Grow your e-portfolio

Multi-Port™ is a flexible framework designed to support e-portfolios and other learning platforms. It offers an open service architecture that allows you to integrate multiple tools and components.

This means that, rather than having a monolithic, rigid system with pre-built functionality, you can use Multi-Port as the underlying core framework to incorporate a range of systems and applications.

Combine a range of tools and services

Multi-Port’s open service architecture means you can quickly develop new tools and services, or use a range of existing ones, to “plug in” to your e-portfolio or learning platform. For example:

• Skills gap analysis tools
• Blogs
• Learning delivery systems
• Authoring tools
• Virtual Learning Environments
• Learning Management Systems

The underlying framework then handles how the information is stored, managed and communicated between the tools and systems.

Blend formal with informal assessments

Multi-Port’s open framework means tutors and trainers can easily blend different kinds of assessment and learning support - from formal competency-based questions to with a more informal online spaces like blogs and discussion forums.

Easily integrate your e-portfolio with your learning environments or repositories.

Manage stuff – sound, video and multimedia

Integrating the Multi-Port framework lets you stay on the cutting edge of current learning trends in how to manage and store different kinds of information.

Previously, Multi-Port has been used to allow tutors to send assessment packages to the mobile devices of learners on work-based practice. The learners can then build up evidence of their skills and development using the multimedia capabilities of their phones.