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"Marking the portfolios gives the tutor a rich picture of how the student has experienced the year"

What is PebblePAD?

Following an e-portfolio evaluation and provision of funding for an initial period of 5 years, PebblePAD is the e-portfolio system adopted by the University for supporting personal development planning (PDP). However, PebblePAD's flexibility offers many other ways of using it, eg for performance review, collaborative working, research/dissertation supervision, recording meetings etc. Here is a short presentation outlining PebblePAD.

PebblePAD Case Studies

"PebblePad is excellent... It had so many advantages over the paper version." Pharmacy tutor.

"It is very easy to set up collaborative learning activities because pebblepad facilitates sharing one to one or one to many with various sharing permissions." Midwifery module leader.

Here are some examples of where PebblePad has been used for learning, teaching and assessment.

• Midwifery Lifelong Learning 1 Module
• Midwifery Lifelong Learning 2 Module
• Pharmacy Professional Development
• Using PebblePad on mobile devices
• Postgraduate Professional Development in Life Sciences
• Combined Studies Module
[please do not click on links in this form, contact pebblepad@bradford.ac.uk for more details.]
• Compact Summer School IT module: This module is taken by around 100 local students every year just prior to their arrival on courses at the University such as Pharmacy, Psychology etc.
• ITQ - staff development course for developing IT skills

How do I access PebblePAD?

There is a link to PebblePAD in the Quick Links list on the University's internal home page; alternatively, go direct to http://www.pebblepad.co.uk/bradford/. Login using your Bradford e-mail username and password.

You are also able to access PebblePad Mobile via your iPhone.

Please note: PebblePad is not compatible with the Google Chrome browser.

How do I use PebblePAD?

University user guides:

• PebblePAD - Getting Started (PDF) (Word)
• FAQ

Student help movies

• Editing a webfolio - This video shows you how to edit your webfolio
• Taking the SaPRA profile - This video shows you how to take the SaPRA skills audit profile
• Submitting a webfolio for assessment - This video shows you how to make sure that your work is avaialable to be marked by your tutors.
• Taking a Proforma - You may be asked to fill in a specific form in PebblePAD. This video shows you how to do this.

Staff help movies

• Setting up a Gateway - This video shows how to set up a gateway for assessed work.
• Adding an External Examiner to a Gateway - This video shows how you can add an external examiner to a gateway so they can look at the student work and your feedback.
• Marking student work in a Gateway - This video takes you through the process of marking student work in a Gateway.

Help from Pebblelearning:

• Overview guides with general information about PebblePad, a case study and suggestions of how PebblePad can be used to support learning and development.
• Example webfolios
• Help movies and presentations (we are using PebblePad version 2.0)

Who do I contact for advice and support?

Carol Higgison (ext 3298) is the primary person to contact for support. In Carol's absence you can also contact Jak Radice (ext 6348) and Maureen Readle (ext 6741). They can all be contacted via email at pebblepad@bradford.ac.uk. If you would like to use PebblePAD with your students and are not sure of the best way of doing this, they are more than happy to visit you to discuss your needs. Reporting problems/assistance requests etc should be made via the ICT Service Desk email ictservicedesk@bradford.ac.uk ext 3333.

PebblePad Support Sessions

• A variety of sessions in the learning and teaching strand of the University's development programme cover the use of PebblePad.

 

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