E-Portfolio

Heather Levine

72 E-Portfolio

Heather Levine

Cohort 2024

Learning Objectives

Course objectives:

Write multiple-page essays including one 8–10-page research paper that meets college-level standards for content, organization, style, grammar, mechanics, and format.
Write effective, sound, well-supported arguments using a variety of rhetorical techniques.
Identify and respond effectively to a range of audiences in written and oral assignments.

Students will create an e-portfolio of all of their work in the semester with a reflective component. Students will come away with a portfolio of formal college-level writing for use in applications, writing samples, etc. and develop the reflective component of the writing process. Students will compile their portfolios digitally on a platform to be determined.

Purpose/Rationale

I think the e-portfolio is a great example of a renewable assignment, because it gives students an overall look at the work they’ve accomplished in the course and gives them easy access to writing samples that they may be able to use for transfer applications or scholarships that often need a sample of formal college writing.

Instructions

Starting with the first reflective exercise of the semester and continuing with the formal essays, students will begin to collect their work electronically for the preparation of an e-portfolio to be submitted at the end of the semester. On the last day of class, students will write a 2–3-page reflective essay which will serve as an introduction to the e-portfolio. (Specific instructions and rubric to follow.) Students will have the freedom to design the e-portfolio in any way they choose, if it includes the required elements to be listed on the assignment sheet. This will be an ongoing assignment that we will work on throughout the semester.

Format Requirements

The e-portfolio must include the following assignments:

The diagnostic/introductory reflection essay

Essay #1—The Visual Argument Analysis (final graded draft)

Essay #2—The Short Argument Essay (final graded draft)

Essay #3—The Exploratory Essay (final graded draft) -The Annotated Bibliography (final graded draft)

Essay #4—The Researched Argument Essay (final, ungraded draft) -In-class final reflective essay/portfolio introduction Students will submit the assignments via the chosen web platform and may design their portfolio as they wish.

Rubric/Criteria

Portfolios will be graded based on completion and required elements, using a provided rubric. The portfolio is worth 5% of the final grade, separate from the graded assignments themselves.