Here are the instructions for submitting the final portfolio of your
work:

Remember that you will need a cover or closing letter that reflects on the entire body of your work and on your progression as a thinker and writer for the class. Remember that portfolios work well at demonstrating learning, personal growth, effort, and excellence in the final products of your work. Your letter, then, can serve to educate readers of the portfolio about the materials you have collected in terms of these kinds of criteria. I'm also interested in your thoughts on this course if they seem relevant to the discussion of your work.

Also, remember that the final portfolio signals that you have completed any revisions you wish to make you your entire body of work. You will want to ensure that the materials that you link to are cleaned up and contain all the necessary elements for each assignment--lists of sources, short descriptions, links to all revisions, etc. Also proofread everything in the portfolio, polishing all of the work.

Here is a breakdown of what you need to submit:

The playlist--be sure to add any polish needed to the second revision. Make additional changes. Use the Create New Revision option to submit a final version.

The podcast--you can find your podcast linked to this posting

Make sure your work on the annotation project is complete and that it is linked in the portfolio.

Your collages--make any additional revisions and then create links in the portfolio to all of the versions.

Link to your video. To upload your video, create a blog posting and submit the video as an attachment. Make a link to the video in the portfolio.

Collect the blog postings and comments that you have made during the course. You should have at least 10 postings and comments. If you have more you can link to them, or you can select the best 10.

So, the portfolio will link to all of the versions you have of

• the playlist
• the podcast
• the annotation work
• the collages
• the video, and
• the blog postings.

Once you have linked to all of these materials, work on the composition of the portfolio. This is your best chance to do writing in the class. For all of the items write explanations that help readers make sense of the materials and that explore the key goals of the portfolio and other issues relevant to the course or writing. Be sure to discuss the revisions you have made--what have you changed and what did those changes do. As you write these explorations of all of the pieces, you can keep these touchstones in mind:

• effort
• learning
• growth
• excellence
• challenges
• what you've discovered about the topics you have covered in a given piece
• thoughts on the composing process for the pieces
• what you've learned about writing
• what you've learned about yourself

Each item will call for variations of these concerns to be addressed. You should also keep in mind the message you want to get across in the cover letter and the portfolio as a whole as you develop these reflections.

Be sure to write a reflection for your blog postings as well

Try to develop explanations that further the discussion of your work as a whole that you put forward in your cover letter.

When you have collected and reflected on everything and developed your cover letter, submit the posting--you may want to submit it as you work several times to save your thoughts.