Student Learning Outcomes: After completing this assignment, the student will be able to: see a lasting record of the work that was competed, demonstrating the computer application software skills learned in detail share the material with others, including current and potential employers, to prove mastery of important computer concepts and skills recognize the growth and learning that has been accomplished through the term demonstrate to the instructor the growth and learning that the student has achieved through the term have a paper and/or online record paper: organize the work with a cover page and detailed table of contents for future reference online portfolio that can be accessed by any (or select) internet user(s)

Procedure Assessment Check List 2009 Spring Student  Work

on paper in a folder or notebook

put it a portfolio page on your web site

the best is to put all the work both places.  (It is a small expenditure of time that will pay itself back over and over)

Create a Home page with the same things as a paper cover page and maybe more your full name the course title (Introduction to Computer Applications) the date (Spring 2009 or May 2009) your photo of you or a interesting computer related clipart Union County College Professor Maureen Greenbaum (optional and in a small font) a link to the course web site a gadget or two

Create a Resume page since the world can see your site, either delete your street address or change it to something obviously fictional like 123 Unreal Street, you should keep the correct city, state and zip.  Change your phone to (123) 555-1212.  Leave your email so folks can get in touch with you. Copy and Paste your Word resume Make your email into a clickable link

Create a Portfolio page create a page called My portfolio or CIS100 work or what ever.   File Cabinet Add files and for each give a 5 or 6 word good "File description" (describe it and what you learned from doing it) click on Your files (2nd on the left) click on Browse locate the file (on M: at school. probably, on MyDocuments at home or your flash drive) click on OK organize your work into Word Processing, Database (Access), Spreadsheet (Excel), SAM Projects, Practical PC end of chapter Quick Checks...using Move to (on top of Page) Add the Portfolio page to the navigation

	create the cover page print and organize the pages
	create a detailed table of contents separated by software application and listing each paper
	put your resume as the first ting since that is what most folks are most interested in
	put the whole thing in a folder (optionally 3 hole punched)
	submit a portfolio of the term's work for review and a grade

Your portfolio is yours to keep as a permanent record and something to show to potential employers, and even current employers, to demonstrate proof of your knowledge of important computer application software The cover sheet for a paper portfolio should contain:

	your full name
	the course title (Introduction to Computer Applications)
	the date (Fall 2009 or December 2009)
	your photo of you or a interesting computer related clipart
	Union County College
	Professor Maureen Greenbaum (optional and in a small font)

Both the paper and the online Table of Contents should

list each item in the portfolio (grouped by type of work: Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Presentations, Quizzes, SAM, Internet, Quick Checks etc)).  There should be about 6 to 8 sections and about 25 items detailed. Word Processing résumé (put your résumé 1st, immediately after the Table of Contents) flyer research paper with footnotes and bibliography other word processing Mail Merge Documents: form letter (with the <<field Names>> and data source (list of the names and other variable fields used) merged letter legislator assignment other class mail merges (job cover letter, gift thank you) Access DataBase Home Inventory Reports Table design Form Excel Spreadsheets (per printing hints) on paper: each of the spreadsheets with the properly formatted sheet including charts and another sheet of formulas (use ctrl and ~ tilde to toggle back and forth between formatted sheet and formulas) - both with inclusive header/footers SAM2007 projects (on paper,  just a report of completion Word Processing Projects PowerPoint Projects (per printing hints) Excel Projects each with the properly formatted sheet including charts and another sheet of formulas (use ctrl and ~ tilde to toggle back and forth between formatted sheet and formulas) - both with inclusive header/footers PowerPoint Product Comparison Presentation plan handouts from your product presentation optional: prof's critique Internet assignments print all the pages/screens from your Google sites web site email a list (Sender, date & subject) of the correspondence (saved-inbox and sent mail) showing how much of the course was done on the web Quizzes - list each with its topic Text End of Chapter Exercises (put these after the creative work you have done)

The paper portfolio could contain:

	optionally dividers with the title of each section (word processing, spreadsheet, etc)
	contain both independent work and class work, graded and non-graded practice items
	include either the graded assignment with green grading marks or a clean copy or both (with the clean copy first)
	optionally, a printout of the assignments and test pages from the course web site to show the instructions that were followed to produce the included work

The typical portfolio is usually over 40 pages.  See printing hints.

Do NOT put your papers in those cellophane protectors (the beauty of computer work is never final, it  that it can always be change, improved!

Check List

Cover sheet (paper portfolio) contains:
your full name
the course title (Introduction to Computer Applications)
the date (Fall 2009 or December 2009)
your photo or a interesting computer related clipart
Union County College Professor Maureen Greenbaum (optional, small )
Each item listed in the portfolio (grouped by type of work).
Optional: Dividers
Items in the EXACT same order as listed in the Table of Contents
Résumé (Should be immediately after the Table of Contents)
Flyer Draft and Final
Each spreadsheet (Enrollment, Carpet Store, P&L, Car Loan, Payroll) with properly formatted sheet including charts sheet of formulas
Handouts from PowerPoint Plan
Handouts from PowerPoint Product Comparison Presentation prof's critique, (optional)
Access DataBase -Home Inventory - Forms & Reports
List of Email Sent and received from the Prof
Screens from your  web site
Quizzes - list each with its topic
Paper: SAM Report or Online SAM Project printouts
Text End of Chapter Quick Check Exercises
Optional: a printout of the assignment from the course web site

Assessment

A B C D F Cover Page Has attractive cover page with course title, date, student name and clip art Pages in organized, logical order, resume 1st Corrected versions of assignments with or without graded submissions Has cover page but something missing A few items missing from table of contents Cover page or table of contents missing several items  Cover page or table of contents missing many items   Table of Contents All pagess individually listed Headers on table of contents topics 1 or 2 items missing from table of contents Incomplete section headers 3 or 4 items missing from table of contents 5 items missing from table of contents More than 5 items missing Contents All assignments included printed properly fewer than 3  assignments missing 3 or 4 assignments missing 5 assignments missing more than 5 assignments missing Other Has many dividers Has  assignment& hints pages from the course web site Has few dividers Has few  pages from the course web site Has no extra pages