Getting started with the Personal Learning Space (PLS). The Personal Learning Space (PLS) is a configurable space every user can access to create content, share content, and aggregate content from other sources.

Empower learners by creating an environment where individuals can manage their own learning.
Create portfolios to share with instructors or prospective employers
Customizable space allowing users to add modules for membership to see who they are connected to, embed HTML content, and include RSS and Twitter feeds.

Portlets

Folders

Manage Sites

Create Content

Add Sites

Site Widgets

Add Portlets

The PLS consists of configurable portlets that allow users to manage their space and content. Available portlets include folders, Rich Text/HTML widget, calendar, clock, activity feeds, RSS feeds, and Twitter feeds.

Folders

A folder allows you to add new social media content such as blogs, wikis and podcasts.

Add Content

Users can add wikis, blogs, journal and podcasts to a folder in their PLS. They can also copy content from existing sites and create a site from a template.

Adding a wiki, blog, journal or podcast

To add a site, click a site type and then the Add button. Add a title and description (optional) and click the create button.

Managing sites in the Personal Learning Space

Campus Pack site owners have links in the upper right corner of the screen that allow them to change the look and feel of the site, configure sharing settings, add widgets, and more.

Site Settings

Site Settings include the Title and Description of the site, an icon that can be customized, and themes that can be selected from the drop-down menu.

Site Permissions

Site owners can add viewers and authors to the sites they create. Campus Pack also offers an Invite by email feature to send a secure invitation to a user outside your institution, someone who does not have an account in your system. This is a useful feature for Subject Matter Experts, Guest Lecturers, Parents, Mentors, Tutors, and Research Collaborators.

Site Authors can create, edit, delete and view entries in a site.

Site Viewers can see RSS feeds, View site entries and Comments.

Invite via Email

When a site owner click’s the Invite Person via Email button, a window opens with an entry field for the person’s email address.

Site Widgets add components to sites and spaces such as a tag-cloud, voting, rating, categories, activity feeds, threaded commenting, include external sites such as RSS feeds and Twitter.

	AddThis - Enables viewers to share content on other social networks. For this widget to be visible, your content must be visible to everyone in the world.
	Viewer Voting - Viewers can vote on content and view the vote count.
	Viewer Ratings - Viewers can rate content and view the aggregate rating.
	Internal Tags - Only Authors can read and apply tags. Tags - Authors can read and apply tags and Viewers can read them.
	Categories - Authors can read and apply categories and Viewers can read them. Internal Categories - Only Authors can read and apply categories.
	Viewer Feedback - Viewers can leave private feedback for Authors (and Owners) to read. Viewers can not see feedback left by others. Author Discussion - Only Authors can comment. Use this to have a collaborative discussion within the group of Authors. Viewer Comments - Everyone who can access the content item can comment. Owner Discussion - Owners can take private notes (visible only to other Owners.)