Class Portfolio

Your Goal Grade

Highlight the header for the column below to indicate which grade you plan to work toward in the course. Meeting the basic requirements for your chosen letter grade, according to the table below, is mandatory.

A Work	B Work	C Work
– Misses two classes or fewer, or makes up excused absences – Completes all assigned readings on time and annotates them thoroughly – Contributes deeply to discussions – Meets all assignment and draft deadlines or has approved extension – Work shows engagement, care, effort, and growth – Abides by the CODE of Conduct and classroom norms	– Misses three classes or fewer, or makes up excused absences – Completes and annotates most readings – Often participates in discussion – Meets all assignment and draft deadlines or has approved extension – Work shows care, effort, and growth  – Abides by the CODE of Conduct and classroom norms	– Misses four classes or fewer, or makes up excused absences Completes most readings – Sometimes adds to discussion – Completes all major assignments, and meets most draft deadlines  – Meets minimal expectations on assignments; shows some growth  – Abides by the CODE of Conduct and classroom norms

First-Week Introduction

For the first week, I chose five goals to help guide this semester in CODES. The reason why I chose these goals is because I believe they will go hand and hand with the work I will be doing. All of my goals have to do with efficiently researching and gathering data in order to produce a relevant, informative product. So, it won’t be too much of a stretch trying to figure out how I can incorporate all of the work I will do into evidence and artifacts for my learning outcomes. For this class, the assignment that makes me most excited is getting more accquainted with Emplace because I have not worked with or even heard about this before, so I am excited to try something new. Overall, I believe this will be a challenging semester as I will be under pressure to come up with a physical product that I can actually implement and share with our stakeholders. So my main strategy for this semester is to keep pushing because it will be really stressful with everything going on, but I’m almost done so I can finish up strong.

Midterm Introduction

[Speak about the skills and content you’ve learned during the first half of the semester. What did you most enjoy? What did you struggle with? What goals do you think you’ve most excelled at meeting and what do you want to continue developing during the second half of the semester? What goals haven’t you yet met, and how will you make them a priority in the second half of class?]

Final Introduction

[Now that the semester is over, use your introduction to reflect in-depth on your process. How well did you meet the goals you set out to meet? What did you learn that surprised you? Focusing on your goals for this class, what do you want to remember to take with you into your future courses? What strategies can you use to continue developing toward these goals?]

Course Goals

Choose five goals from the CODES Student Learning Outcomes that you’d like to work toward. Choose goals that are relevant to the scope of this course, select artifacts/examples based on activities assigned for this course, and explain characteristics in a way that illustrates how your artifacts/examples demonstrate your progress toward the goal.

Goal 1 (20%)
Based on 1b. Connects and extends knowledge from academic study to civic engagement: Write out Goal in your own words

What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill?	What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning?	What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal?
– I will take my research that I conduct to make changes to my work, as well as my life behavior.	– Research – Life changes – Reflection #1 – Reflection #5	– You will see the changes made based off of my research and reassessment.

[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates your learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]

Goal 2 (20%)
Based on 2c. Transforms ideas through synthesizing knowledge from multiple domains: Write out Goal in your own words

What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill?	What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning?	What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal?
– I will make sure to obtain my research from multiple sources and experiences. – I will collaborate with others to come up with an overall product.	– Group Contribution – Individual Contribution – Reflection #1 – Reflection #4	– I will reassess my work and bring in multiple sources in order to enhance it. – I will produce a product that involves the group putting our research together.

[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates your learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]

Goal 3 (20%)
Based on 5a. Defines the scope of research questions effectively and selects information cogently to address them: Write out Goal in your own words

What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill?	What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning?	What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal?
– I will emphasize what my research questions are at the beginning of each part of my research in order to stay on track.	– Individual Contribution Research Plan – Reflection #1 – Final Product Plan – Final Research Presentation	– I will confidently present and answer my research questions while showing the outcomes of my work.

[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates your learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]

Goal 4 (20%)
Based on 7a. Explores a topic in depth, yielding a rich awareness and/or little-known information indicating intense interest in the subject: Write out Goal in your own words

What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill?	What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning?	What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal?
– I will take deep dives into my research instead of just obtaining surface level information	– Individual Contribution Research – Reflection #2 – Final Research Presentation – Delivered Project	– My work will be very informative with fruitful knowledge from deep dives into my research.

[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates your learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]

Goal 5 (20%)
Based on 13b. Uses appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to illustrate mastery of the subject, conveying the writer’s understanding, and shaping the whole work: Write out Goal in your own words

What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill?	What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning?	What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal?
– I will make sure that my research, work, and presentations all align. – I will make sure that my presentations are engaging while staying on topic.	– Indiviual Contribution – Group Contribution – Final Research Presentation – Delivered Project	– My presentation and delivered project of my work will have been created cohesively.

[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates you learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]