Overview of Reflection E-Portfolio

There are many types of e-portfolios, but all share some common characteristics. They are
designed to favorably impress an intended audience of the value of the material archived within
the e-portfolio. This assignment is an educational e-portfolio. While there are a variety of
purposes for educational e-portfolios, the one you will create serves the purpose of chronicling
your academic work and framing it with reflections that tell the story of your learning to your
peers, your professor, and potential audiences such as those responsible for choosing interns,
scholarship recipients, graduate students, and employees. Furthermore, the e-portfolio you
create in this class can be used for the learning you experience in all of your courses, which
effectively will yield an academic profile of you and your academic career.

Throughout this course, you will reflect on your experiences as a student in the Media
Aesthetics class, and engage with scholarly discussions about media studies. This assignment
will give you an opportunity to revisit your work and articulate how you develop as a student
throughout the semester. By critically considering the development of your writing/speaking
process, and critical thinking process, your e-portfolio will provide you and me with a detailed
account of skills and attitudes with which you will leave this class, while providing you with the
opportunity to compose in an online medium.

Assignment Guidelines for E-Portfolio / Blog

Each of the following components should be its own section or page within your website. Each
reflection should be the equivalent of 1-2 double-spaced pages (250-500 words).

As part of this assignment you will need to build a website or blog, and this should include, at a
minimum a:

Home Page: Include a home page in which you clearly introduce yourself, specify your
purpose, and reflect on your development as a student in this course. Consider the following
questions as you develop your response:
What is your background and what are your plans? What does media mean to you, and
what kinds of media related jobs/interests do you see yourself doing in the future?
I have a background in communication studies, with a concentration in media
What did you learn about media studies, and about yourself as a media user that you can
transfer to future situations? Be specific and consider potential academic, professional,
and personal connections.
What particular areas of the media studies would you like to continue working on as you
move forward? What skills do you think you need to practice further?
How have you refined and built on your critical thinking process throughout the course of
the semester?
While this will be the first thing your audience sees, you should be working on it throughout the
semester and complete it at the end of the course, as it will provide an overview of your
experiences this semester.
 I have a background in communication studies, with a concentration in media. Media fills
my life. I am fascinated by movies and social media. I am an intern for the federal Bureau
of investigation and I work in the communication and media studies unit. I would like to
continue in this unit in a future career. We teach police officers and FBI agents how to
properly interact with media. We also teach how to properly craft a press release or
official social media post. I would also love to work for a major company like The Walt
Disney Company, and assist them with social media. The world is becoming more and
more media consumed and it is crucial that we learn how to create media, before we enter
the job market.

I have taken many media classes while studying at Christopher Newport University. Most
of these media classes have tended to focus on the negative effects of media. I realized it
is easy to focus on the negative because there is so much negative media. Media tends to
be directed at a younger age. I have decided that I want to work on creating a more
positive outlet in media for young girls. There is so much negative media out there for the
to take in. Constantly commercials tell girls they arent pretty enough, or smart enough,
or strong enough. I want to create a media outlet for girls to post positive things they have
done. Such as service, workouts, and blogs with advice from older girls to younger.

Although, I have learned a lot from my media classes there are still things I would like to
learn more about such as, graphic design and video production. I also think it would be
very beneficial for me to work on my writing skills. I have not taken a university level
English class and I think it would be beneficial to learn how to write specifically for
things like blogs or press releases. If my university offered more specific class choices
that taught these topics I would definitely take them. I would like to learn these skills for
a possible future career.

Studying media is important, for all students in the coming age. When you study media
you learn to properly filter out the good or bad. You can tell what is click bait and what is
real news and you can make sure you are getting valid information. This class has been
very beneficial. I have learned to examine the world through a more critical eye. I have
also learned to appreciate media and the positive effects it can have on society.

Assignment Reflections: Write a brief reflection for each major assignment. Consider the
following questions:

Do you feel you accomplished the purpose of this assignment? What did you learn, and
how can you use it in the future? In what specific situations might these lessons and skills
be applicable? Did you practice any particular skills you would like to continue
developing as you move forward?
How well do you feel you met the criteria for this assignment?
How did your critical thinking process for this assignment facilitate or obstruct your
progress?
Was your revision process effective? How, if at all, could you have altered it to make
your work more effective?
What from the readings/lectures was most or least helpful in completing this assignment?
Other Artifacts (Please include at least four additional artifacts. Options you might consider):
CV/Resume
Reading notes
Supplementary materials: handouts, websites, videos, podcasts, lectures, etc.
Process documents: reflective notes from group sessions
Real World Connections with Course Materials
Quizzes (graded and ungraded)

Visual Design. In addition to the above components, your website should be visually engaging
and aesthetically pleasing through the use of images, videos, and other design features.

Fair Use Statement. You must include a fair use statement to state that your work is for
educational, and not commercial, purposes. Here is a template fair use statement:

The content created and/or utilized in this website by (your name here) is for non-
commercial, educational purposes only. Any opinions expressed therein are those of
(your name here) alone.
All text, data, art, graphics, code or hyperlinks in this website are either original, directly
linked to original sources, used in good faith under academic fair use, or, to the best of
my knowledge, are non-copyright. In case of questions about copyright or intellectual
property rights, please contact (your name here), and if need be, they will be removed.

Any commercial or advertising graphics and text reproduced or displayed in any way are
for educational purposes only and do not imply endorsement by the Cristopher Newport
University, the Department of Communication, or the websites creator. No payment or
compensation of any kind has been received or solicited for the display of any link,
graphic, text, or other specific content in this website.

All original content is the intellectual property of (your name here) and permission and
acknowledgment are required for any reproduction or modification.

Key Elements Checklist

Include a home page where you introduce yourself and the purpose of your website.
Add a page with your assignment reflections.
Include four artifacts of your choice
Dont forget the fair use statement.
Make sure all the links function.

Assessment Rubric for the Reflection E-Portfolio

 Criteria A B C D F

Design The e-portfolio is The e-portfolio is The e-portfolio is The design is The e-portfolio
well-designed. well-designed, adequately messy or was not turned
75 pts. Text is readable, though some text designed, and/or makes the in, or the design
it is easy to may be difficult to there are some material difficult renders the
navigate, and all read or it the issues with text, to read. There material
the links work. navigation may be readability, and may be many unreadable.
clunky. navigation. issues with
navigation.

Reflections The e-portfolio The e-portfolio is The e-portfolio is The e-portfolio The e-portfolio
includes all of missing one missing two is missing three has no
75 pts. the required reflection, and/or reflections, and or four reflections, or the
reflections and they reflect the reflections reflections, and reflections are
they critically adequately on the adequately the reflections inadequate.
reflect on the students progress examine the may be lacking.
students in the course. students
progress in the progress in the
course. course.

Presentation The presentation The presentation The presentation The The presentation
is very is mostly is somewhat presentation is is completely
50 pts. interesting, interesting/well interesting. The not organized, it unorganized,
entertaining, well prepared/and speaker could is monotone, confusing, and
prepared, and sufficient. be prepared and the speaker monotone. The
sufficient. better, and is not prepared speaker is not
Delivery is presentation is a for this prepared for this
strong. bit insufficient. assignment. delivery.

*Rubrics are subject to minor changes. Students will be notified if changes occur.

Helpful Resources for E-Portfolio Assignment

Website Builders

Many platforms exist to support the creation of e-portfolios, and many of these are free of
charge. Most have templates from which you can choose, and most provide tutorials to help you
get started. While you are free to choose a platform of your liking, I recommend using one of
the following platforms (links to tutorials are provided in parentheses):

Weebly (https://vimeo.com/100966309)
Wix (https://www.wix.com/support/html5/)
Google Sites (http://tinyurl.com/k7tn2z7)
Wordpress (http://en.support.wordpress.com/)
Blogger (https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/1623800?hl=en&ref_topic=3339243)

When should you get started on the e-portfolio?

Now. Youll want to peruse different e-portfolio platforms to determine the affordances
each offers. You might also want to query friends and fellow students for
recommendations. Decide whether you will make the e-portfolio public or private. That
is, if you choose to make it public, anyone with access to the internet will be able to view
your e-portfolio. If you choose to make it private, the general public will not have access.
However, you will need to supply the URL of your e-portfolio to me, as I will need to
have access to it for grading purposes (providing feedback).

May I include other content in the e-portfolio?

Yes. However, you will need to carefully consider how additional content aligns,
contributes, and amplifies the story you want the e-portfolio to tell your audiences and
potential audiences.