The eportfolio is the culmination of the Minor in Writing Practices, and thus, should demonstrate the following student outcomes:
- Students can demonstrate a variety of writing techniques and strategies for different audiences and purposes and in different genres.
- Students can demonstrate versatility through identifying, explaining, and justifying how they write for creative, professional, academic, and civic situations.
- Students can identify and explain origins, contexts, assumptions, and implications of different theories of and approaches to writing.
This is primarily a showcase portfolio, which is to say that the works included should point to a level of competency in the outcomes by featuring a curated selection of the most appropriate work. This is a portfolio that a student can share when applying for a job or graduate school. As such, it should have a design polish in addition to featuring exemplary artifacts. There is meta-awareness built into the minor that is revealed in reflective and meta-work, and students can include additional artifacts and examples, but this is not meant as a learning or process portfolio.
Because this is a showcase portfolio, the three Domains that follow should be weighed equally.
Context, Artifacts, and Materials
Are the following included in the portfolio?
☐ At least one project from the Applied Writing category of the minor.
☐ At least one project from the Theory, History, Research in Writing category of the minor.
☐ At least one project from a Common Curriculum course (WRIT, AI, SI) or a Major course
☐ At least one project from WRIT 2000 “Theories of Writing.”
☐ The Revision project from WRIT 3500.
☐ At least one Analysis (Reflection or Deconstruction) from WRIT 3500.
In addition to the artifacts, does the website include the following:
☐ About/bio page.
☐ Coursework descriptions page
Additional material included but not required:
☐ Headpieces for each work that explain the assignment
☐ Additional projects from other courses
☐ Support or process documents for projects
☐ Artifacts that add to the richness or interpretation of the writing or outcomes
Versatility and Awareness
☐ Do the projects in the portfolio demonstrate a variety of writing techniques and strategies?
☐ Are there projects in the portfolio that demonstrate meta-awareness about writing choices through reflection or justification?
☐ Do projects in the portfolio show versatility in writing for creative, professional, academic, and civic situations?
☐ Do projects in the portfolio demonstrate the origins, contexts, assumptions, and implications of different theories of writing?
☐ Does the portfolio demonstrate audience appropriate selection and arrangement of artifacts?
Design
☐ Is the portfolio easy to navigate and find work?
☐ Is the portfolio visually engaging and easy to read?
☐ Are the design elements used successfully for rhetorical effect?
☐ Are the design elements used successfully for aesthetic effect?