PORTFOLIOS AND EVALUATIONS

Maintain a portfolio documenting all aspects of your work.  Each section of the portfolio should have a cover page listing the contents of the sections (mind map questions, essay titles, peer group members, etc.).  Additional sections may be created for notes, an image collection, etc.

Portfolio Reviews

Peer and faculty review of portfolios will take place in class during week 10.  Whenever your portfolios are on public display you may restrict access—using ribbons, paper clips, etc.—to specific portions of your work that are sensitive or of a purely personal nature.

Portfolio review sheets will be online. Students should organize portfolios according to the outline provided on the review sheets. Each section of the portfolio should begin with a cover page that provides a brief reflection on the section's contents.

Self Evaluation

Self criticism and thoughtful self evaluation are central practices of this program. 

We begin the first day by writing self evaluations.  This will be your first chance to think about why you enrolled in Awareness and what you imagine accomplishing this year.  You will also work with Academic Advising’s first-week, self-assessment form.

Mid-quarter (week 5) and final (weeks 8 and 9) self-evaluations will be shared and revised in peer groups before being submitted to faculty for review.  See the evaluation handout.  Faculty evaluations will be, largely, a response to your self evaluations.  For many reasons, your self evaluation should be your best piece of writing.