Add a Text block to your page

Firstly, create or open an eportfolio page as per the above instructions. You can also get to this page list via the Hamburger menu (top right corner) by choosing Portfolio, then Pages and Collections.To add content to a page, you will need to be in Edit mode. Find the page you wish to edit from the Page List and click on the 3 dots underneath it and choose Edit. Alternatively, you can click on the page to open it and then click on the edit icon in the top right hand corner.

Content is added to a portfolio page by dragging blocks to a page. The most commonly used block is the Text block. This block can hold text, links and images so it is very flexible. Note: the way blocks are added to a page has changed for 2020/21 as you can resize, re-arrange and change the layout of your page as you go. Drag the + from the right hand side onto your page and drop it onto the page.

Choose to make this a Text block.

Change the Block title to what is appropriate for your purpose and click Save.

To add text to the block, you can type directly into the block or paste text from Word or another application.

Basic formatting features for text are found in the menu bar and you may choose to click on the first menu item, a drop down arrow for more choices.

Including Hyperlinks in the text

To add a hyperlink, first type in the link text eg this is a link to ... and then highlight the word to serve as the hyperlink and click the paper clip icon on the tool bar.

Type in the the URL you wish to link to eg www.dcu.ie

A new feature with Reflect is that you can now directly link to another portfolio page by clicking on Link List and if you the hyperlink to open in a separate tab, change the Target.

Images

You may include an image/s to a text block by clicking on the picture icon on the tool bar.

Click on Image and then Choose File to select the image you wish to display. Set any formatting options you wish and then click Submit.

Notes on Images: You have 50MB of space only for all your portfolios. Conserve this space by using images that are small in file size or by running them through TinyPNG (Google TinyPNG online) before upload. Alternatively, images can be put on a page by using a Google Apps block instead of a Text Block and linking to an image stored in Google Drive. This uses no space at all. Further information on Google Apps blocks is on this page.

Reflect displays images in landscape format. If you have a portrait image, it will display as landscape and you will need to rotate it. To rotate an image, click on the Hamburger menu, click on the dropdown menu beside Content and then choose Files. Review your files to locate your picture, then click on the pencil icon beside it to edit it's properties. Here you can change the orientation.

When you have added all the content to your text block, click on Save. If you wish to reopen and re-edit your text block, click on the Pencil icon.

A video walkthrough of adding a Text block to a page

Reflect Help Page 2020/21

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