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The ePortfolio In General Education: Overview

Why are you creating an ePortfolio for your General Education?

Learning is an ongoing process, and your ePortfolio is a tool you will use to capture what you’ve learned from your Gen Ed experience and why that matters to you.

You’ll start creating your Gen Ed ePortfolio in UNIV 101: Introduction to the General Education Experience. Throughout your Gen Ed program, you will add your Signature Assignments as you take more Gen Ed courses. You will create a final version of your Gen Ed ePortfolio in UNIV 301: General Education Portfolio

To get started, log into arizona.digication.com with your UA NetID and Password.

Your About Me Page

About Me

Editing your About Me page is a great way to get started and make your ePortfolio your own. This topic will cover how to add photos, add text descriptions, edit pages, as well as how to submit your About Me assignment in Digication.

Video Tutorials (60-90 seconds per video)

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Your Story of a Lifelong Learner

Lifelong Learning

Once you have created your Story of a Lifelong Learner for UNIV 101, you will add the project to your ePortfolio. Want to make sure your Instructor can see your final project? Make sure to submit your assignment in Digication

Video Tutorials (120-140 seconds per video)

Your Final Gen Ed ePortfolio

people working at a table around many laptops and snacks

Are you completing your final ePortfolio for UNIV 301 right now? Congrats! It's time to put the final touches on your Gen Ed ePortfolio and submit your work. Want to make sure your Instructor can see your final ePortfolio? Make sure to submit your assignment in Digication

Video Tutorial (60 seconds)

Your Wonderosity Project

e-portfolio

Once you have created your Wonderosity Project for UNIV 101, you will add the project to your ePortfolio. This topic will cover how to add content, add text, rearrange items, and resources you can use to create your Wonderosity Project. Then, submit your assignment in Digication.

Video Tutorials (60-120 seconds per video)

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Your Rough Draft

Are you taking UNIV 301 right now? In Week 5, you will submit your completed but rough draft of your Gen Ed ePortfolio. Be sure to review the Rough Draft Assignment Instructions in D2L before sharing and submitting your work.

Video Tutorial (47 seconds)

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Adding Learning Artifacts

hands on laptop, leaves nearby, orange background

As you complete your general education, you will want to save your signature assignments and other work from your classes that meant a lot to you so you can add these learning artifacts to your ePortfolio.

Make it a habit each semester to save your work, and more importantly, reflect on why you saved that learning artifact. This will make it easier for you to keep up with your ePortfolio, and more importantly, remember what you learned!

You will add learning artifacts to your ePortfolio when you take UNIV 101 and UNIV 301.

Video Tutorials (120 seconds per video)

UNIV 301: Video Tutorials for sharing your ePortfolio on weekly discussion boards

Your Lifelong Learning Journey Map

learning map

Are you taking the UNIV 301: General Education Portfolio right now? Once you have created your Lifelong Learning Journey Map, you will add the project to your ePortfolio along with your reflection, just as you did for your assignments in UNIV 101.

Be sure to submit your assignment in Digication so your Instructor can view your project and grade your work.

Video Tutorial (123 seconds)

Dive Deeper

Fall 2024 ePortfolio Workshops and Drop-In Support

Workshops and Drop-in Support

All About Digication Workshop hosted by THINK TANK: 

  • Tuesday, Oct 8th, 6pm Bear Down Building, Room 212
  • Wednesday, Oct 9th, 7pm on Zoom 

Personalize Your ePortfolio Workshop hosted by THINK TANK: 

  • Tuesday, Nov 5th, 6pm Bear Down Building, Room 212
  • Wednesday, Nov 6th, 7pm on Zoom

UNIV 301 Rough Draft ePortfolio Drop-in Support hosted by the University Libraries:

  • Wednesday, November 18th, 2-4pm Main Library B252 (located in CATalyst Studios)

Drop-in ePortfolio Support hosted by the University Libraries: 

To dive deeper into your ePortfolio, take a look at the step-by-step guides, or chat, text, or email us with your questions!

THINK TANK offers Peer Academic Coaching, ePortfolio drop-in support online or in-person: https://thinktank.arizona.edu/academic-skills/peer-academic-coaching

ePortfolio Examples

Looking for some examples of Gen Ed ePortfolios? Look at what a few of your peers have created by visiting our Digication ePortfolio Directory. Want to be featured in the ePortfolio Directory? Nominate your ePortfolio using our Featured ePortfolio Nomination Form!

The ePortfolio template used in UNIV 101 has default permission settings set to "Private within the University of Arizona". This allows your Instructors and your peers to view your work if they are logged into Digication. You can change the permission settings when sharing your work at any time. Learn more about sharing and publishing your work

While there are great examples in our ePortfolio directory, be sure to reference your own class assignment descriptions and rubrics to understand how to complete these course assignments, as they may differ from what your peers created.