Electronic Portfolio: TaskStream®
Portfolio
- Log onto Task Stream (www.taskstream.com)
- Obtain your subscription by following the
directions under “Subscribe Now.” Be prepared to pay for your
subscription using a credit card. You may enroll for as little as one semester
or as long as five years. You may reinstate your subscription or add onto it
at any time. (Help Sheet for
Registrations Steps may be downloaded).
- During the registration process, be sure to
identify yourself with the California State University System: San Marcos.
This will place you in our pool of students to be assigned to your cohort or
instructor. It is critical that you register according to your instructor's
deadline so you can be moved into your group at one time. Check with your
instructor for the TaskStream code appropriate for your program.
- It will take a few days to make your
subscription active. If your professor has not given you a due-date for
subscribing --- after which the account will become active, be sure to notify
your professor that you have signed on. Making the account active with the
correct portfolio shell (Direct Response Folio or DRF in Task Stream language)
requires an administrative process.
- After your account is active, go to My
Programs
- Under “Programs I am enrolled in," click on
Multiple Subject Program, or whatever DRF has been assigned to you.
- Click on the tab at the top entitled “My
Work.”
- Under “Directed Response Portfolio,” select
CSUSM Multiple Subject Portfolio. You should see a navigational bar with
directions that say “Select Item to Edit.” Click on the TPE you are responding
to. A window that indicates to add/edit requirement with the name of the TPE
listed will appear near the center of the screen.
- Click on the Add/Edit button the right side. A
new window will emerge as the “Content Editor.” Notice that along the top of
the window are tabs indicating what you want to insert or edit.
- Click on the “text” button to add your
narrative. All other additions such as pictures (images) or attachments can be
added at any time. Experiment with how this is done. You can always delete the
results of your experiment.
Narrative – Your Story