ACE Portfolios vs D2L ePortfolio

ACE Portfolios is a web ePortfolio and assessment platform for NVQs, apprenticeships, and vocational qualifications. It is intended for training providers, colleges, and employers, and the maker says it was built by a working assessor and IQA. Assessors can review evidence beside assessment criteria, map evidence to criteria, and create reusable mapping templates for team use. A built-in recorder captures audio or video for professional discussions and observations, attaching recordings to candidate evidence. IQA sampling workflows and actions are included, along with read-only EQA access to claimed portfolios and EQA sessions. ACE lists unit structures for more than 130 qualifications from Highfield, ProQual, NOCN, ECITB, and City & Guilds, and says requested qualifications are added at no charge. Phone capture supports photos, video, and audio mapped to criteria. An optional employer portal shows selected progress in read-only form. Security features include MFA, AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.3, tenant isolation, and Cloudflare edge protection. Pricing is on request, with listed one-time charges.

D2L ePortfolio is a learning-evidence portfolio for Brightspace users. It stores documents, graphics, audio, video, presentations, coursework and other artifacts, then lets learners decide what to include and how to arrange it. Sharing permissions can allow others to view, edit, comment on or assess selected items. Presentations turn portfolio material into multipage web projects for showing learning and accomplishments. Comments and rubric assessments can be enabled for artifacts, collections, reflections, presentations and learning objectives when permissions allow. Learners may submit an item to a Brightspace assignment; the assignment receives a separate copy that later portfolio edits do not change. A Google Drive selector is available when an administrator enables the integration and the institution has a Google Workspace license. Android, iOS and web access are supported. D2L says Brightspace serves schools, higher education and corporate learning, with customized pricing on request.