Learning objective
E-Publishing & Portfolios
Publishing Work
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Welcome to Publishing Work! In this strand, you will learn how to turn your writing, art, and digital media into published eBooks, websites, blog posts, and interactive portfolios for real audiences.
Sharing My Work
Basic digital sharing and audience awareness.
Let's Go!
Learn
Publishing means taking your finished work and making it available for other people to read, see, or listen to! When you publish a digital story or ebook, your ideas can inspire your classmates and family.
Mission to the Red Planet 🚀
A Student Research Report by Grade 5 Explorers
Introduction
Publishing means taking your finished work and making it available for other people to read, see, or listen to! When you publish a digital story or ebook, your ideas can inspire your classmates and family.
Key Equipment Checklist
Solar-powered exploratory rover with panoramic cameras
Pressurized spacesuits with oxygen recycling
High-gain radio dish for communicating with Earth ground control
Highlight any part of this document to practice formatting titles, lists, colors, and paragraph styles!
Try it yourself
Publish your first mini digital story!
🚀 Open a practice space
🌟 Student Project GuideSuccess Criteria & WAGOLL (What A Good One Looks Like)
🎯 Task Success Criteria (Rubric)
Foundation
Identify a completed digital drawing or sentence ready to share.
Developing
Export or print a digital creation with teacher support.
Secure (Goal)
Share a digital story with peers or family in a class ebook gallery.
Mastery
Explain who the intended audience is for a published drawing or story. Typing: 5 WPM.
👀 What A Good One Looks Like (WAGOLL)
Exemplar Standard
A top-tier student project for Sharing My Work includes:
- Core Deliverable: Publish your first mini digital story!
- Target Quality: Share a digital story with peers or family in a class ebook gallery.
- Excellence & Polish: Explain who the intended audience is for a published drawing or story. Typing: 5 WPM.
📁
Save to Your Website Portfolio:
When you finish creating your project in your software, copy the share link or take a screenshot and publish it onto your student portfolio website!
⭐Self-Assessment: How confident do you feel with this skill?
Reflect
Learning check
Teacher setup, curriculum links and progress descriptors
Spark support
Routine: See, Think, Wonder
Achievement pathway
- Foundation: Identify a completed digital drawing or sentence ready to share.
- Developing: Export or print a digital creation with teacher support.
- Secure: Share a digital story with peers or family in a class ebook gallery.
- Mastering: Explain who the intended audience is for a published drawing or story. Typing: 5 WPM.
Curriculum links
Curriculum strand: CM.01.B.1.2
Outcome: PUB-O-01 — Basic digital sharing and audience awareness.
PYP: Form · Sharing our digital creations allows us to express our identity and ideas.
Learner profile: Communicator
Competency tags
Gate support
Accessibility alternative:
Teacher override: allow
Locked level
Level 2: eBook Creators
Complete the previous learning check to unlock this next level.
eBook Creators
Multi-page eBook layout and audio recordings.
Learning objective
Learning About: eBook Layout. Learning To: Combine text and audio. Learning To Be: Inquirer.
Let's Go!
Learn
Digital publishing lets you do things paper books cannot! You can add audio voice recordings to every page so readers can listen to you tell your story while turning the pages.
Mission to the Red Planet 🚀
A Student Research Report by Grade 5 Explorers
Introduction
Digital publishing lets you do things paper books cannot! You can add audio voice recordings to every page so readers can listen to you tell your story while turning the pages.
Key Equipment Checklist
Solar-powered exploratory rover with panoramic cameras
Pressurized spacesuits with oxygen recycling
High-gain radio dish for communicating with Earth ground control
Highlight any part of this document to practice formatting titles, lists, colors, and paragraph styles!
Try it yourself
Create a 3-page interactive eBook!
🚀 Open a practice space
🌟 Student Project GuideSuccess Criteria & WAGOLL (What A Good One Looks Like)
🎯 Task Success Criteria (Rubric)
Foundation
Add pages to a digital book template.
Developing
Place images and typed captions on consecutive book pages.
Secure (Goal)
Combine multi-page text, images, and embedded audio voice recordings into an eBook.
Mastery
Explain how voice narration helps young readers understand the book. Typing: 10 WPM.
👀 What A Good One Looks Like (WAGOLL)
Exemplar Standard
A top-tier student project for eBook Creators includes:
- Core Deliverable: Create a 3-page interactive eBook!
- Target Quality: Combine multi-page text, images, and embedded audio voice recordings into an eBook.
- Excellence & Polish: Explain how voice narration helps young readers understand the book. Typing: 10 WPM.
📁
Save to Your Website Portfolio:
When you finish creating your project in your software, copy the share link or take a screenshot and publish it onto your student portfolio website!
⭐Self-Assessment: How confident do you feel with this skill?
Reflect
Learning check
Teacher setup, curriculum links and progress descriptors
Spark support
Routine: Zoom In
Achievement pathway
- Foundation: Add pages to a digital book template.
- Developing: Place images and typed captions on consecutive book pages.
- Secure: Combine multi-page text, images, and embedded audio voice recordings into an eBook.
- Mastering: Explain how voice narration helps young readers understand the book. Typing: 10 WPM.
Curriculum links
Curriculum strand: CM.01.B.1.2
Outcome: PUB-O-02 — Multi-page eBook layout and audio recordings.
PYP: Function · E-publishing combines text, art, and voice to enrich storytelling.
Learner profile: Inquirer
Competency tags
Gate support
Accessibility alternative:
Teacher override: allow
Locked level
Level 3: Class Blogs & Posts
Complete the previous learning check to unlock this next level.
Class Blogs & Posts
Digital blogging, moderation, and constructive commenting.
Learning objective
Learning About: Digital Blogging. Learning To: Post and comment. Learning To Be: Reflective.
Let's Go!
Learn
Blogging is a great way to publish reflections on your learning. Before a post goes public on a class blog, a teacher moderates it to ensure it is safe, kind, and accurate. When commenting on others' posts, always be encouraging and constructive!
Mission to the Red Planet 🚀
A Student Research Report by Grade 5 Explorers
Introduction
Blogging is a great way to publish reflections on your learning. Before a post goes public on a class blog, a teacher moderates it to ensure it is safe, kind, and accurate. When commenting on others' posts, always be encouraging and constructive!
Key Equipment Checklist
Solar-powered exploratory rover with panoramic cameras
Pressurized spacesuits with oxygen recycling
High-gain radio dish for communicating with Earth ground control
Highlight any part of this document to practice formatting titles, lists, colors, and paragraph styles!
Try it yourself
Write a blog reflection & leave 2 comments!
🚀 Open a practice space
🌟 Student Project GuideSuccess Criteria & WAGOLL (What A Good One Looks Like)
🎯 Task Success Criteria (Rubric)
Foundation
Read a post on a moderated class blog.
Developing
Write and submit a short blog post draft for teacher approval.
Secure (Goal)
Publish a blog post with a cover image and write constructive, kind peer comments.
Mastery
Apply the 'TAG' feedback method (Tell something good, Ask a question, Give a suggestion). Typing: 15 WPM.
👀 What A Good One Looks Like (WAGOLL)
Exemplar Standard
A top-tier student project for Class Blogs & Posts includes:
- Core Deliverable: Write a blog reflection & leave 2 comments!
- Target Quality: Publish a blog post with a cover image and write constructive, kind peer comments.
- Excellence & Polish: Apply the 'TAG' feedback method (Tell something good, Ask a question, Give a suggestion). Typing: 15 WPM.
📁
Save to Your Website Portfolio:
When you finish creating your project in your software, copy the share link or take a screenshot and publish it onto your student portfolio website!
⭐Self-Assessment: How confident do you feel with this skill?
Reflect
Learning check
Teacher setup, curriculum links and progress descriptors
Spark support
Routine: Think, Puzzle, Explore
Achievement pathway
- Foundation: Read a post on a moderated class blog.
- Developing: Write and submit a short blog post draft for teacher approval.
- Secure: Publish a blog post with a cover image and write constructive, kind peer comments.
- Mastering: Apply the 'TAG' feedback method (Tell something good, Ask a question, Give a suggestion). Typing: 15 WPM.
Curriculum links
Curriculum strand: CM.02.B.1.1
Outcome: PUB-O-03 — Digital blogging, moderation, and constructive commenting.
PYP: Connection · Online blogs connect learning communities through peer feedback.
Learner profile: Reflective
Competency tags
Gate support
Accessibility alternative:
Teacher override: allow
Locked level
Level 4: Google Sites & Pages
Complete the previous learning check to unlock this next level.
Google Sites & Pages
Webpage structure, layout banners, and embedded media.
Learning objective
Learning About: Web Publishing. Learning To: Build a site. Learning To Be: Knowledgeable.
Let's Go!
Learn
Building a webpage allows you to publish multi-media content in one organized hub. Google Sites lets you drag and drop text, header banners, image carousels, and embedded documents across multiple subpages!
Mission to the Red Planet 🚀
A Student Research Report by Grade 5 Explorers
Introduction
Building a webpage allows you to publish multi-media content in one organized hub. Google Sites lets you drag and drop text, header banners, image carousels, and embedded documents across multiple subpages!
Key Equipment Checklist
Solar-powered exploratory rover with panoramic cameras
Pressurized spacesuits with oxygen recycling
High-gain radio dish for communicating with Earth ground control
Highlight any part of this document to practice formatting titles, lists, colors, and paragraph styles!
Try it yourself
Build a 2-page Inquiry Website!
🚀 Open a practice space
🌟 Student Project GuideSuccess Criteria & WAGOLL (What A Good One Looks Like)
🎯 Task Success Criteria (Rubric)
Foundation
Open Google Sites and select a site header template.
Developing
Create a homepage with header banner, title, and body text.
Secure (Goal)
Build a 2-page website with navigation menu and embedded Google Docs/Slides.
Mastery
Configure permissions (view vs edit) and publish with a custom URL slug. Typing: 20 WPM.
👀 What A Good One Looks Like (WAGOLL)
Exemplar Standard
A top-tier student project for Google Sites & Pages includes:
- Core Deliverable: Build a 2-page Inquiry Website!
- Target Quality: Build a 2-page website with navigation menu and embedded Google Docs/Slides.
- Excellence & Polish: Configure permissions (view vs edit) and publish with a custom URL slug. Typing: 20 WPM.
📁
Save to Your Website Portfolio:
When you finish creating your project in your software, copy the share link or take a screenshot and publish it onto your student portfolio website!
⭐Self-Assessment: How confident do you feel with this skill?
Reflect
Learning check
Teacher setup, curriculum links and progress descriptors
Spark support
Routine: See, Think, Wonder
Achievement pathway
- Foundation: Open Google Sites and select a site header template.
- Developing: Create a homepage with header banner, title, and body text.
- Secure: Build a 2-page website with navigation menu and embedded Google Docs/Slides.
- Mastering: Configure permissions (view vs edit) and publish with a custom URL slug. Typing: 20 WPM.
Curriculum links
Curriculum strand: CM.02.B.1.1
Outcome: PUB-O-04 — Webpage structure, layout banners, and embedded media.
PYP: Responsibility · Web design organizes information across navigation subpages.
Learner profile: Knowledgeable
Competency tags
Gate support
Accessibility alternative:
Teacher override: allow
Locked level
Level 5: Digital Portfolios
Complete the previous learning check to unlock this next level.
Digital Portfolios
Curating growth, reflection, and multi-year digital portfolios.
Learning objective
Learning About: Portfolio Curation. Learning To: Curate & reflect. Learning To Be: Reflective.
Let's Go!
Learn
A digital portfolio is not just a collection of good grades—it is a story of your growth! By publishing 'before and after' work samples alongside reflective audio or written journal entries, you demonstrate how you overcome challenges and improve as a learner.
Mission to the Red Planet 🚀
A Student Research Report by Grade 5 Explorers
Introduction
A digital portfolio is not just a collection of good grades—it is a story of your growth! By publishing 'before and after' work samples alongside reflective audio or written journal entries, you demonstrate how you overcome challenges and improve as a learner.
Key Equipment Checklist
Solar-powered exploratory rover with panoramic cameras
Pressurized spacesuits with oxygen recycling
High-gain radio dish for communicating with Earth ground control
Highlight any part of this document to practice formatting titles, lists, colors, and paragraph styles!
Try it yourself
Curate a PYP Unit Portfolio Entry!
🚀 Open a practice space
🌟 Student Project GuideSuccess Criteria & WAGOLL (What A Good One Looks Like)
🎯 Task Success Criteria (Rubric)
Foundation
Upload a piece of schoolwork into a portfolio folder.
Developing
Categorize portfolio entries by subject or PYP unit theme.
Secure (Goal)
Curate best work samples with written reflections explaining why each item was selected.
Mastery
Organize a multi-unit digital portfolio showcasing growth from early drafts to final products. Typing: 25 WPM.
👀 What A Good One Looks Like (WAGOLL)
Exemplar Standard
A top-tier student project for Digital Portfolios includes:
- Core Deliverable: Curate a PYP Unit Portfolio Entry!
- Target Quality: Curate best work samples with written reflections explaining why each item was selected.
- Excellence & Polish: Organize a multi-unit digital portfolio showcasing growth from early drafts to final products. Typing: 25 WPM.
📁
Save to Your Website Portfolio:
When you finish creating your project in your software, copy the share link or take a screenshot and publish it onto your student portfolio website!
⭐Self-Assessment: How confident do you feel with this skill?
Reflect
Learning check
Teacher setup, curriculum links and progress descriptors
Spark support
Routine: I used to think...
Achievement pathway
- Foundation: Upload a piece of schoolwork into a portfolio folder.
- Developing: Categorize portfolio entries by subject or PYP unit theme.
- Secure: Curate best work samples with written reflections explaining why each item was selected.
- Mastering: Organize a multi-unit digital portfolio showcasing growth from early drafts to final products. Typing: 25 WPM.
Curriculum links
Curriculum strand: CM.03.B.1.1
Outcome: PUB-O-05 — Curating growth, reflection, and multi-year digital portfolios.
PYP: Perspective · Digital portfolios curate evidence of personal growth and learning over time.
Learner profile: Reflective
Competency tags
Gate support
Accessibility alternative:
Teacher override: allow
Locked level
Level 6: Copyright & Licensing
Complete the previous learning check to unlock this next level.
Copyright & Licensing
Creative Commons licensing, open-source publishing, and attribution.
Learning objective
Learning About: Digital Ethics. Learning To: Attribute & license. Learning To Be: Principled.
Let's Go!
Learn
As a digital author and creator, you must respect intellectual property! Copyright protects original works. When publishing, search for Creative Commons (CC) or Public Domain media, provide proper attribution (TASL: Title, Author, Source, License), and choose how others can re-use your own published creations!
Mission to the Red Planet 🚀
A Student Research Report by Grade 5 Explorers
Introduction
As a digital author and creator, you must respect intellectual property! Copyright protects original works. When publishing, search for Creative Commons (CC) or Public Domain media, provide proper attribution (TASL: Title, Author, Source, License), and choose how others can re-use your own published creations!
Key Equipment Checklist
Solar-powered exploratory rover with panoramic cameras
Pressurized spacesuits with oxygen recycling
High-gain radio dish for communicating with Earth ground control
Highlight any part of this document to practice formatting titles, lists, colors, and paragraph styles!
Try it yourself
Publish an Open Project with CC License!
🚀 Open a practice space
🌟 Student Project GuideSuccess Criteria & WAGOLL (What A Good One Looks Like)
🎯 Task Success Criteria (Rubric)
Foundation
Identify copyright symbols (©) on published websites.
Developing
Cite the author, title, and source URL for online images used in published work.
Secure (Goal)
Differentiate between Copyright, Public Domain, and Creative Commons (CC) licenses.
Mastery
Apply a Creative Commons license (BY, SA, NC, ND) to personal published creations and explain re-use rights. Typing: 30+ WPM.
👀 What A Good One Looks Like (WAGOLL)
Exemplar Standard
A top-tier student project for Copyright & Licensing includes:
- Core Deliverable: Publish an Open Project with CC License!
- Target Quality: Differentiate between Copyright, Public Domain, and Creative Commons (CC) licenses.
- Excellence & Polish: Apply a Creative Commons license (BY, SA, NC, ND) to personal published creations and explain re-use rights. Typing: 30+ WPM.
📁
Save to Your Website Portfolio:
When you finish creating your project in your software, copy the share link or take a screenshot and publish it onto your student portfolio website!
⭐Self-Assessment: How confident do you feel with this skill?
Reflect
Learning check
Teacher setup, curriculum links and progress descriptors
Spark support
Routine: Step Inside
Achievement pathway
- Foundation: Identify copyright symbols (©) on published websites.
- Developing: Cite the author, title, and source URL for online images used in published work.
- Secure: Differentiate between Copyright, Public Domain, and Creative Commons (CC) licenses.
- Mastering: Apply a Creative Commons license (BY, SA, NC, ND) to personal published creations and explain re-use rights. Typing: 30+ WPM.
Curriculum links
Curriculum strand: CM.03.B.1.1
Outcome: PUB-O-06 — Creative Commons licensing, open-source publishing, and attribution.
PYP: Reflection · Responsible publishing requires respecting intellectual property and digital rights.
Learner profile: Principled
Competency tags
Gate support
Accessibility alternative:
Teacher override: allow