Before Christmas, we held a meeting for users of eportfolio and assessment tool PebblePad at the University.I started proceedings with some recent updates, discussing PebblePad's new improved table functions, which allow for more advanced reporting of hours and points; the University's switching on of Turnitin within PebblePad, allowing for originality reports of student submissions; and giving previews of some work that has been undertaken using PebblePad recently on both Apprenticeships and Programme-Level eportfolios.
Debbie Holmes from PebblePad gave an overview of the product's roadmap, which showed a number of features scheduled future updates. These included improvements of ATLAS, that will change its look inline with Pebble+, and allow for easier navigation between learners' work, as well as a dashboard function giving a range of statistics about learners' progress.
The meeting ended with presentations on how PebblePad is being used in various departments, with Yuki Kittaka (School of East Asian Studies), Paula Goodale (Information School) and Gareth Bramley and Gareth Braid (School of Law) giving examples of how Workbooks are being used in their respective practices.
PebblePad is a product that continues to improve and has great benefits for authentic assessment, and if anyone is interested in finding out more please get in touch at tel@sheffield.ac.uk, Alternatively see https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/apse/digital/training-events for details of how to book face-to-face Digital Learning advice slots.
Pete Mella
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