taking a bite in the middle: implementing digital portfolios in fyc courses
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This presentation explores the benefit of implementing single-document digital portfolios in a first-year writing course. I position these portfolios as an accessible, flexible middle ground between traditional paper portfolios and fully online electronic portfolios.TRANSCRIPT
Taking a Bite
in the Middle
Chris Friend (@chris_friend)
University of Central Florida
Debate Over Delivery
Student Portfolio
What Students Knowthink they
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Features of Word**or pretty much any document editor these days
• Automated page numbering
• Automated tables of contents
• Formatting styles
• Comments & Document metadata
• Hyperlinks
• Master Documents
5 SkillsStudentsWouldLearn
1Rely on styles.
Consistency
Machine- readability
2Track sources.• External References
• Peer contributions
What we could see
[The image of peer-reviewed work with comments from multiple students has been omitted from this copy of the presentation out of respect for the students’ privacy.]
Image showed multi-colored commentary and highlighted changes to emphasize the
conversation around—and work behind—the text, rather than only the text itself.
3Use hyperlinks.
sources (Coleman 383).
Coleman, Anita. "Instruments of Cognition: Use of Citations and Web Links in Online Teaching Materials." Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 56.4 (2005): 382-392. Web.
Within a document
To other documents
4Add metadata.
Possible Tags• Authors’ contact info
• Project details
• Keywords
What if…?
5Convert files.
1.Rely on styles2.Track sources3.Use hyperlinks4.Add metadata5.Convert files
The Bytein theMiddle
Thank You
Chris Friend (@chris_friend)University of Central Florida
Gratitude: Visual Credits
• Color palette (“undecided”) by Tzadkiel on colourlovers.com
• Title slide image (“C is for Coronary”) by somegeekintn on Flickr
• File cabinet & address bar courtesy Microsoft
• Hammer and bent nail courtesy Microsoft
• Metal letterpress by nutmeg66 on Flickr
• Chips and silicon courtesy of Microsoft
• Recycle tag courtesy Microsoft
• Notes, Pages, and Photos app icons from Apple; PDF icon from Adobe, Word icon from Microsoft, and OpenOffice icon from Apache. All were used completely without permission. Oops.
• Cookie bite from Lara604 on Flickr