Your Portfolio Site: Required Elements

1. Your Portfolio Site:Required Elements • Home/landing page • Self Introduction • Image • Unit 1: Memoir page • Your reflection on Unit 1 • Your Memoir • Unit 2: Disciplinary Report page • Your reflection on Unit 2 • Your Disciplinary Report • Course Reflection page

2. 1. Home Page • Catches your attention • Informs you what it is and what it’s about, or introduce you to an individual • Helps you to navigate through the rest of the site • Sets the tone for the website, and provides context for the content

3. 1a. Self-Introduction1b. Image • Tell us about the person: • Age (maybe) • Name (First name, Last initial) • Where you’re from • Your interests • Your major • Accomplishments • What you’re planning to do with your degree • Your year in school

4. 1a. Self-Introduction1b. Image: Peer Review • Do you learn enough about the author? • Age (maybe) • Name (First name, Last initial) • Where you’re from • Your interests • Your major • Accomplishments • What you’re planning to do with your degree • Your year in school • Is there more information the author should add to draw a viewer’s attention? • Have the author tell you what they want the tone of the site to be. • What is the tone of this self-introduction? • Does this tone seem to fit the personality of the author/ their intention for their site? • Are there any glaring issues with grammar or punctuation?

5. 2-3. Units 1 & 2 Pages • To teach you how to be better writers • Reflections help you identify your new skills • Act as a writing sample • Gives you a means of comparison • Provides sense of how much you’ve accomplished in Comp 1

6. Homework • Revise self-introduction to post on your blog on Tuesday. • Begin revising memoir assignment to post on your site.