Portfolio activities allow users to attach files and text using the Dropbox.
To complete a Dropbox submission:
- Select Show Dropbox with the activity open.
- You can have up to three choices for selecting a file:
- Choose File from your computer.
- This option allows you to browse your computer to select a file.
- Create a Google document (if your domain is set up with G Suite)
- This option allows you to create Google Drive document and submit it. Once it's submitted, Pearson Connexus also creates a PDF snapshot of the activity for you and your teacher.
- Choose Google Document
- This option allows you to browse your Google Drive to select a file. Once it's submitted, Pearson Connexus also creates a PDF snapshot of the activity for you and your teacher.
- Choose File from your computer.
- Add comments or an audio/video file using the text editor.
- Select Save if you want to edit and submit later, or select Submit to immediately submit the Dropbox submission.
Create Google Document (dropbox submission)
When you choose Create Google Document as a Dropbox submission:
- Give the activity a title.
- Select the type of document you want to create (Google Docs, Google Sheets, or Google Slides).
- Select Create.
- The newly created document in your Google Drive opens in a new window where you can complete the assignment.
- Once you're finished, return to your Pearson Connexus window, where you will see your new document attached. Select Submit.
How to use a Google Document template created by your teacher
If your teacher sets up a Dropbox template for you to use when submitting an activity, the following options display when you select Show Dropbox:
- View template to preview the activity.
- Create attachment from template to open the activity, edit it, and attach your own version as your submission. When submitted, a PDF snapshot is created and saved in the your activity history.
