eportfolio

I am using Drupal's blog module to provide a lightweight electronic portfolio tool to students and teachers. I could use your feedback on the approach I've taken using content_access and hook_form_alter. Is this the best/safest way to do this? I still feel like a relative newbie to making these modifications.

For a fuller example of the reason for using blog as a portfolio, please see http://www.kassblog.com/item/1030

I added a checkbox field to the blog content type.

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Is anybody out there using Drupal for building e-portfolios?

I was at a Mahara conference recently and attending a talk about LEAP2A (http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/LEAP2A_specification) a new interoperability spec. Efforts to make it compatible with RDFa are underway and I was wondering if anybody from the Drupal side would be interested in joining in the discussion.

Just wondering if anyone has come up with a best practice for making eportfolios?

Could you make an ep a content type, and then be able to do a search (or view) of that? I'd like to have a place where students can post their best work, but also blog about the process, and allow comments from others.

TIA,
Bob

I'm doing some long-range planning/thinking and wondering if anyone has any ideas or suggestions for how to use Drupal for an eportfolio.

Since I'm at the beginning stages of this brainstorming, by eportfolio I mean -- an online spot where a student can blog (reflect), have rss feeds, photos, video, and display their best work. I see it as an ongoing process, so the blog will be a place where they can reflect on their work as they do it. I'm inspired by the moment by this blog post http://wpmued.org/2008/05/07/this-ain%E2%80%99t-yo-mama%E2%80%99s-e-portfolio-part-1/.