Presentation titled: "ePortfolios: Assess Student Learning and Help Students Stand Out in the Interviewing Process" by Ronda Leahy and Saundra Solum, UW-La Crosse at the Brightspace Wisconsin Ignite. Nov. 14, 2014

1. ePortfolios: Assessing
Student Learning and
Helping Students
Stand Out in the
Interviewing Process
Ronda Leahy and Saundra Solum

2. Ronda Leahy, Faculty
Communications Studies Department
Saundra Solum, Instructional Technology
Information Technology Services

3. What is an ePortfolio?
• An ePortfolio (eP) is an electronic
collection of artifacts that shows your
learning over time.
• Artifacts may include writing samples,
photos, videos, observations, lessons,
artwork, and more.
• Reflections are a key component, telling
why the artifacts was chosen and what you
learned from the process.

4. Types of ePortfolios
Competency
(Assessment,
Standards)
Learning
(Developmental)
Capstone
(Career,
Showcase)
Extrinsic
Motivation
Intrinsic
Motivation
Hybrid

5. Key Questions to Answer Prior
to Student Development
• What is the purpose
• Who is the audience
• What is being measured
• Assessment of Learning OR Assessment
for Learning

6. Types of ePortfolios
Competency
Learning
Capstone
Assessment of
Learning
Assessment
for Learning

7. Assessing Student Learning
• Who assesses? Instructor/Advisor, Peer,
Subject Expert or Outside Vender
• Create for course, department, college, or
program?
• What is assessed?
• Each artifact/reflection?
• Entire presentation?
• Should it be archived?

8. Why use BrightSpace by D2L
• Available to all students
• Easy access
• Create multiple eP presentations
• Use a template for consistent look for
competency ePs
• Help available through campus help desk
• Keep beyond graduation with myD2L

9. Template – Yes or No?
• Provides clearer directions to students
• Allows for consistent look especially useful
for assessment portfolios
• Gives directions and guidelines as part of
the presentation
• Works well for online cohorts
• However, does stifle creativity

12. How to Access the ePortfolio
The eP is part of student’s personal space.
• Student submits the eP presentation to a
course dropbox (Best option)
or
• Student makes the eP presentation public
and emails the link
or
• Student shares eP or share with a sharing
group

13. How Communication Studies
is Using the ePortfolio

14. Proof of Performance: How to Build a
Career Portfolio to Land a Great New Job
"A resume proves nothing. It only
makes claims, your career
performance portfolio is the
presentation tool that will help you
validate your job performances and
resume claims."
~ Rick Nelles

15. Benefits of Creating an eP
• Professional Way To Showcase Your Work
• It’s A Great First Impression For Employers
• Increases Your Visibility And Online
Presence
• Shows You’re More Than Just A Resume
• Flexibility
http://www.careerealism.com/creating-online-portfolio/

16. "I can't guarantee that a portfolio will
get you a job or that every employer
will want to see your portfolio, but I
can say with confidence that collecting
samples and crafting a portfolio
showcasing your accomplishments will
increase your power to communicate
your worth to employers, customers or
clients."
~ Martin Kimeldorf
Peterson's Portfolio Power: The New Way to Showcase All
Your Job Skills and Experiences

17. Interviewing Course –
Employment ePortfolio
• Students can choose how their ePortfolio
looks and create it from scratch without
using a template.
• Using the ePortfolio as an employment
portfolio.
• Students present their ePortfolio at the end
of the semester.

18. Requirements
• Table of contents is the navigation bar for
the ePortfolios. Each item is a link to
examples of students’ work.
• Students choose five examples of their
best work.
• STAR – Situation, Task, Action, and Result
For each item students provide context of
their work by including a STAR response
about the item. (e.g. Reflection,
Narrative)

28. myDesire2Learn
• Hosted ePortfolio service provided by D2L
for students who are graduating and
would like to continue to use and update
their ePortfolio after graduation.
• This service is offered free by D2L and
provides each student with 2GB of
storage space for an unlimited time.

29. Conclusion
• Any major will benefit from creating an
ePortfolio
• Easy to use with help available
• As instructors, we can use the ePortfolio as
part of our assessment
• Through Brightspace, students can create
and maintain an ePortfolio throughout their
college career and beyond graduation

30. Questions?