Taskstream: Presentation Folios
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Taskstream presentation folios are essentially websites.
Customize your folios and publish them to the web.
Taskstream is free for current IC students.
Students may begin a paid subscription after leaving IC.
Overview .......................... 1
What is a Presentation
Folio? ................................ 1
Creating a Presentation
Folio .................................. 1
Overview
Taskstream is the institutional “e-portfolio” and assessment system
used at Ithaca College. This system is used for personal
presentation folios and for program/student assessment. This
quick guide will provide the basic information needed to create a
presentation folio in Taskstream.
What is a Presentation Folio?
Data Quotas ..................... 3
Mybrary and Creating
Folders .............................. 3
Saving and Publishing your
Folios ................................ 3
Folios After Graduation .... 4
For More Information ...... 5
A presentation folio is essentially a website where you can feature academic and professional
accomplishments. Think of presentation folios as an in-depth online resume. You can create a
variety of pages to highlight biographical information, example work, experiences abroad, work
experience, and whatever else you would like to display. You have the ability to customize your
folio and publish it so it is accessible online.
Creating a Presentation Folio
Logging into Taskstream
You can access Taskstream through myHome. Navigate to myhome.ithaca.edu in a web
browser and use your Netpass username and password to log in. On the left side of your
browser window, click the Taskstream icon
in the IC Services bar to access Taskstream.
Create a New Folio
To create a folio, first click the Folios and Web Pages tab at the top screen in Taskstream. In the
field, “New Folio/Web Pages Title,” type in the folio name of your choice. This will be the title of
your web site and will be displayed on your home page. Then click Create New to get started.
Templates
Select a template for your folio. Most users will want to use a “General Purpose Templates” for
their folio. In the drop down menu that appears select one of the “Presentation Folio
Templates.” You can also choose not to use a template and create your folio “from scratch.”
Once you’ve made your choice, click Continue.
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Themes and Styles
Select a theme for your folio by clicking on one of
the available options in the “All Themes” area.
Once you choose a theme, you can also choose
the navigation layout (horizontal or vertical) as
well as the color scheme you’d like to use. Click
Apply at the top to confirm your choices or
Cancel to choose a different theme. Your folio’s theme can be changed in the future by clicking
the “Styles” tab. Changing your theme will not affect the content you’ve added to your folio.
Editing Your Folio
To add or edit content in your folio, click the “Edit Content”
tab. From this window, you will be able to customize and
add content to the individual pages of you folio.
Areas and Sections
Areas are essentially pages in your website. You can add, edit, delete or copy the areas in
your folio. If you want to add a new page or “area” to your folio that links from the home page,
select the title of your folio at the top of the left-hand navigation pane, and click Add Area. If
you want to add a new area within an existing area (as a sub-page), select the existing area and
click Add Area.
Sections allow you to create headings to break up the content on a folio page. You can
upload a variety of content, such as images, videos, links, and other attachments, within a
section. Sections help you organize the contents of your page and give your site a more refined
look.
Uploading Artifacts to your Folio
Artifacts can be uploaded to your folio areas and sections by using the toolbar along the bottom
of the Taskstream window. Click an available tool to add content to your folio. For example, if
I’d like to attach a resume in the form of a PDF document to my “Resume” section, I would
simply click Attachments and choose my resume PDF from my computer to upload. You can
add multiple types of content to a single area or section.
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Data Quotas
Taskstream gives you a soft quota of 2GB of total space in your account for uploading content
to your folio(s).
 50MB limit for images
 1GB limit for videos
 50MB limit for attachments
 7MB for Message Center attachments
 Video tutorials on reducing file size of photos and videos can be found at
http://www.youtube.com/user/ithacaITS
 Other sites for reducing image size or cropping : www.picmonkey.com or
http://www.picresize.com
Mybrary and Creating Folders
In Taskstream, all content you upload is saved in your “Online Storage” area. To access this
area, click on the Resources tab and select Mybrary. Mybrary contains all of the work you have
created or uploaded to Taskstream in one convenient page.
My Folders will show you your recently edited items or delete items. It will also show you
folders that you create. To create a folder, select My folders and click on Create New Folder.
Assigned DRF Programs will show you content pertaining to any directed response folios you
may be enrolled in.
Folios & Web Pages will show you the various folios you created.
Files/Videos/WebLinks is where you will see all uploaded attachments and videos as well as
web links. Clicking an item will automatically initiate a download.
Saving and Publishing your Folios
A variety of options for saving and publishing Presentation Folios
are accessible via the Publish/Share tab.
Publishing your folio to the web will allow you to share a link to your live folio. Any changes
you make in Taskstream will be reflected in the live folio.
To publish a folio to the web
1. First, click the Publish/Share tab in the top right corner.
2. Click Publish under the “Publish to the Web” heading.
3. You can customize the end of your URL or leave it as the default.
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4. Choose whether or not you would like to password protect your published folio (visitors
will need to have this password in order to access your folio).
5. Click Publish and return to the Publish/Share tab.
6. Notice that you can Unpublish, Edit URL/Password or Email this URL.
Save your folio as PDF
Saving your folio as a PDF will take a snapshot in time of the current folio and is easy to upload,
email, or print.
1. To create a PDF click the Publish/Share tab and click Create a Printable PDF.
2. Select which pages of your folio you would like to export to a PDF. Select which
attachments you would like to also export to your PDF (note: not all file types can be
converted.) Click Continue.
3. If you do not have an appendix with attachments, click OK in the dialogue box that pops
up, notifying you that you are about to generate a PDF.
4. Click Generate Now to create the PDF and click OK in the dialogue box that pops up,
notifying you that you are about to generate a PDF.
5. To download your attachments, return to the previous Taskstream tab or window in
your browser and click the file name link of each attachment to download them
individual into separate PDFs. Your PDF will have either downloaded or opened in a new
browser tab or window.
Copy a DRF to a Folio
If you would like to use the content from your DRF to create a Presentation Folio where you will
have more freedom to edit and structure the content, you can copy a snapshot in time of your
current DRF.
1. To copy a DRF to a folio click the Options tab (for DRFs) in the top right corner.
2. Select Copy Program work to Folio and type in a name for the folio.
3. Click Create.
Folios After Graduation
Your Taskstream account subscription expires when you graduate, but you have “view rights”
to your account for six months after your graduation date. You may choose to continue using
Taskstream via a paid subscription of $49 dollars per year. The expiration date of your account
can be viewed by clicking the My Account link at the top of your Taskstream browser window.
In the “My Account” area, you will see the expiration date listed under “Organizational
Affiliations.” From this window, you have an option to Renew Subscription.
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For More Information
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are available at https://www.ithaca.edu/its/traindoc
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