Linda Anstendig, lanstendig@pace.edu Sarah Burns Feyl, sburnsfeyl@pace.edu

Beth Klingner, bklingner@pace.edu

Don't Let the Perfect be the Enemy of the Good:  Lessons

from Pace University's Approach to Portfolio Assessment

The 2006 Assessment InstituteIndianapolis, IN

October 30, 2006Linda Anstendig, Sarah Burns Feyl, Beth Klingner

Portfolio Review

• History of the project

• Procedures and Materials for Portfolio Review Day– Criteria for the Three Types of Portfolios– Rating Sheet

Portfolio Review

• The role of the librarians– Information Literacy Skills Criteria– Information Literacy Rating Sheet

• Summary of Progress and Challenges

ePortfolios

• History of the project– Grant teams– Migration from commercial product to in-

house system

• http://www.pace.edu/eportfolio

http://www.pace.edu/eportfolio

The ePortfolio Wizard helps the students create “cover pages” from which they can link to documents in their ePortfolio.

The Wizard gives the user standard fields to complete, name and email address are required and are filled in automatically by the Wizard system.

Here is an example of a very simple ePortfolio cover page, with a link out to a separate web page.

Web File System

• Where files are stored

• Links from the Portfolio Wizard / Cover page point to files in the WFS system

Students can store files in the Web File System and then point to these files and documents from their ePortfolio cover page; 100 MB of storage available on the Web. Permissions can be set so guests can view files and folders.

Students can create multiple ePortfolios, for classes, projects, job applications, personal use…

Sample Student Portfolios

• Chris

• Michael

Chris is linking to three ePortfolios from his cover page, and his personal web page.

The top half of Chris’ ENG 201 ePortfolio cover page.

The bottom half of Chris’ ENG 201 ePortfolio cover page. He is linking to a number of essays from the class.

Michael used some color, and is pointing to files and documents from different classes, and some personal items as well.

Where We Are Now

• Progress – Collaborative team approach– Grass roots initiative– Development of in-house system– Development of rubrics– Growing interest from other areas– Administrative “soft” support

Where We Are Now

• Challenges– Remains a small pilot– No consistent funding– Lack of consensus on where and when to use – Need to educate community about its

advantages

Questions? Comments?• Linda Anstendig, Professor of English

lanstendig@pace.edu• Sarah Burns Feyl, Assistant University Librarian

sburnsfeyl@pace.edu

• Beth Klingner, Director of Instructional Technology

bklingner@pace.edu

Thank you for your participation!