Brightspace Portfolio

Classroom app for building student portfolios

Total ratings

3.40 (Rating count: 230)

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Pros
    Cons
    • Frequent issues with uploading photos and videos to the portfolio.
    • QR code scanning does not work consistently, causing login and functionality problems.
    • Lack of options to edit or troubleshoot features, leading to user frustration.
    • Poor app design, including camera issues and delayed response when taking photos.
    • Entries often do not sync with Brightspace, rendering the app mostly useless.
    Most mentioned
    • Uploading issues, with many users unable to successfully submit work.
    • Problems related to QR code functionality for login and submissions.
    • Frustration over the lack of support or troubleshooting options.
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    Date Author Rating Comment
    2024-06-13
    Asterisk    		 I'm currently trying to install this app on to my phone and I don't understand what it's actually used for. I can't check assignments, I can't actually log in and it keeps asking me to take photos??? JUST LET ME SEE MY ASSIGNMENTS. I never had such a frustrating situation with Blackboard
    2021-01-12
    Bill Benner    		 Mixed results. Works intermittently with a new(ish) iPad. Never works with a Galaxy S8. Seems to always work with iPhone11. Thank goodness our house has device options. I would hope developers are working out the bugs on this. Maybe add a drop down menu to navigate back and forth or add multiple pics in a single submission.
    2021-01-04
    Lareign C (AC)    		 Lag? Delayed? Meh. I've been trying to upload some of my daughter's school works on My Portfolio (using My Device and scanning the school's QR code) but it won't seem to be uploaded. We have pretty stable wifi connection so I'm not sure it is because of the connection. When I first downloaded it, it's working just fine. It keeps on showing the "uploading/circle" thing but it really isn't getting uploaded. Edited: Figured out it might be the AUDIO thing. You can't add audio in it. Meh.
    2020-11-26
    Karen Buckley    		 It is a great app. I wish the QR code scanned more easily AND that I could take more than one picture for an assignment to be uploaded to my child's portfolio. This would make it more efficient.
    2020-11-20
    Sara R    		 WHY IS ARE VIDEOS UPSIDE DOWN??? I have to film myself so obviously I'm gonna film in selfie mode. Why does the app flip the video upside down??? I am gonna have to upload upside down videos to my teacher for the entire school year?? And why is there no option to edit? This is frustrating. You guys better fix this
    2020-10-31
    Aaron Levisohn    		 Even worse than Brightspace. So many usability issues (e.g. you can't only upload one gallery image at a time). But even more problematic, the files don't sync with Brightspace so it's completely useless and a waste of time. I can only surmise that school districts choose Brightspace because it is the cheapest (and worst) option available. So unfortunate for the kids.
    2020-10-26
    Crystal Woods    		 This app is awful. My kids are using it for school, and I have followed every single instructional anything I can find, and when she takes a picture and submits her work it never goes to her portfolio!! I am beyond frustrated with this thing going around in circles! The funster part also doesn't offer my kid the option to not record audio. There should be an option to skip that, or enter information on manually. There's just something missing, it doesn't work at all.
    2020-10-20
    Shawn McDonald    		 In upload queue is the only thing it says once submitting data but the data never makes it. I have tried every mode and have no way of getting support. Really bad app for whats supposed to be a professional company, just remove it if your not going to fix it.
    2020-10-11
    our voicemail    		 Entries do not link to assignments. When using to assess, it doesn't give a way to "not show to parents". Awkward and conceptually disconnected with the web application. This software is really still v0.7, not ready for production. School boards beware! Don't be enticed by their fancy website and pictures! It's obvious that they didn't consult with teachers on how the app would work in the entire day of a teachers' workflow - they only looked at small snapshots of the workflow.
    2020-10-06
    Becka Running    		 The app doesn't work. Nothing uploads to the portfolio. Sometimes the picture staying in the app, sometimes its gone. But the audio disapears and nothing ever loads to the site to share with teachers.
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