1. The Assignments

2. A good assignment is one that… Permits creativity Gets me a good grade Requires me to think …

3. Features of assignments in TC310 Assignments are design challenges – –Ask you to solve a professional problem –Require coordination with team –Have some real-world constraints Also –Are scaled to fit one week timeframe –Students can be successful w/ basic software understanding –Assignments permit creativity

4. Thoughts related to assignments…

5. Submission of Assignments - EPortfolio What is E-Portfolio? –New tool for teaching/learning at UW –Users can a) collect artifacts, b) reflect on artifacts, and c) publish collections in portfolios –Has both class and personal sides Use in classes – invited portfolios Personal use – you can create your own portfolios Why E-Portfolio? –Okay reason - Another technology –Good reason – Fits needs for this class, artifacts + reflection –Even better reason – Personally good for students, now AND later.

6. Submission of Assignments - EPortfolio Demonstration –Getting there from website –Walking through the E-Portfolio Tool –Uploading assignment (artifacts + reflection) –Submitting portfolio for review –Behind the scenes –Receiving feedback

7. Submission of Assignments - EPortfolio Your task: Working with a partner, each of you should log in to Eportfolio and upload your Word document…

8. Assignments also include debriefing… Written debriefing consists of –Executive summary & learning reflection –Submitted through E-Portfolio Why a written debriefing? –Your thoughts? –Some of my thoughts “It’s not in your title but the story you can tell about yourself?” – Keynote speaker, IPCC Importance of being able to engage in professional discourse… Importance of reflection on learning –What if it feels like “BS”?

9. Debriefing – Executive Summary What is goal? -Convince reader that you are professional -Convince reader that your solution is high quality What might you include? –Problem restatement –Solution description –Important solution features –Process description –Challenges encountered

10. Debriefing – Learning Reflection What is goal? -Convince me that you learned -Help you learn… -Practice TC discourse - … What might you include? –Speak to one or more learning obj… –1. Use software –2. Learn to learn software –3. TC quality standards –4. Describe design process

11. Assignments on weekly cycle All assignments are due on Tuesday! Class sessions have consistent structure… –Tuesday, part 1: Sharing solutions part 2: Introduce new assignment, introductory tutorials –Thursday: More tutorials, time to work on assignment

12. Sharing solutions What can be gained? –Software tricks, ideas for solutions, practice evaluating solutions, new criteria, strategies…