Rubrics

Criteria & Rubrics

Criteria for ePortfolio

To receive full points for your ePortfolio, I will look at the following criteria:

Completeness – Your ePortfolio contains a separate portfolio for:

General Studies 101 with the following pages

PhotoEssay
Global Awareness Journal
Reflection Journal
Study Tips

Chicano Studies 101 with the following pages

Reading Notes
Papers
Other important pages important to show

Your Third Class

Important pages that are important to show

Personal or About Me

Hobbies
Activities
Poems
Pictures
Other important pages about you that you would like to share

Rationale - Did you adequately justify your selected artifacts with an introductory sentence or paragraph that represents important elements discussed within the class? (e.g., critical thinking skills, learning style preferences, affective behaviors, etc.)
Overall quality: What is the quality of the portfolio overall? (completeness, range of artifacts/evidence, and proficiency.)

The Rubric for Your ePortfolio

Rubrics are commonly used to evaluate portfolios. Rubrics provide descriptions of different levels of achievement in relation to specified criteria. The rubric below describes four levels of achievement in relation to the overall quality of a portfolio (#4 above; adapted from Skawinski & Thibodeau, 2002):

Level	Description
Distinguished 90-100 points	Evidence selected shows a high degree of understanding, knowledge, and/or performance; rationale provides a developed and convincing explanation for inclusion; portfolio overall is well-written and well-designed, presents a coherent and compelling case of achievement.
Proficient 80-89 points	Evidence selected shows an acceptable degree of understanding, knowledge, and/or performance; rationale provides a clear and acceptable explanation for inclusion; portfolio overall is well-written and well-organized, presents a coherent case of achievement.
Emerging 70-79 points	Evidence selected shows a moderate degree of understanding, knowledge, and/or performance; rationale may be incomplete or inconsistent, provides an underdeveloped explanation for inclusion; portfolio overall shows effort at organization but is not yet a fully developed case of achievement; quality of writing is inconsistent.
Unacceptable 60-69 points	Evidence selected shows minimal degree of understanding, knowledge, and/or performance; rationale provides little and/or irrelevant explanation for inclusion; portfolio overall is not yet organized to present a case; quality of writing interferes with ideas. May be too little to assess.