Objective

Developing and maintaining an online learning portfolio allows you to  capture, summarize, and reflect on your key learnings and takeaways from this course. Working on your portfolio will help you formalize the connections you make from what you learn in the course to your personal and professional development beyond the course.

Instructions

You will use the built-in ePortfolio tool in Quercus to create your portfolio.  For instructions on creating your portfolio, please review the following guide:

• How do I create a new ePortfolio as a student?

For the purposes of this assignment, please keep the visibility of your portfolio as Private.

Portfolio components

These are the sections you should add to your portfolio as you proceed in the course. For instructions on adding, organizing , and editing sections and pages in your portfolio, please review the following guides:

• How do I organize my ePortfolio as a student?
• How do I create a new ePortfolio section as a student?
• How do I organize my ePortfolio pages as a student?

Weekly Reflections 

Each week, reflect on your week in the course. Pick something that interests you and think about how this pertains to your own learning in the course and beyond. The focus of this section is on the reflection process, so the structure of the reflections is up to you. You can write a half-page reflection (max 250 words), record a podcast, create a scrapbook, take a picture and upload it, or keep handwritten notes and scan these as images to include in this section.  The important thing is to contribute to this section on a weekly basis, reflecting on what you are learning and express that in a way that is meaningful to you. 

Artifacts

This is a section for anything you’ve personally created or submitted in this course (including designs, assignment submissions and drafts, reports, etc..). For each item you include, please provide a brief rationale for why you included it and how it contributed to your learning in the course.

Resources

In this course, we will share weekly resources and information. Use this section to curate your own toolkit of tips, strategies, notes (gathered anecdotally from conversations,
readings, lectures, discussions, etc.) and resources. For each resource, include a description of how it has helped you succeed or will help you succeed both academically and professionally.

Final Course Reflection (max. 2 pages)

Your final reflection should focus on some of the larger questions underlying this course. Here are some things to consider for your reflection:

• • • Look back to your first weeks where you reflected on the essential characteristics that defined the main topics. Has your viewpoint changed?
    • What have you learned most from your course? What have you learned most from your peers?
    • What questions do you still have?
    • What do you believe is the most significant contribution you made to the learning community in this course?
    • What questions have been answered and what new questions do you still have?
    • What actions are you going to take in the coming weeks and months to learn more and try to answer some of these questions. 

Submission instructions

While you will be adding to your portfolio regularly throughout the course, you do not need to submit each of these components individually on a weekly basis. You will submit the entire portfolio as a URL on the last day of the course.

For instructions on how to find the URL for your portfolio, please review the following guide:

• How can I share a private ePortfolio as a student?

For instructions on how to submit a URL to this assignments, please review the following guide:

• How do I enter a URL as an assignment submission?

U of T Academic Integrity Statement

In submitting this assignment, I confirm that my conduct during this assignment adheres to the Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters. I confirm that I did NOT act in such a way that would constitute cheating, misrepresentation, or unfairness, including but not limited to, using unauthorized aids and assistance, personating another person, and committing plagiarism.   

For additional information, please visit the U of T Academic Integrity website.