Nextcloud + Moodle Assignment
Creating e-Portfolios with Nextcloud and Moodle Assignment
What is Nextcloud?
Nextcloud is a free software for file storage. You can access via web browser to files, documents, images etc. from different devices. It is also possible to easily share files with other people.
It is also possible to use OnlyOffice within Nextcloud to create and edit documents. The documents can be edited by several people together via the web browser.
You can find more information about Nextcloud here (in German).
What is an e-Portfolio?
An e-Portfolio is something like a personal website within students can document and reflect their educational pathway. The e-portfolio therefore reflects the learning process. The materials inside the personal portfolio therefore represent the students’ competences and qualifications.
What are the advantages of using Nextcloud with Moodle Assignment?
- Nextcloud enables easy accessible office applications with a flexible working environment
- Nextcloud encourage networking, exchange and collaborative work in groups. Sharing the link makes it easy to work together.
- Thanks to the fast sharing of files, Nextcloud can be used as an accompanying learning tool during studies and is particularly suitable for the practical phases or project formats in teacher training courses, but Nextcloud is also suitable for other seminars to document the learning progress.
- There is also the possibility to give feedback by sending suggestions or comments without without overwriting the content of other students.
- Nextcloud is completely free for all students and docents of the University of Greifswald.
- The annotable PDF as submission format enables low-thresold feedback that is concrete, content-related and visible to the students.
How do I create and evaluate an ePortfolio assignment in Moodle?
- We created a visual explanation for this, which you can find here
