Students have access to a computer for at least two hours a day. Before building a portfolio, educators need to ask a few questions about the assessment and portfolio context . May have parent volunteers to assist. Teachers share responsibility where appropriate with students. Students lead their own parent conferences.
Students collect most of the artifacts, digitize some of the work.
Collaboration in self-assessment is encouraged. Students are completely in charge of their own portfolios, including digitizing work samples, storage and presentation. Students are responsible for assessing their own work, often in collaboration with peers, parents, teachers and others. The purpose of the portfolio and the varied audiences will determine much of the following context factors. These context factors relate to not only the purpose of the portfolio, but some other characteristics of the learner.