Quercus Portfolios

1. Create an Evaluation Portfolio
To create an Evaluation Portfolio, you must be enrolled as a Teacher, TA, or Course Designer. Select one or more courses, assign the portfolio to students, add requirements, create sections, save as a draft, and publish when ready.

2. Add evidence requirements

Instructors can add evidence requirements by linking an existing course assignment or creating a new requirement. This supports structured collection of evidence aligned with course or program expectations.

3. Track learner progress

Evaluation Portfolios include a Learner Dashboard that shows student progress and portfolio status. Instructors can see how many portfolios are Pending Review, In Progress, Completed, or Not Started, and can search or filter by student or status.

4. Review and give feedback

Instructors can review submitted evidence and mark it Complete, Request revision, or Not complete. You can also leave comments. When requesting a revision or marking evidence incomplete, a comment is required.

Please note:

Evaluation portfolios can only be accessed by the instructor (or TA, etc.) that created them. You cannot have multiple members of a teaching team access the same Evaluation portfolio, even if they are all in the same course. Students can still create a share link that can be sent to other instructors/TAs, but that would be view-only for the final portfolio.

• Assignments must be Published to add to a Portfolio.
• If an instructor sends something back to a student for revision, there is a ‘delete’ button on the student end that deletes everything, including all instructor comments.
• More information is available on how students submit a Course Assignment in Evaluation Portfolios.

1. Create a Showcase Portfolio

Instructors can create a Showcase Portfolio for their own work. You can add a portfolio name, instructions, an optional cover image, requirements, and sections, then save the portfolio as a draft or publish it.

2. Add showcase evidence

In a Showcase Portfolio, instructors can add evidence from a course assignment or create new evidence such as a project, extracurricular activity, or professional experience. New evidence can include a title, description, tags, reflection, files, and links.

3. Export and share

Published Showcase Portfolios can be exported as PDF or HTML, or downloaded as files. Instructors can also generate a shareable link.

Please note:

Showcase portfolios can also be created by students.  Students can link their assignments to the Showcase portfolio or they can make a public share link – it can’t be both.  If a student creates a public share link, and then link their assignment to the Showcase portfolio, the public share link will no longer work.