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Welcome to Info 289: e-Portfolio: Required Reading especially Critical Information Document

Welcome to the INFO 289-e-Portfolio blog.

  • I am the overall coordinator for the e-Portfolio.   You will work with your assigned e-Portfolio advisor but I will be available if problems arise. I can also answer general questions.  But specific questions about competencies and how your e-Portfolio advisor wants you to address them must be directed to your e-Portfolio advisor.
  • The  e-Portfolio advisors have come up with an agreed Critical Information  document -that all will use.  They have also developed a Competencies Hints document. The aim is to ensure that everyone has a similar INFO 289 experience.
  • However you-as a student-have to play your part too -by carefully reading the documents listed below and using them as you work on your competencies.
  • It is your e-Portfolio advisor who will confirm when you have successfully completed your e-Portfolio. The e-portfolio advisor is also the person who will assign a credit when he or she has approved the e-portfolio and all of its parts.

Please do the following now:

  1. Read all the topics on this blog. Hopefully they will address your immediate questions. 
  2. Read the INFO 289: Critical Information document
  3. Read the INFO 289 Handbook very carefully.  Most answers to your questions are in there
  4. Read the INFO 289 Hints document
  5. Read the INFO 289 Rubrics
  6. Check out the INFO 289 Syllabus

I am using the blog format as a way to share questions and answers.  My direct email is Linda.Main@sjsu.edu

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Competencies were updated from Fall 2019 Onwards

Read again (originally sent around all students on May 20th 2019)

Important Information about INFO 289 (e-portfolio) and MLIS Core Competencies

Note the key change:

We have amalgamated Comps I and J into Comp J.

  • What this means is that you have one less comp to write. However you will still need 10 comps successfully completed to qualify for an RP (report in progress)
  • Evidence that you have gathered for  the old Comp I  and the old Comp J will all work with the new COMP J

Other changes are clarification of language in comp statements and rubrics.

Be sure to use the language in the revised comp statements in your e-Portfolios.

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Who is my e-Portfolio advisor? How Will I Know Who My Advisor Is? How Should I Work with Them?

Assignment of e-Portfolio Advisor

You will be randomly assigned an e-Portfolio advisor just before classes begin.

The assignment is random and cannot be changed. The advisor will be a member of the full time faculty

How will I know who it is?

On the first day of the semester you will find yourself enrolled in your ePortfolio advisor’s Canvas site. The site itself will not open until the first day of the semester. For Spring 2024 that is January 24th (Note there is no overall Canvas site for INFO 289 -you will be enrolled into your individual advisor’s Canvas site).

How should I work with them? 

It is important to remember that this is the culminating class where you are showing what you have learned; and also showing your ability to synthesize and present yourself and your knowledge.

The e-Portfolio course differs from other instructor-led iSchool classes in that students must be self-directed in showing what they can do. The  e-portfolio advisor is there to administer deadlines and provide reviews of content submitted. 

The e-portfolio advisor is also the person who will assign a final credit  for INFO 289 when they have approved the e-portfolio and all of its parts.

Think of it as a job. You will all have different e-portfolio advisors and they may lay out different paths for you. So you need to work with your e-Portfolio advisor. Some will review your work on an ongoing basis; some will have set reading periods. This is no different from a professional work position where you have to adapt to your boss, whether you want to or not. In a work situation we all have to adapt to our managers. So, view the e-Portfolio that way.

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Must I Use Canvas for Presenting my e-Portfolio? Can I Use My Own Website or Blog?

You do not have to use Canvas. Many students develop web sites or blogs or wikis. However you must present  an integrated site -not just a collection of documents.

Also you  must make sure that privacy and confidentiality is respected. You must password non Canvas sites. See: https://ischool.sjsu.edu/info-289-privacy-and-confidentiality

 

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How Do I Use Canvas For My E-Portfolio?

E-Portfolio Advisor Canvas Site

There is no common Canvas  site for all students taking Info 289: e-Portfolio.  Your individual e-Portfolio advisor will have a Canvas site  for all of his or her e-Portfolio advisees. You will be automatically joined.  They will use this site for laying out their expectations.

Use of Canvas for Your E-portfolio

Note  this document that provides all the information needed for step-by-step directions on building the recommended INFO 289 e-Portfolio, including developing your e-Portfolio Presentation, adding evidence, and generating a URL you can email to your e-Portfolio advisor to provide access to your work.

Also see:  This video showing the step by step process for setting up the Canvas e-Portfolio structure

Very important:  Pay particular attention on how to attach evidence to your e-Portfolio.  You must download your assignments first  and then attach the relevant assignments to the relevant e-Portfolio essay. If you do not do this your e-Portfolio advisor will not be able to see your evidence.  This procedure is now required due to increased security controls on Canvas.

 

 

 

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