The dataset contains 476 responses of higher education students to a questionnaire on the use of digital portfolios, the perception of their own autonomy and the self-assessment of their digital skills. The questionnaire was circulated in 2021 and 2022 among students of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain), Université Catholique de Lyon (France), Universidade do Minho (Portugal), Universitetet i Stavanger (Norway), Universitat de Vic- Universitat de la Catalunya Central (Spain) and Uniwersytet Warszawski (Poland).