The ePortfolio requires that you select two papers that you developed in class. You will revise BOTH papers for inclusion in the ePortfolio: a revised Best Reading Artifact and a revised Best Writing Artifact. You will also complete a Reflection Essay, with references to the outcomes for the course. The ePortfolio grade will be assigned to the ePortfolio as a whole, not to each individual item.
Format:
The ePortfolio is worth 25% of your final grade in 1102 and contains three components:
the Reflection Essay (900-1100 words)
the Reading Artifact – The Sources Paper
the Writing Artifact – The Synthesis Paper
The ePortfolio must have 1” margins, use 12pt Arial or Times New Roman font, and be uploaded as a Word document. All three components should be included in one Word document, which must be uploaded to the ePortfolio dropbox on D2L by 5:00 pm on Monday, April 29.
Course Outcomes:
Outcome 1: Genre and Rhetorical Knowledge
Students read a variety of genres critically to identify and evaluate texts’ rhetorical situation and features.
Outcome 2: Evaluating Arguments and Rhetorical Situations
Students will understand and analyze various elements of argumentation.
Outcome 3: Writing Arguments
Students will apply principles of argumentation in writing and develop effective arguments.
Outcome 4: Writing with Sources
Students effectively synthesize a variety of sources to create effective arguments.
Outcome 5: Citation and Format of Researched Writing
Students effectively cite sources using the appropriate format.
Outcome 6: Research Technologies
Students will use research technologies to locate source material.
Outcome 7: Discourse Conventions and Effective Style
Students will produce coherent, organized, effective, readable academic writing for a variety of rhetorical situations, both print and digital.
Artifacts for ePortfolio – Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Summer 2024
First-Year Writing ePortfolio
Electronic Portfolios in First-Year Writing
ePortfolio Requirements 2023-2024
English 1102
ePortfolio Requirements
Students are required to submit an electronic portfolio. Your ePortfolio must be a Microsoft Word file; it should demonstrate you have mastered course learning outcomes, and all prose should be in readable, effective Standard Written English (SWE). The ePortfolio grade is 25% of the course average in both English 1101 and 1102.
REFLECTION ESSAY
Students will develop a Reflection Essay, linking to the course outcomes, demonstrating that they understand and have satisfied the outcomes of the ENGL 1102 course to the best of their ability. The Reflection Essay should begin with students’ explanation of how they have improved as writers. They will then review their choices for BEST Reading Artifact and BEST Writing Artifact and justify why these two products are their “best” products. Additionally, they will work with their instructor to align the activities and artifacts that they have completed throughout the semester with the course outcomes. They will write about how they have satisfied each outcome, providing examples and evidence to support their assertions.
Purpose: The reflective essay is an opportunity for you to articulate how you have grown as a writer and demonstrate what you have learned in the course.
Task: Write an essay in which you make a claim about what you have learned in English 1102, using your Best Reading Artifact and Best Writing Artifact as supporting evidence. In your essay, be sure that you explain how you have met the course outcomes.
Criteria:
Uses MLA 9 format
Explains what you have learned in the course and how you have met the course outcomes
Cites evidence from your Best Reading and Writing artifacts to support your claims
Composed in Standard Written English
Totals 900-1100 words
Fulfills outcomes in areas listed below.
The Reflection Essay, linking to course outcomes, should demonstrate the student’s abilities in the following areas:
Content and Purpose (Student fully develops the topic, with purpose.)
Introduces essay by explaining how they have improved as a writer.
Justifies choices for BEST Reading Artifact and BEST Writing Artifact for inclusion in ePortfolio.
Reflects on how each outcome for the course is met.
Develops ideas so they are clear, insightful, thought-provoking and focused.
Follows the conventions of an indicated rhetorical mode of reflection.
Development (Student develops ideas throughout the artifact.)
Demonstrates depth of reflection on and personalization of each element required by the assignment.
Expresses viewpoints and interpretations of one’s own progress in an insightful and well-supported manner.
Shows strong evidence of synthesis of ideas presented and insights gained throughout the course.
Provides relevant, concrete, and specific evidence where appropriate.
Organization (Student develops an organized and coherent artifact.)
Provides a coherent, unified, and effective discussion.
Reflects in a logical manner, with clear and organized thoughts.
Demonstrates effective and appropriate rhetorical transitions between ideas and paragraphs.
Style and Format (Student develops approachable and rhetorically sound artifact.)
Follows suggested assignment format.
Develops a confident, readable, and rhetorically effective artifact.
Develops tone that is consistent throughout the artifact.
Incorporates varied sentence structure and precise word choice.
Integrates sources effectively, following MLA 9 format and conventions of academic discourse.
Grammar and Mechanics (Student uses Standard Written English.)
Presents all material in SWE to support the purpose of the artifact.
READING ARTIFACT
Students will choose a Reading Artifact from ENGL 1102 that best represents the below noted elements of a strong Reading Artifact. Students will work with their instructor for guidelines in writing reading responses. Once an artifact is chosen from the responses that have already been crafted and graded in class, students will review the response and revise it prior to inclusion in the ePortfolio. Revision of the artifact that is chosen as the BEST product of work completed in class is an important aspect of inclusion in the ePortfolio, so be sure to revise where necessary.
The Best Reading Artifact should demonstrate the student’s abilities in the following areas:
Content and Purpose (Student writes about what the text says and means.)
Provides pertinent information about the text that may include purpose, audience, and most important ideas, details/facts.
Provides an insightful explanation of how the author uses the craft of writing to convey their perspective.
Provides an insightful interpretation of important text implications/the underlying message, including author’s evidence to justify their interpretation.
Makes significant connections to the text and concepts, situations, or information about the world or society; other texts; or self.
Development (Student discusses how the author develops the text to convey the purpose.)
Cites significant examples from the text of elements of author’s craft/structure (voice, dialogue, language, figures of speech, imagery, mood, tone, format features, quotations, statistics, graphics, etc.) to support student’s claim about the message of the text.
Organization (Student develops an organized and coherent artifact.)
Provides a coherent, unified, and effective discussion.
Demonstrates effective and appropriate rhetorical transitions between ideas and paragraphs.
Style and Format (Student develops approachable and rhetorically sound artifact.)
Follows suggested assignment format.
Provides evidence of revision from original draft to this final ePortfolio draft.
Develops a confident, readable, and rhetorically effective artifact.
Develops tone that is consistent throughout the artifact.
Incorporates varied sentence structure and precise word choice.
Incorporates others’ positions responsibly into one’s own work.
Integrates sources effectively, following MLA 9 format and conventions of academic discourse.
Grammar and Mechanics (Student uses Standard Written English.)
Presents all material in SWE to support the purpose of the artifact.
WRITING ARTIFACT
Students will choose a Writing Artifact from ENGL 1102 that best represents the below noted elements of a strong Writing Artifact. Students will work with their instructor for guidelines in writing essays. Once an artifact is chosen from the essays that have already been crafted and graded in class, students will review the essay and revise it prior to inclusion in the ePortfolio. Revision of the artifact that is chosen as the BEST product that is completed in class is an important aspect of inclusion in the ePortfolio, so be sure to revise where necessary.
The Best Writing Artifact should demonstrate the student’s abilities in the following areas:
Content and Purpose (Student fully develops the topic, with purpose.)
Addresses the topic with a clear purpose.
Explains ideas in a clear, insightful, thought-provoking and focused way.
Follows the conventions of an indicated rhetorical mode.
Supports the topic, thesis, and audience throughout the artifact.
Development (Student develops ideas throughout the artifact.)
Develops ideas with abundant details.
Provides examples that arouse audience interest.
Provides relevant, concrete, specific, and insightful evidence where appropriate.
Organization (Student develops an organized and coherent artifact.)
Provides a coherent, unified, and effective discussion.
Demonstrates effective and appropriate rhetorical transitions between ideas and paragraphs.
Style and Format (Student develops approachable and rhetorically sound artifact.)
Follows suggested assignment format.
Provides evidence of revision from original draft to this final ePortfolio draft.
Develops a confident, readable, and rhetorically effective artifact.
Develops tone that is consistent throughout the artifact.
Incorporates varied sentence structure and precise word choice.
Incorporates others’ positions responsibly into one’s own work.
Integrates sources effectively, following MLA 9 format and conventions of academic discourse.
Grammar and Mechanics (Student uses Standard Written English.)
Presents all material in SWE to support the purpose of the artifact.
