FAQ
Since we're just rolling this new portfolio process out in Fall 2006, there will be many unanswered questions. Please email them to . Rather than try to respond to each message individually—and perhaps prematurely—I'll acknowledge receipt of your question, but please don't expect an immediate response. We'll collect your questions and respond on this or other pages by October 1, then periodically thereafter.
Thanks!
- Do I have to spell things correctly?
Yes. - Can I include additional artifacts for extra credit?
No. - Are there some examples from previous students' portfolios that we could peruse?
Yes, here are…- Ed Beale, Spring 2007
- John Bannon, Spring 2007
- Don Dean, Fall 2006
- Kristina Killian, Fall 2007
- About what percentage of ED 795 B is devoted to the e-Portfolio?
About 50%. The course is divided into two parts:
1. Developing an e-Portfolio
2. Future planning and scenario building
Fifty percent of the class time is devoted to e-Portfolio development and rehearsing its presentation to the faculty panel. However, only 30 points out of a possible 100 grade points for the course is devoted to it. Seventy points of the grade in the course is devoted to other learning activities, such as, reading, and discussing a book out of a selected book list, and developing and presenting electronic field trips to organizations from a selected list. - One of my artifacts is a task analysis I completed for 795A client—an assignment for which I've received feedback. Should I upload the version I submitted or the one with my professor's embedded comments?
We suggest you include the submitted version, but account for the feedback within the reflection (specifically, where you talk about what you've learned and how the assignment influenced work you'll do in the future. - In this same situation (see previous bullet), should I make the professors recommended changes/revisions before uploading it?
The portfolio is meant to authentically reflect work you completed while earning your Master's, so, once again, include the submitted version but account for the feedback within the reflection. Obviously, any revision to the analysis that you make for a future project should feature changes your professor recommended—if they make sense in that new context.