Welcome to the CPD templates (online) collection*
The CPD templates in this collection are designed for you to use and store within your CSP ePortfolio account.
* A collection is a set of pages that are linked to one another and have the same access permissions.
TIP: Please be aware that these templates are designed to be used and read online. You can download and print them off, but they will lose their formatting and clean appearance.
If you are looking for CPD templates to download and store somewhere else (e.g. on your PC, laptop or mobile device), or want to maintain a paper-based portfolio click here to open a folder of CPD templates (MSWord format) which are available for you to download.
Collection content
This collection contains a set of templates (online forms) that are designed to help you work your way around the CPD cycle.
Use this collection of templates to plan, record and evaluate your learning from different situations and experiences in your day-to-day practice.
Navigation: Click on the down-arrow in the 'navigation' tab at the top of the page to find a list of the templates in this collection. Click on the title of a template in the drop down menu to open the template.
Copying a template into your personal ePortfolio account
Find the CPD template you want to use in the drop-down menu and click to open the template on your screen.
Click the 'copy' button that sits near the top right hand corner of the page you have chosen. A new window will open that offers 2 options:
- Copy collection will save a copy of the 13 pages/templates that sit in the CPD templates collection into your CSP ePortfolio account
- Copy page will save a copy of the page/template you have chosen into your CSP ePortfolio account
Using/editing a template you have copied
Once you have copied a CPD template into your CSP ePortfolio account you will have the option to edit the page(s) in 3 different ways using the 'edit' buttons that appear in the top right hand corner of the page you have saved.
- Edit title and description to change the name of the template; the text describing the template; and the template tag*
- Edit layout to change what the template looks like on the page
- Edit content to change the headings/prompts; and to add content [text/images/tables/hyperlinks] in response to the prompts.
* tags are keywords that you can attached to pages and artefacts stored in your CSP ePortfolio. Tags can help make things easier to find, and can also be used to organise the content of your CSP ePortfolio around specific themes/topics.