How to Link Your CPD Activity and Add the Hours Create an Asset for the CPD Activity After completing each CPD activity, log in to your ePortfolio and click on ‘create new’. Select an asset from the poppop up list that would best suit the activity you are recording, such as an ability or meeting asset. Fill in as many boxes in the asset as you can. Remember to add a tag, such as ‘CPD Hours’, as this will make it easier to find this asset in the future. You can select several tags, make new tags and edit it existing tags by clicking on ‘all tags’ at the bottom of the tags list. Add evidence to the asset To add evidence to your asset, click on the link icon in the bottom right corner of the evidence page of the asset. dd a certificate, scan it If you wish to add and save it to your computer. Then click on the paper and paperclip icon (‘browse for an external file to upload’) to add it to your asset. You can also add links to an email address, website or another asset. Adding evidence to the asset means there will always be copy of the evidence in your ePortfolio and therefore accessible through the internet at any time Reflect on the CPD Activity and Add the Hours It is a requirement of the CPD Registration Standard that the nurse reflects lects on each active learning hour. There is a box for adding a reflection in every asset in your ePortfolio. Under the reflection box, click on ‘hours, points, reminders’. Then select the number of hours spent on the CPD activity. As CPD no longer refers to points, leave the points at zero. Click on the green tick close the asset. and then save and Link the CPD Activity to your Learning Needs Open Your CPD Solution webfolio and go to the Identify and Prioritise Your Learning Needs page. Find the learning needs the CPD activity relates to and click on the link icon. In the Adding Evidence window that appears, click on ‘Claim I have developed this ability and would like to provide evidence of this’. Click Create Record. Then select ‘Add d supporting evidence’ Search for the asset using: 1. Select an existing asset 2. Tag 3. Asset Type Click on ‘Filter assets’ then choose the asset you need. Click ‘Save & close’. Add the Hours to the Activity Log Go to the Record Your CPD Hours page of the Your CPD Solution webfolio. Click on the ‘My CPD Hours’ link. The Activity Log will open. Scroll down and then click on the ‘Add an asset’ icon Use the Adding Evidence search box to find the asset, then click ‘Add Evidence’.