1. Don't Let the Perfect be the Enemy of the Good:  Lessons from Pace University's Approach to Portfolio Assessment The 2006 Assessment Institute Indianapolis, IN October 30, 2006 Linda Anstendig, Sarah Burns Feyl, Beth Klingner
Linda Anstendig,
Sarah Burns Feyl,
Beth Klingner,

2. Portfolio Review History of the project
Procedures and Materials for Portfolio Review Day
Criteria for the Three Types of Portfolios
Rating Sheet

3. Portfolio Review The role of the librarians
Information Literacy Skills Criteria
Information Literacy Rating Sheet
Summary of Progress and Challenges

4. ePortfolios History of the project http://www.pace.edu/eportfolio
Grant teams
Migration from commercial product to in-house system

6. The ePortfolio Wizard helps the students create “cover pages” from which they can link to documents in their ePortfolio.

7. The Wizard gives the user standard fields to complete, name and address are required and are filled in automatically by the Wizard system.

8. Here is an example of a very simple ePortfolio cover page, with a link out to a separate web page.

9. Web File System Where files are stored
Links from the Portfolio Wizard / Cover page point to files in the WFS system

10. Files are stored in the Web File System – accessible on the Web from anywhere
Permissions can be set for files and folders, documents can be “shared” with others
Students can store files in the Web File System and then point to these files and documents from their ePortfolio cover page; 100 MB of storage available on the Web. Permissions can be set so guests can view files and folders.

11. Students can create multiple ePortfolios, for classes, projects, job applications, personal use…
Students can maintain multiple portfolios

12. Sample Student Portfolios
Chris
Michael

13. Chris Keogh’s portfolio, top of first page

14. Chris Keough, bottom of first page – he is linking to three “sub portfolios,” and a personal web page
Chris is linking to three ePortfolios from his cover page, and his personal web page.

15. The top half of Chris’ ENG 201 ePortfolio cover page.
This is one of Chris’ “subportfolios” for his ENG 201 class
The top half of Chris’ ENG 201 ePortfolio cover page.

16. And this is the bottom half of the cover page for the ENG 201 portfolio
The bottom half of Chris’ ENG 201 ePortfolio cover page. He is linking to a number of essays from the class.

17. Here’s an example of a portfolio from Michael, with a little bit of color, and a variety of items included under “My Work” – from different classes, and in different formats.
Michael used some color, and is pointing to files and documents from different classes, and some personal items as well.

18. Where We Are Now Progress Collaborative team approach
Grass roots initiative
Development of in-house system
Development of rubrics
Growing interest from other areas
Administrative “soft” support

19. Where We Are Now Challenges Remains a small pilot
No consistent funding
Lack of consensus on where and when to use
Need to educate community about its advantages
Faculty Development
Technology, laptops/computer classrooms

20. Thank you for your participation!
Questions? Comments?
Linda Anstendig, Professor of English
Sarah Burns Feyl, Assistant University Librarian
Beth Klingner, Director of Instructional Technology
Thank you for your participation!