Quality Enhancement Program
Electronic-Briefcase
Melissa Saenger
Melissa Saenger
• Health Information Administration Major
• Senior – Graduates May 2009
• Involvement:
– Resident Assistant
• 2005-2006 & 2006-2007
– Orientation Counselor
• Summer of 2006 & 2007
– Alpha Chi Omega
• VP Finance
• VP Recruitment
E-briefcase
• E-briefcase offers:
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Student Tasks (Give by advisors ONLY)
Career/Targeted Portfolios
Document Library
Photo Library
Discussions with Advisors
Notes from Advisors
Lectures, Seminars, Concerts, Exhibits
Career Assessment
Blog
E-briefcase
http://ebriefcase.wcu.edu
E-briefcase
First View:
Student Tasks
Advisors can assign students assignments/tasks through
the e-briefcase that will appear in the Student Task block.
Calendar
• Students have a
Calendar setting to use
at Student’s discretion
• Students simply
click:
“add new event”
•Fill out time and
dates.
Lectures, Seminars,
Concerts, Exhibits
Items will be fed in from the Western Carolina Website and
displayed on the e-briefcase to keep students informed.
Document Library
The Document Library is a place to up-load documents of
any kind for students to use or to have in one central
location.
Advisor Notes &
Discussions
A place where
advisors can
send their
advisees a note
or have an email like
discussion.
Team Site
A setting students can use with other students for any type
of group project
Other Settings
Links
Career
Assessment
Contacts
Portfolios
• Students have the ability to develop different
types of portfolios.
– Career portfolio
– Targeted portfolio
• After adding photos, documents, and other
material the portfolio can be published and
then viewed by others-much like a detailed
electronic resume.
– Employers
Introduction
Portfolios
About
Me
Documents
Learning
Experience
Other Portals
• E-briefcase is very
similar to other portals
that are offered by WCU
with similar features.
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MyCat
WebCat
Catamount Connections
Facebook
My Space
E-briefcase vs.
Catamount Connections
• An online portal for student organizations on
campus
• Every student has access with 92-number and
password
• All campus organizations can have a group on
Catamount Connection
• Join group with permission from administrator
• Access to forms
Catamount Connections
• New News
• Events
Calendar
• Current
Members
• Forms
Catamount Connection
Type of
Forms an
Organization
may need
to complete.
Positives
• Electronic resume
– Publish
– Employer view
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Access from any computer
Communicate with Advisor
Connections
Build overtime
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Community Service
Work Experience
Clubs/Organization
Travel
Negatives
• To many portals for
students
– MyCat
– WebCat
– Catamount
Connections
– Facebook/MySpace
• Not the easiest to
organize
• Hard to maneuver
• Resistance from
students
– Not mandatory
– Other portals offer
similar features
• Problems
– Log-in
– Communication with
Advisor
– Access to all Features
Questions?
Quality Enhancement Program
Electronic-Briefcase
Melissa Saenger