Unit 4: How do I assess an ePortfolio?
Objectives:
Participants will...
Reflect on how an ePortfolio can be used as an authentic assessment by posting a completed rubric.
Assessing your students ePortfolio
After all the thoughtful planning, modeling, discussing and implementing of your students ePortfolio now is the time to give it value. Assessing the portfolio as a whole creates a sense of priority. It gives the portfolio value and meaning. Your students will appreciate the clear expectations that they have to work from. Taking the time to create a "working" rubric will be worth it.
Take some time and explore this website. It is the most comprehensible website that I found in regards to portfolios. The website explains the process and the product.Scroll down the front page of the website and under the heading The Student Portfolio Product click on Evaluating Student Portfolios. There are checklist and rubrics in document form that may help you develop your own way of assessing your student's ePortfolios. There is also a section on Portfolio Forms For Elementary And Middle School Students.
Rubrics
Although the above link is so comprehensive you may not need to explore any other websites, I did find the rubrics listed below to be a very good resource.
I love rubrics. Rubrics help me plan, design, and execute my lessons. Rubrics help students stay on task, meet expectations, and succeed.
below are several links to rubrics that you could use to evaluate your students ePortfolios. You can take an idea from one rubric and something else from another one. Whatever works for you! (That is what I should have called this mini-course!) This is going to take some time and don't be surprised if you find yourself revising your rubric several times. You'll know when something is working and when it is not.
A Digital Portfolio Rubric created by the University of Wisconsin http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/profdev/rubrics/eportfoliorubric.html
A generic rubric for evaluating ePortfolios http://www.danwilton.com/eportfolios/rubric.php
A sample student portfolio rubric http://drscavanaugh.org/workshops/assessment/sample.htm
Rubrics for a Creating and ePortfolio course http://www.k12.hi.us/~jholokai/tethree/learning/eschool/wrubric.htm
Creating your own Rubric
Don't stress, this is more for you than for me! I wanted to provide a space where participants of this course could show and share a rubric that could be used to evaluate ePortfolios. I am a true believer in sharing information. It helps teachers become better at what they do. So please create a rubric that you think would work for your students. Let us know what grade level you teach and what you have decided to include in your students portfolio. This could be an outline or a finished product. I find that if I begin to work through a project, through several revisions, the final piece becomes a reflection of what my objectives are. We can inspire each other to achieve our goals!
Closing thoughts
Back to the very beginning!
Creating a Digital Archive: ePortfolio's for Elementary Student's Mini-course