Building a web-based learning portfolio for authentic assessment

This paper gives a full and detailed account of the design and development of a web-based learning portfolio (WBLP) system for authentic assessment, in the hope to help record, display, and monitor the student learning process. The functions of the WBLP system include portfolio creation, portfolio browse, portfolio guide, portfolio discussion board, portfolio class bulletin, suggestion board, student data maintenance, and system management. Databases used in the WBLP include student portfolio database (including student basic data table, portfolio data table, course work data table), discussion database (including topic data table, article data table), and bulletin database (including news data table).