The purpose of this assignment is to
provide you with a chance to reflect upon what you have learned, to
critically analyze your work, and to practice the selection of and
presentation of your work to an audience.
You will submit your portfolio
electronically, using the Catalyst Portfolio tool. I use
electronic portfolios for several reasons:
Downloading and submitting the portfolio: When you are ready to submit your portfolio, log onto the Portfolio tool at <http://portfolio.washington.edu/optin.cgi?owner=davidgs&id=3017>. You will need your UW Net ID to log on.
Under "Choose a portfolio location," please
choose the default location and then click the "Continue" button.
After receiving a confirmation that your portfolio was installed, you
will see the main portfolio page. You do not need to click on the
instructions, because that link will just take you to this
page.
First, under
"Options" or "Preferences,"
please enter your full name.
Then, one by one, you will add content to your electronic portfolio. Refer to the specific instructions below for each item.
It does not matter
when you submit items into your portfolio. You can submit them
one at a time, or all at once. I will not be able to see any of
them, though, until you submit the entire portfolio to me for
review. This means that you can change things, add things, edit
things, etc., without worrying about me seeing your work until it is
ready for me. It also means, though, that even if items are in
your portfolio by the deadline, they do not count as "on time" unless
the entire portfolio is submitted to me by the deadline. It is
like putting things into a folder to turn in to a professor. He
or she does not care when you put your work into the folder. He
or she cares only when the folder gets submitted. Please make sure you do not submit the
portfolio until it is ready, and when you do submit it, please make
sure that it contains everything that is supposed to be included.
When you have submitted both of the elements of your portfolio, you need to click on the green "Submit" button to submit the entire portfolio to me for review. When you click on that button, you will see a list of the artifacts that you have submitted. Click on the "Check ALL pages" button just below the list. PRINT THIS PAGE! The printed list will be the only proof you have that all of the documents were submitted in the portfolio! Then click on the "Submit" button. You should get a pop-up confirmation that your portfolio has been submitted. Then log out and close your browser window to protect your UW Net ID. Important: Once you click the "Submit" button, you cannot go back to add anything, so make sure everything is in its final form and that all of the documents are included before clicking on "Submit."
Your midquarter learning portfolio is due online at 1:05 p.m. sharp on Monday, November 1. Within one week, I will return your portfolio (follow the same link as the one you used to get to the Portfolio before), with my comments. I will not comment on midquarter portfolios submitted after the deadline, so please do not bother to submit a late midquarter portfolio. I will deduct ten percentage points from the score of final portfolios that did not have a corresponding midquarter portfolio submitted.
First, gather all of your work that is to be included in your course-end learning portfolio. The guidelines for what to include are listed below. I strongly recommend downloading the learning portfolio items from the Catalyst Portfolio tool (see "Downloading and submitting the portfolio," below) so you can see what you will need to respond to, so you have time to think about and draft responses.
Then, write a formal, reflective paper of about 800 words (no fewer than 600 and no more than 1000) that discusses, in an order that makes sense as the best way to present your thinking:
Comparing your pre-course and course-end
questionnaires is a good way to prepare your reflective paper.
As a formal piece of university writing, your reflective essay should be typed and double-spaced throughout, using a standard font (like Times) in 12-point size, and with margins of one inch all the way around each page. By "formal," I mean that I expect carefully considered and carefully written work, which should be formally formatted, including double spacing. This probably requires some writing and revision before you can produce a high-quality, final product to include in the portfolio. First-person ("I") statements are fine. Please re-read "Tips for Better Prose" at <http://faculty.washington.edu/davidgs/Prose.html> after getting your main ideas down on paper but before submitting your final version of your reflective essay. Provide a meaningful but brief title for your paper (not "Reflective Essay" but rather a short hint of your paper's main point or thrust).
Just before you submit your reflective paper online, do a final word count (in the Tools pull-down menu of Microsoft Word) to make sure you meet the 600- to 1000-word parameters. You do not need to type the number of words; I will be able to do my own word count of your paper.
Needless to say, your work must be entirely
original. Using another person's ideas or words without proper
attribution, whether intentional or accidental, constitutes
plagiarism, and will result in a zero on this assignment. Please
re-read "Maintaining Academic Integrity" at <http://faculty.washington.edu/davidgs/Integrity.html>.
Downloading and submitting the portfolio: When you are ready to submit your portfolio, log onto the Portfolio tool at <http://portfolio.washington.edu/optin.cgi?owner=davidgs&id=3017>. You will need your UW Net ID to log on.
Under "Choose a portfolio location," please
choose the default location and then click the "Continue" button.
After receiving a confirmation that your portfolio was installed, you
will see the main portfolio page. You do not need to click on the
instructions, because that link will just take you to this
page.
First, under "Options" or "Preferences,"
check to make sure that your full name is still entered from when you
completed the midquarter portfolio.
Then, one by one, you will add content to your electronic portfolio. Refer to the specific instructions below for each item.
It does not matter
when you submit items into your portfolio. You can submit them
one at a time, or all at once. I will not be able to see any of
them, though, until you submit the entire portfolio to me for
review. This means that you can change things, add things, edit
things, etc., without worrying about me seeing your work until it is
ready for me. It also means, though, that even if items are in
your portfolio by the deadline, they do not count as "on time" unless
the entire portfolio is submitted to me by the deadline. It is
like putting things into a folder to turn in to a professor. He
or she does not care when you put your work into the folder. He
or she cares only when the folder gets submitted. Please
make sure you do not submit the portfolio until it is ready, and when
you do submit it, please make sure that it contains everything that is
supposed to be included.
When you have submitted all of the elements of your portfolio, you need to click on the green "Submit" button to submit the entire portfolio to me for review. When you click on that button, you will see a list of the artifacts that you have submitted. Click on the "Check ALL pages" button just below the list. PRINT THIS PAGE! The printed list will be the only proof you have that all of the documents were submitted in the portfolio! Then click on the "Submit" button. You should get a pop-up confirmation that your portfolio has been submitted. Then log out and close your browser window to protect your UW Net ID. Important: Once you click the "Submit" button, you cannot go back to add anything, so make sure everything is in its final form and that all of the documents are included before clicking on "Submit."
Your learning portfolio is due online at 1:05 p.m. sharp on Monday, December 6. Because I have provided the maximum amount of time to complete this assignment, because I need to return graded portfolios before grades are due, and because I need to ensure an equal amount of time to be fair to everyone in class, I will accept late portfolios submitted after 1:05 p.m. on December 6 but no later than 1:05 p.m. on Tuesday, December 7, for full credit. However, I will be an absolute stickler for that grace period. Let me be clear: A portfolio submitted at 1:06 p.m. on December 7 is not one minute late, but rather is twenty-four hours and one minute late, and I will not accept it. I will accept no portfolios after 1:05 p.m. sharp on December 7 for any reason, which probably will result in a 0.0 for the course, so I strongly recommend finishing early to avoid any unforeseen problems. Try not to count on the twenty-four hour grace period. Think of the deadline as 1:05 p.m. on Monday, December 6.
Basis for grading your learning portfolio:
Completeness (responds appropriately to
the assignment in form and content) 20 percent Depth of response (quality of detail
and support; sophistication of ideas and argument) 70 percent Quality of writing (organization;
spelling, grammar, diction, punctuation) 10 percent
Although your portfolio will not receive a grade per se, its overall quality will help determine where, within your final grade category, your final grade will fall. (See the syllabus for a fuller explanation.) Note that the evaluation of your learning portfolio is entirely independent of your score on your paper revisions. Those will be graded separately and the grade and comments will be returned to you as part of the returned learning portfolio.
Let me emphasize that I expect your best effort in this and every exercise. My expectations are high because your ability to produce outstanding work is high.
Some additional advice:
This page last updated November 22, 2004.