1. Portfolio Information PPT
Go to the Portfolio Information Folder
on the Menu Bar and READ ALL THE instructions.
An incomplete or incorrect portfolio will result in the Testing Office Evaluation Team in discarding your portfolio and it will fail in its evaluation!
Construct your Portfolio very, very carefully!
Download the Portfolio Check Sheet to work with as you create your Portfolio.

2. About the Portfolio… The Portfolio evaluation will result in
one of three assessments: 
Clear Competence (CC): You have fulfilled the University Writing Skills Requirement, and no additional writing courses are needed.
Developing Competence (DC): You may move on to a second-tier writing course, e.g. ENGL to fulfill the University Writing Skills requirement.
Limited Competence (LC): You must retake English 3000 with a different instructor to create an entirely new Portfolio for evaluation.
It is possible to receive credit for ENGL 3000 and NOT receive a Developing or Clear Competence score on the portfolio.
Evaluations are from the Testing Office– NOT from the instructor. Scores are final and cannot be appealed.

3. Instructional Videos:
How to Create Portfolios
How to download the
html text-only version of the Turnitin Originality Reports
(these are derived from the
FINAL drafts of essays).

4. Tips for Creating Portfolios
Do Not add your name
to each file name
Put files in the correct ORDER
Here is a sample:

5. Required Portfolio Components:
Cover sheet that looks like this:
Your Full Name
Net ID
Prof. Ziff
English 3000 & Section Number
Quarter and Year

6. Table of contents looks like this:
1) Questionnaire
2) Reflective Introduction Essay
3) Turnitin Originality Report for Reflective Introduction Essay
4) Certified Timed Essay One
5) Certified Timed Essay Two
6) Certified Timed Essay Three
7) Argument Position Essay Assignment Sheet
8) Position Essay Final Draft
9) Turnitin Originality Report for Final Draft of Position Essay
10) Second Draft of Position Essay with tutor comments
11) First Draft of Position Essay with instructor comments
12) Compare/Contrast Essay Assignment Sheet
13) Compare/Contrast Essay Final Draft
14) Turnitin Originality Report for Final Draft of Compare/Contrast Essay
15) Second Draft of Compare/Contrast Essay with tutor comments
16) First Draft of Compare/Contrast Essay with instructor comments

7. Portfolio Components, continued:
Portfolio Questionnaire:
This is provided in the Portfolio Required Documents folder and includes
your identification information required for
the Testing Office.
Be sure to put it in the Portfolio in the
correct order.

8. Portfolio Components, continued:
Reflective introduction essay
This is a single draft essay – no other drafts, just one.
This paper introduces the portfolio and argues why you should pass this class or the WST. Use examples and illustrations to support your argument: I learned this from the course, etc.
Include the Turnitin Originality HTML
Text Only Report derived from the Turnitin
submission of the final draft of your Position
and Compare Contrast essay.

9. Turnitin Originality HTML Text Only Report Sample

10. Portfolio Components, continued:
Three Certified Timed Essays -
Must be the certified copies in this order:
Certified Timed Essay One
Certified Timed Essay Two
Certified Timed Essay Three

11. Portfolio Components, continued:
Position Essay documents - in this order:
Argument Position Essay Assignment Sheet
Final Draft with Works Cited List – label like this: “Final Draft Position Essay”
Turnitin HTML Originality Report -10% or less similarity
2nd draft with tutor comments
1st draft with instructor comments
DO NOT label each file with your
name, just what the file is.

12. Portfolio Components, continued:
Compare/Contrast Essay documents
in this order:
Compare Contrast Assignment Sheet
Final Draft labelled “Compare/Contrast Final Draft”
Turnitin HTML Originality Report-10% or less similarity
2nd draft with tutor comments
1st draft with instructor comments

13. Portfolio Checking You must submit your Portfolio by
Monday of Week Ten so it can be checked.
Only submit your Portfolio when it is COMPLETE.
Portfolio status will appear in the feedback area of My Grades:
If your Portfolio is ready to send to the Testing Office, instructions will be provided.
If any items require fixing, an attached Portfolio Status Check sheet will be attached indicating the problems.
When you have accomplished those tasks, send an from within Blackboard notifying your instructor your Portfolio is ready to be rechecked.

14. Portfolio Checking
Remember, you cannot get credit for the class unless you submit your Portfolio.
Portfolios are due to the course by MONDAY of Week Ten; late Portfolios are NOT accepted.
Once approved, are due to the Testing Office no later than Thursday noon. Late submissions ARE NOT accepted.
The class is OVER on Thursday: s received after that will NOT be acknowledged.

15. Contact Information
s are ONLY accepted through Blackboard.
Those sent outside Blackboard will not receive a response.  As the course provides all necessary information through written instructions, PPTS, and videos, DO NOT with questions whose answers are found in the course. Make the effort to find the answers.
If necessary to , they will be responded to within 48 hours during the work week: Mon - Fri. before 5 pm. Those received after 5pm Friday will be responded to on Monday.
Before ing, be sure to read ALL the Orientation materials, FAQs, syllabus and the Schedule folders.
The class is OVER on the last Thursday when the Portfolios are due to the Testing Office; s or work received after that will NOT be acknowledged.

16. TO DO List: Watch appropriate instructional videos
Look at the gradebook to see what work you are missing – late work is accepted for partial credit (except for the Discussion Board).
Make sure you have ALL the necessary Portfolio documents: correct cover sheet, table of comments, questionnaire, certified timed essays, and all required drafts of essays with tutor and instructor comments.
Build your Portfolio, and, when complete,
If necessary, FIX your Portfolio in response to the ed check list
your instructor as soon as your Portfolio is completely fixed and ready to be checked.
All errors MUST be fixed for it to be checke.

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