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Collections


After you create individual pages in your digital portfolio, you can then combine them into a collection that focuses on a particular aspect such as work placement. You can reuse pages in multiple collections.
 

Create a collection of pages

  1. Select the Main menu icon .
  2. Select Create.
  3. Select Pages and collections.
  4. Select Add.
  5. Select Collection.

The Edit title and description | Edit collection page appears.

 

  1. Give your collection a name.
  2. Add a description to help others learn about the content or theme of your collection. You can add tags if you want.
  3. A horizontal navigation bar is added to every page in the collection by default. If you do not want this navigation bar, select the Page navigation bar option button to change it to Yes.
  4. You can add a cover image to help you distinguish between collections.
  5. After you have completed all relevant sections, select Next: Edit collection pages.
  6. Now that you have created your collection, choose which pages you want to include in the collection. On the left are the potential pages that you can use. If you already placed a page in another collection, it is not shown here.
  7. To move pages to the Pages already in collection area, drag the page names from the Add pages to collection box, or select the check boxes and select Add pages.

  1. Select Next: Edit access.

 

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  1. The sharing options for the collection appear. If you do not want to share your collection at this time, select Save.


The newly created collection appears on the Pages and collections page. You can see that there are two pages in this collection.

 

Edit an existing collection

After you create a collection, you can add, delete and reorder pages in it.
 

Add a page to a collection

  1. Select the Main menu icon .
  2. Select Create.
  3. Select Pages and collections.
  4. In the relevant collection, select the More options icon .

  1. Select Manage.
  2. To move a page to the Pages already in collection area, drag the page name from the Add pages to collection box. Alternatively, select the relevant check box and select Add pages.

  1. Select Next: Edit access.
  2. The sharing options for the collection appear. If you do not want to share your collection at this time, select Save.

 

Delete a page from a collection

  1. Select the Main menu icon .
  2. Select Create.
  3. Select Pages and collections.
  4. In the relevant collection, select the More options icon .

  1. Select Manage.


 

  1. In the Pages already in collection area, beside the page you want to delete, select the Delete icon .

  1. To confirm your decision to delete the page from the collection, in the confirmation message, select OK.




The page will reappear in the Add pages to collection box, from where you can add it to another collection.

  1. Select Next: Edit access.
  2. The sharing options for the collection appear. If you do not want to share your collection at this time, select Save.

 

Reorder a page in a collection

  1. Select the Main menu icon .
  2. Select Create.
  3. Select Pages and collections.
  4. In the relevant collection, select the More options icon .

  1. Select Manage.


 

  1. To reorder a page in your collection, in the Pages already in collection area, select the arrow beside the page you want to reorder.

  1. Select Next: Edit access.
  2. The sharing options for the collection appear. If you do not want to share your collection at this time, select Save.


 

Copy a collection

  1. Select the Main menu icon .
  2. Select Create.
  3. Select Pages and collections.
  4. Select the name of the collection that you want to copy.
  5. At the top right of the page, select the More options icon .
  6. Select Copy.
  7. In the Confirm copying message, select Collection.


The Edit collection page for the copied collection appears with a version number. Here, you can rename the copy and update the description and tags before saving.

  1. Select Next: Edit collection pages.
  2. Add or remove pages as you want and then select Next: Edit access.
  3. Select Save.

 

Delete a collection

  1. Select the Main menu icon .
  2. Select Create.
  3. Select Pages and collections.
  4. On the lower right of the collection that you want to delete, select the More options icon .
  5. Select Delete.
  6. In the confirmation message, select Yes.
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