Userful Resources for Portfolio

1. On the following page, there is a video record for Portfolio Q&A
          https://ci.uky.edu/lis/student_news
     
2. Portfolio Guidelines Fall 2012
             https://ci.uky.edu/lis/sites/default/files/PortfolioGuidelinessFall2012.pdf 

 You should thoroughly read the above guidelines.  (Well, I've heard that the tutorial is not that helpful. While waiting for  a better version, please check on this blog  frequently as I am going to add more information about portfolio. Also feel free to email me if the answers are not available on this blog)


Some suggestions:

1. When to prepare?
The earlier the better. My suggestion is: after your first semester, start collecting artifacts from the core courses you took or from selected courses that you think you did a great job. (Details about how to select artifacts are available in the guildlines).

2. How to organize my portfolio?
You will be enrolled to a Portfolio space on Blackboard in your last semester. Before that, you should have access to some practice space on Blackboard (Will said he has sent out several emails regarding this, so check your mailbox if you forget or just check the course list once you log onto Blackboard).

My suggestion is: just create a folder on your hard drive or dropbox and name it as 'portfolio', then start to save relevant files to it. Properly name those file (e.g., LIS601_Artifact_CommunityAudit) and write a few sentences about each artifact in a memo file (You will be surprised how much you have forgotten about each artifact, now matter how much you enjoyed/suffered back then, when you approaching graduation. So it is better to write some notes for 'future you') .

It's about that time of the year...

Soon you should decide what courses to take for spring 2013 ! (how time flies...) Note that the following spring syllabus is still a draft and there might be some minor changes in the next week or so.
http://cis.uky.edu/lis/content/class-schedules-0

If you want to meet with me for course planning, please drop me an email. We can either meet face to face or online using Adobe Connect, in which case you need a working microphone or headset, and a webcam is preferred,.