Summary of draft e-Portfolio agreement from Connecticut College
Received January 18, 2002
Participants: CC, Bates, Union, Hamilton, Mt. Holyoke, Dartmouth

What we need to do:
- identify our 3-person team
- create an outline of advising and technical support systems, and a project mission statement
- choose our area of expertise

Terminology:
Phases:

Phase I             up to July, 2002
                           Original development of e-Portfolio software (Version 1.0) by CC
Phase II            July 2002-July 2003 (“Pilot” phase).
                            Share of V1.0 software with participating schools; develop V2.0.
Phase III            July 2003-July 2004
                            Install V2.0 at participating schools; develop of V3.0.

Versions:
Version 1.0        Existing software, housed at CC, modified (as V1.0m)
                            to reflect participating school colors and logos (available Fall, 2002)
Version 2.0        A customizable, transportable version of the software (available Fall, 2003)
Version 3.0        A more generic version, capable of wide distribution (available Fall, 2004)

Our responsibilities:
- assemble an implementation team: one CDC person, one Dean, one IT person.
- prepare 2 documents:

• outline of the structure of our current advising processes, our potential for developing content, technical support systems, institutional motivation to implement new processes.
• mission statement for the project, including specific institutional objectives and goals for various stages of development.

- participate in a series of design and feedback meetings, beginning in early Spring 2002.
- conduct research, prepare content, develop implementation strategy for one area; e.g.:  
        student competency, assessment, developmental content, advising models
- port software to Union, summer 2003.  Server may be provided by a grant, but may not be. 

CC’s responsibilities:
- Apply for grant support
- Customize and host V1.0m during the 2002-03 academic year w/ technical support
- Provide participating institutions with V2.0 in summer 2003 w/ technical support 

CC retains the right to having its logo and copyright on each page; participating institutions will also get copyright notice on each page of V3.0.

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