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Welcome to Creating a Faculty Demo Folio in Taskstream. This video will cover the basics
of creating an online folio.
So what is TaskStream? TaskStream is one centralized online space where students can create a showcase
of their work when looking for internships, jobs, or when applying to grad school. Think
of it as an in-depth online resume in the form of a website with a bio, samples of work,
experiences abroad, and content highlighting other accomplishments. Faculty may want to
create a demo showcase folio to help their students create their own.
Let's jump right in. Faculty, staff, and students can log in to TaskStream by navigating to
myhome.ithaca.edu and logging in with their IC Netpass username and password. Click the
Taskstream link in the left-hand pane.
Once you log in, you can type a name for your new folio and click "Create New." (This is
the same process for students.) On the next page, select "General Purpose Templates (created
by Taskstream)" and select a template from the drop-down menu. There are a lot of options
here, but most of your students should choose "Showcase Portfolio." You can click the "Preview"
button to see the structure of each template. You can modify any template you choose, or
you can choose to start from scratch. Click "Continue."
Now you can select a theme for your folio and customize the colors and layout of the
page. Click Apply in the top right-hand corner when you are happy with your theme. You can
always edit this later.
To work on the structure and content of your folio, click the "All Folios & Web Pages"
tab and click "Edit" on the folio you just created.
Notice that the structure of your folio can be managed on the left-hand side of your screen
and you can preview what your site will look like to others above this. When you click
on an area on the left-hand pane, you will see that at the bottom of the screen, there
are different options for what you can add to the page, such as attachments of PDFs or
Word documents, videos, links, and text. Your total allotted file storage in Taskstream
is 2GB and most file types are supported.
Keep track of how much space you're using by clicking on "Resources" at the top of your
screen.
Click the All Folios and Web Pages tab, and click "Edit" next to your folio again. Notice
that on the welcome screen, you can click on the link to the "Getting Started Guide"
in the middle of the page to download a PDF that will guide you through the rest of the
process of getting your folio up and running. / Throughout Taskstream, there are useful
links to Help sections that will provide you with instructions on how to use each tool.
That's it for Creating a Faculty Demo Folio in Taskstream.