Ashley HumphriesMaster PortfolioSPRING 2015

A realistic depiction of Ashley throughout the portfolio

process

Presentation Outline Reshaping the Portfolio

Outcomes

The Invisible Process

Navigation and Layout of the Portfolio

Self-Critiques

Reshaping the Portfolio

No longer directed towards multiple audiences

Future employers or educational opportunities in law and academic academic

Distracted from the purpose and nature of the portfolio as learning space, not to present my work as entirely polished

Reducing the number of outcomes

Hard to manage as it originally conceptualized it

Clustered together to draw meaning between the outcomes

Attributed each one, in particular, to an artifact to illicit a more meaningful and specific reflection

Outcomes

Think critically

Conceptualize an empirical research project

Use collected research in meaningful ways

Write clearly, effectively, and with authority

Revise thoughtfully in a way that considers higher-order concerns rather than superficial changes

Understand current conversations in digital rhetorics and composition

Provide thorough and constructive comments on writing, such as student writing or peer’s writing

Reflect meaningfully on experiences in order to create knowledge.

Old New

Outcome Cluster 1—Re-Visualizing Scholarship• Conceptualize an empirical research project • Revise thoughtfully in a way that considers

higher-order concerns rather than superficial changes

Outcome Cluster 2—Understanding and Participating in Rhetoric and Composition• Understand current conversations in digital

rhetorics and composition• Write clearly, effectively, and with authorityOutcome Cluster 3—Constructing a “So What:” Developing Implications and Tools• Think critically• Use collected research in meaningful waysOutcome Cluster 4—Beyond the Papers• Reflect meaningfully on experiences in order to

create knowledge

The Invisible Process

In the original timeline, I budgeted… 1-2 weeks for the revision

4 weeks for the presentation and the research for it

2-3 weeks for the bibliographic essay I planned to revise an existing bibliographic essay

Didn’t fit into the portfolio overall

Became an annotated bibliography

The revision was an actual living nightmare. How I turned this revision around so suddenly

Microsoft Word Document

Navigation and Layout of Portfolio

Dual navigations

One-pager, linear, vertical navigation

Top menu bar

“Scroll down to experience my portfolio, or use the menu above to browse freely”

The linear navigation, I thought, would help me and my audience to look through, although it can be harder to look at, so I added anchors and “back to top” buttons to ease navigation struggles.

Self-Critique

Reflections

Inconsistently focused on outcomes or process

Final presentation

The beginning of the presentation is very detailed and helpful, but the middle and end of the presentation fizzles.

Revision

I rushed the implementation section, simply a time and energy issue. I was almost out of steam, and I needed to use it to compose the entire final presentation and rationale.

Portfolio Navigation

A different way of layout, but I believe the benefits outweigh the constraints.