visual appeal

Does the software produce a visually appealing product? If not, if this very important? Are you planning to use the portfolios for marketing or career development purposes?