The Online Portfolio demonstrates a student's growth as an author through statements and textual artifacts. Each student will create an Online Portfolio using the portfolio feature of Blackboard. The Online Portfolio consists of three sections:

1. Introduction: This section is a brief statement (2–3 paragraphs) describing the contents of your Online Portfolio and how it showcases your ability and expertise as a writer.
2. Assignments: This section contains three assignments drawn from your career at UNCW attached as artifacts with short descriptions. One of the assignments should be a critical essay (such as our Critical Analysis Essay). Another assignment should incorporate multimedia (such as our Review Project). The final assignment may be anything that you believe demonstrates your expertise as a producer of texts.
3. Reflective Statement: This section is a brief reflection (2–3 paragraphs) describing your experience at UNCW and your development as a producer of texts. Please identify specific courses, instructors, projects, or activities if possible.

Online Portfolios are used within the department to assess programatic effectiveness and outside of the department for university accreditation purposes. The grade for this assignment will be predicated on a student's to produce a complete, functional portfolio. The assignments contained therein will not be graded.

ITSD has provided the following resources for creating portfolios:

• How to Create a Portfolio
• How to Add an Artifact
• How to Share a Portfolio
• How to Export a Portfolio