Composition and Communication
Dr. Meehan
Final Portfolio
A portfolio is a collection of a writer’s work and ideas; while showcasing what the writer has achieved and the progress made over a period of time, it also points toward future writing and progress.
Your final portfolio for this course will thus represent what you have achieved in C & C as well as point toward the continuing progress and development you will encounter as a writer in your studies at Morningside.
Components of your portfolio.
Your portfolio will be electronic—located on the personal web space each of you has: webs.morningside.edu/[your email address]
Link for technology help for how to create a web page at Morningside: http://www.morningside.edu/morningside/help/students/studentwebs.htm
A sample final portfolio, April Parkison's from Spring 2007:
http://gimli.morningside.edu/~asp004/index.html
1]A Home Page for that site that will contain links for the 3 formal essays you wrote in the course. Since you may well use this home page for other courses, you might create a link for C & C, then in effect create a second homepage for this course. Your homepage design is up to you; think about issues of composition, communication, media, audience that we have explored in the course. Though I will not ‘grade’ your page for specific design features, I am interested in your creativity as a writer and communicator—and this is a form of writing and communication. Due during final exam. [25 points]
2]A Self-Reflection, focusing on the work you did this term, what you feel you learned about writing and communication, progress you made and what you hope to build upon and develop further in future studies. Your self-reflection must include a discussion of which of your essays you feel is strongest and why. This self-reflection should be 2-3 pages. Due during final exam (you will post a back-up copy to Blackboard)—as well as posted to your site. I will assess your self-reflection for its thoughtfulness as well as for its effectiveness as a piece of writing and communication. [50 points]
3]Quiz and Links: You will develop a 10 question quiz that will be posted on your C & C site. This quiz will be the 10 most important things you learned about writing, speech, and our topic (new media; remediation)—in other words, the 10 things that you think everyone interested in this course should understand about these focal points. Your quiz can be a mix of questions (true/false, short answer, short essay); it must include at least one short essay question requiring a 1 paragraph response with a thesis. In the final exam period, you will give this quiz to a peer and evaluate it. I will assess the quiz you create (not the quiz you take) for the understanding of key concepts from reading and discussion that it reflects. Due during last class--turned in to me.
In addition to the quiz, you will develop a page of resources/links that you have used/discovered, that are useful for any aspects of what we have studied [writing, communication, new media, research] and would recommend others to use--for example, next year's group of C and C students. Each link should be briefly annotated--indicating what the resource is, how it is significant or useful. The other way to think about this resource page: you are building resources that you will add to and continue to use in your studies here, for future writing and research. You can think of the quiz as the "FAQ" section of your web and the resource page as the "Favorite Links" section. [25 points]
Assessment (following the rubric we have used all term for your essays).
Excellent: 90-100
Strong: 80-89
Average: 70-79
Weak: 60-69
Failing/Insufficient: below 60