About In-Folio

In-Folio is an easy to use, uniquely accessible e-portfolio application developed especially for use by and with learners with learning difficulties and disabilities. In-Folio is open-source and freely available for specialist colleges and selected organisations who are piloting it. In-Folio has been created and developed by the Rix Centre for JISC TechDis with the UK's leading specialist colleges.

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In-Folio Rollout Tour Video

This video tells the story of the In-Folio rollout events that took place in the summer of 2009 at specialist colleges around the country, and describes the colleges experiences of piloting In-Folio.

The In-Folio Rollout Tour - Summer 2009 from Rix Centre on Vimeo.

Update from Henshaws College

Beginnings
We first got to grips with In-folio at Henshaws at the end of the last academic year when we hosted a roll out event for Techdis. In order to do this I spent time creating a test In-folio for myself to find its scope. Bearing in mind that I have only just come across the guide [...]

In-Folio: Early Thoughts?

185 users, 181 student accounts, 15 groups, 273 assets and counting!  Yes, they are the stats for the first 30 days of Portland College’s In-Folio usage.  It’s been quite a month really and so I thought it might be useful to fill you in on what we’ve done so far and then hopefully get some [...]

In-Folio Roadshow Evaluation (Portland College)

On July 15th the In-Folio Roadshow came to Portland along with colleagues from a number of other Independent Specialist Colleges.
The day consisted of presentations by various members of the Rix team, and also one from myself when, as mentioned in my earlier blog, I went on about omelettes and somehow managed to link them to [...]

In-Folio rollout day evaluation (NSC)

On Wednesday 8th July, the National Star College hosted the rollout of the new, free, electronic portfolio program, called ‘In-Folio’. In-Folio has been developed by the Rix Centre, Techdis, and six specialist colleges, with the aim of providing students with anytime, anywhere, web access to their own electronic portfolios. We trialled this program with a [...]

How Many Words?

If a picture paints a thousand words, how many does a 17-second video clip paint?
As it’s coming up to the end of the academic year, a lot of learners’ and practitioners’ thoughts are turning to transition. In fact, by now that’s all they are thinking about.
For learners who are moving on, we are compiling information [...]

Which Came First?

OK, a little theoretical question to kick things off this lovely Friday morning: Which came first, the eFolio or the omelette?
A strange question, I will admit, especially if you weren’t at Wednesday’s In-Folio launch here at Portland College. Anyway, before you call for the men in white coats, let me explain….
As Portland College’s [...]