WRI1000 WordPress Portfolios

Owned by Karen Park
Last updated: Oct 19, 2018
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Overview

At the end of the quarter, you will present your final work for Writing 1000 as a Portfolio. This portfolio for Writing 1000 will take the form of a webpage, using the WordPress page where you have been maintaining your Writing Journal Blog and paper Reflections all quarter.

The final portfolio will include the following:

  • one of the two major papers, revised
  • two or three of the shorter assignments, revised
  • a compendium of work that includes original drafts of all writing assignments with my comments
  • a Reflective Guide/cover letter that makes an argument for how your portfolio selections demonstrate the four course outcomes
  • peer reviews and any other rough drafts that illustrate your development and fulfillment of outcome four
  • select writing journal posts

Create Your Wordpress Site

  1. Go to WordPress.com
  2. Select "Get Started"
  3. Follow the steps to Create a site.
    1. Choose a simple design
    2. Choose one of the nine free themes

    3. For Step 3 (find a domain) please use the following formula: your spu email name + wi18

      • For example, my SPU email name is: thansen3
      • In the "Enter a domain" box I will type: thansen3wi18
      • The first free option should be: thansen3wi18.wordpress.com
    4. Select the free plan
    5. Provide an email and create a password to finish setting up your site.
  4. Once you have finished creating your site, I suggest making your blog Hidden by going to Settings and, under Privacy, selecting Hidden (if you select Private you will need to approve access for me; this can be a hassle).  
  5. Please make a brief introductory post and share the link to Canvas below.
    1. You should share the URL provided under the Share tab in WordPress. If you copy-paste the address in the address bar, you are asking me to log in as you to edit the post in your dashboard, so please be sure to share the right link.
    2. Alternatively, you can select the link button and copy the URL provided there.

Be sure to Publish your post before sharing your link to Canvas.

Portfolio Guidelines

Any portfolio that does not include ALL of the above will be considered INCOMPLETE. Furthermore, any portfolio in which several of the assignments fall significantly short of their length requirements will also be considered incomplete. 

While you are required to include everything that you have done over the quarter, the portfolio will be assessed only on the Reflective Guide/cover letter, the one revised major paper, and the two or three revised short assignments.

Format Requirements: Every revised paper must meet all of the format requirements that have been effective throughout the length of the quarter.  They are:

  • Times New Roman, 12 pt.
  • Double spaced
  • 1” margins all around
  • MLA standards of documentation: in-text citations (use page numbers from the course reader) and a works cited page (as needed)
  • Additionally, all drafts (revised and unrevised) will be uploaded to your portfolio as PDFs (rather than as Word documents)

Points will be deducted from an improperly formatted portfolio or a portfolio in which several assignments do not meet the formatting guidelines. In addition, each of your revised papers should have an original title so that you can refer to it in the Reflective Guide/cover letter.

Assembling the portfolio

There are two options for how you may choose to design and arrange your electronic Portfolio on WordPress

Option 1

Arrange your Portfolio by WRI1000 Outcome. This arrangement will look something like this:

  1. Welcome Page
  2. Rhetorical Knowledge Page
  3. Critical Inquiry Page
  4. Process Page
  5. Conventions Page
  6. Final Reflections
  7. Compendium of Work
Option 2

Arrange your Portfolio by Revised Papers. This arrangement will look something like this:

  1. Welcome Page
  2. Major Paper Page
  3. Short Assignment One Page
  4. Short Assignment Two Page
  5. (Short Assignment Three Page) (optional)
  6. Final Reflections
  7. Compendium of Work

Portfolio Checklist

Use this checklist to be sure that you have included copies of all the required assignments that should appear in your Compendium of Work:

  • Short Paper 1.1
  • Short Paper 1.2
  • Peer Review Draft for Major Paper 1
  • Second Draft for Major Paper 1—please include a works cited
  • Short Paper 2.1.1
  • Short Paper 2.1
  • Short Paper 2.2—please include a works cited
  • Peer Review Draft for Major Paper 2
  • Second Draft for Major Paper 2—please include a works cited
  • Selected Writing Journal Posts
  • The Reflective Guide/Cover Letter—see page 3 of this packet for instructions (will not be included in the Compendium)


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