The raw portfolio XML in an OSP portfolio contains XML content from completed student forms. The content that students author when they fill out the form must validatae against that form's schema. As a template developer, you might want to consider creating schema that are generic enough to be used to satisfy multiple form needs. In this video I use the Form Builder tool (contrib) as an easy way to begin building a XML schema file that I could use for multiple purposes in many form definitions...
One of the main tasks an XML developer will need to do is to develop a portfolio template. Since OSP uses XSL as the technology to render a portfolio from raw XML data, you will want to be able to run similar transformations on your desktop.Begin by duplicating the template you want to modify and replacing its XSL stylesheet with the passthrough stylesheet. Save the orginal XSL stylesheet (the one you wish to develop) to your local machine. Create a new portfolio using this template and save i...
Many of the portfolio tools can be used in conjunction to knit together a complete user experience. Matrices, Wizards and Templates can be mixed to present the student with a variety of prompts to upload, compose and select content that they would like to share with others. The community library at openedpractices.org is a resource where you can learn how other institutions have built their portfolio systems and download the data structures needed to recreate in your Sakai instance.
This video shows how to download a complete form zip file and import it into the OSP forms tool in Sakai.
A brief tutorial on how to create a new portfolio worksite, add some of the OSP tools and add and configure some users to your site in Sakai.