Select the topic that you want to add components to, by single clicking on it with the mouse.
Choose the type of component that you want to add. You can choose from any
one of the eight predefined types, either by clicking on the icon or using
the Insert… menu.
The eight types of component are:
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Activity | Things that you do or have done |
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Goal | A target or something that you want to do. This might be a work goal, or personal goal, or a goal that you aim to achieve for personal or educational development |
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Affiliation | Details of the organisation that you are associated with for the purposes of the topic |
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Product | Something that you have produced that is associated with the topic |
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Competency | A skill that you have achieved. |
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Interest | A hobby, pursuit, or subject that you engage in or with. This might be something that you participate in, watch or think that is important. |
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Assertion | A statement explaining the reasoning of your components |
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Reflection | Thoughts and comments or a discourse about the related components |
Clicking on the icon component will add the component to your visual map of the portfolio.
Type text in the edit box, or double click on the component
to bring up the component edit menu.
On many of the components you can add a link to a file or a web address.
You can only attach one link or one file to each component. If you want
to attach
more than one file or link you should add one product for each file or
web link that you want to add instead.