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Your Portfolio - Deadlines and Submitting Units

Submitting your Portfolio Activities

Unless your TA directs otherwise, your portfolio essays and materials should be submitted using Blackboard. (Note that, because many portfolio activities are worth more than one portfolio unit, there are more Blackboard digital drop boxes for portfolio submissions than most students will use.) For portfolio activities that are not amenable to submission via Blackboard, check with your TA on how best to submit your assignment. Students must turn in their Portfolio activity write-ups and their extra-credit activity write ups via the drop boxes set up on Blackboard. To get to the digital drop boxes, students should go to the main Sustaining a Planet Blackboard site, select “Discussion Section” and then choose either the “Portfolio Project” or the “Extra Credit” folders. Opportunities/links to submit documents are listed within the folders.



Deadlines

5:00 PM, Tuesday September 23, 2008—PORTFOLIO PROJECT OUTLINE:
Submit a proposal to your TA (one typed page or less) that (1) states your preferred portfolio theme, (2) lists your proposed activities and their respective point values, (3) identifies your OTC activity, and (4) includes a proposed topic for your news thread. See the grading rubric above for a description of how this assignment will be evaluated.

In your section the week of September 30, 2008—SHORT PORTFOLIO WRTE-UP:
Write about one or two completed units of your portfolio; write about what you've done and how it relates to your theme.  Include some pictures or figures that relate to the activities you've completed. See the grading rubric for a description of how this short assignment will be evaluated.

In your section the week of November 18, 2008—FOUR PORTFOLIO UNITS:
At least four portfolio units must be completed by the time of your final presentation.

In your section the week of November 18, 2008—FINAL PRESENTATION:
Present the most interesting segments of your portfolio to the course. Your presentation will last approximately 5 minutes and will include 2–5 PowerPoint slides. The grading rubric above provides a description of how this presentation will be evaluated. More detailed directions and example PowerPoint slides will be provided mid-semester.

11:59 PM Friday, December 5, 2008—COMPLETED PORTFOLIO:
All 10 units due. Late assignments will NOT be accepted.