eportfolio

We're exploring the idea of using Drupal for a university-wide ePortfolio system. The feature set certainly looks like it's there (custom content types could organize different page templates. Other modules could help facilitate collaboration and communication). The big question for us is its scalability. Would we be able to scale Drupal to 50,000 to 100,000 student sites? Conceptually each student would have their own mini-site to showcase their content.

Any recommendations on the way this could be architected?

Thanks for any input you can provide.

-Retiarius

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/.