Developing Your Course Web Site and
Portfolio
For this project, you
will need to select writings that you have done for this course as well as any
other of your writings that you feel are appropriate to include in your web
site. This site will be developed over a couple of months. You will start the
site midway into the course and continue to develop the site as you do more
writings in the course. Intermittently you should upload your site to the
Internet, remembering to include a revised date on all files when they are
updated.
Your project must include
the following features:
- An index page that helps your viewer navigate through
your site
- Appropriate navigation elements within the site (such
as links among files)
- At least three of the papers that you wrote for the
course and your time capsule
Some
Tips:
You can use an annotated table of
contents to inform viewers about the contents of what will appear once a link
is clicked. That is, give the title of the paper as a hyperlink, and then use
regular text to give a quick summary of the paper's thesis
Include
bottom links at the ends of your papers to help viewers navigate to other
papers found on your site
Place
hyperlinks within a paper if you want to provide additional information or
pictures
4. Your time capsule as a hypertext
document requiring the viewer to use links to see different parts of the
capsule
Uploading Your Site at the
College:
Use ELeet
Type
in college address: www.sjc.edu. Be sure to select FTP instead of http. Type your name and password.
One
the next screen, on the left side, use the arrow to access your U drive and
website folder. Highlight all of the
files in the folder by holding the Ctrl key while pressing the A key. Once all of the files are select, use the
mouse to drag and drop the files to the right side of the screen.
Your
URL address is www.sjc.edu/student_pages/jsmith
(substitute your
first initial and last name for jsmith.
Writing Portfolio Component:
Be sure to revise and
edit the papers that you are including in your site. You will be submitting
these copies for your final course portfolio. Your final course portfolio is an
opportunity for you to showcase your best writing. This means that you can
improve on the work that you have already submitted for the course. Although
these papers will not be graded again, you do receive a grade for your final
course portfolio. Portfolios will be evaluated using the following criteria:
Clarity: Your ability to express yourself
clearly and fluidly in writing (transitions, sentence structure, and phrasing)
Written Mechanics: Your ability to adhere to standard
writing conventions (e.g., usage, correct word choices, and documentation)
Critical Thinking: The depth of your thinking,
analysis, and elaboration and ability to select and use details effectively to
prove or illustrate a point
Due Date and Related
Logistics:
The last date to submit this
project is the final exam date. Your web site and portfolio will be graded
separately. The grade for the web site will be determined based on your ability
to include the necessary requirements as outlined above, whereas your grade for
the portfolio will be based on the three main criteria listed under the
portfolio part of this assignment sheet. You can have these projects graded at
any point in the course once the basic components are ready. If you are
unsatisfied with the outcome and would like to continue to revise your work,
you can continue to do so up until the final exam date. Your web site will be
evaluated by accessing it off the Internet, whereas your portfolio will require
submitting printed copies of your work in a file folder. Your grades for both
of these projects will be emailed to you. Because you will be responsible for
retaining a copy of your portfolio, it will NOT be necessary for you to pick up
the copies you leave with me for grading. Check the syllabus to determine the
percentage points for these projects in determining your final course grade.
Last revised: December 3, 2001
J. Arzt