A customized version of Angel, which is a second generation version of OnCourse, a software program developed on our campus. Eventually, we hope to add CD-writing capabilities. I expect there will be an oversight committee for once per semester reviews thereafter. We have been working at this for more than three years, but it always reached a plateau prior to actual pilot and implementation. This year it looks set to go for the pilot.
Faculty have many concerns.
They generally applaud the notion of student portfolios maintained by students. However, they have many concerns about using them for assessment of curriculum, teaching, and even learning. As the incoming chair of this committee, I would play down what the administration wants and let faculty ideas, concerns, and questions play a stronger role earlier on. I am doing that now, but it has taken some backtracking to achieve that. Finding the balance between institutional needs and faculty needs has been the main challenge.