ADoM-2008-05-20 Project: Create a Personal Statement

Types

Use Case

	Attribute Label
	Description	The learner selects a course from her short list, in order to make a Personal Statement against this course Entry Profile. This use case starts when the learner selects one of the courses from her short list for the purpose of creating or revising a Personal Statement against the course Entry Profile. The action of selecting the course for this purpose presents the learner with a template for the Personal Statement. The e-Portfolio engine will fetch the Entry Profile data from the Entry Profile System and populate the template, displaying appropriate blank spaces for the learner to insert assertions. This use case ends when the Personal Statement template has been loaded with the Entry Profile data and pointers stored in the e-Portfolio repository.
	display name	Create a Personal Statement
	present or future	future
	Related to Scenarios	ePortfolio: Completes Personal Statements
	source	e-Portfolios_for_Lifelong_Learning
	use Case specification	Use Case Specification - Create Personal Statement Name of Use Case: Create Personal Statement Project: ePortfolio for Lifelong Learning Reference Model Description The learner selects a course from her short list, in order to make a Personal Statement against this course Entry Profile. Narrative This use case starts when the learner selects one of the courses from her short list for the purpose of creating or revising a Personal Statement against the course Entry Profile. The action of selecting the course for this purpose presents the learner with a template for the Personal Statement. The e-Portfolio engine will fetch the Entry Profile data from the Entry Profile System and populate the template, displaying appropriate blank spaces for the learner to insert assertions. This use case ends when the Personal Statement template has been loaded with the Entry Profile data and pointers stored in the e-Portfolio repository. Conditions Preconditions Course Information System is e-Portfolio enabled. Location of Course Information System is known and accessible. Learner is logged into her personal web space in the e-Portfolio engine. e-Portfolio enabled repositories are available. Short list of at least one course already created and visible to the learner. e-Portfolio engine has appropriate templates to display short list and Personal Statements. Successful end condition Personal Statement items are stored in an e-Portfolio enabled repository. Personal Statement states the course against which it has been made. Failed end condition No Personal Statement made. Primary Actors Learner Secondary Actors None Trigger Learner selects course on short list. Included Use Cases Populate a Personal Statement Main Flow Learnere-Portfolio EngineEntry Profile System 1. Selects a course from her short list.2. Receives course identifiers.3. Loads Personal Statement template.include :: Populate a Personal Statement4. Displays populated Personal Statement template.5. Stores pointers to Entry Profile items, pointers to (blank) Personal Statement items and learner identifiers.6. Use case ends when learner views populated Personal Statement template. Branching Action 4.1 Displays error.4.2 Use case ends.

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