Biology 100 & 101

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Portfolio Due Dates	Possible Extra Credit
Portfolio due at Lecture, Thursday, Feb. 18 Project entries must be posted to Web Crossing by 8:00 AM Tuesday, Feb. 16 %Dialog entries may be posted to Web Crossing until the portfolio due date.	3 percent 3 project entries PLUS at least 15 dialog entries
Portfolio due at Lecture, Tuesday, Apr. 6 #The first two project entries AND ten *dialog entries of this set must be posted to Web Crossing before the beginning of Spring Break. #The final three project entries of this set must be posted to Web Crossing by 8:00 AM Sunday Apr. 4 *%Dialog entries for the last three project entries of this set may be posted to Web Crossing until the portfolio due date.	5 percent *5 project entries PLUS at least 25 dialog entries
Portfolio due at Lecture, Tuesday, May. 4 #Project entries must be posted by 8:00AM Sunday, May. 2 *%Dialog entries may be posted until the portfolio due date.	2 percent *2 project entries PLUS at least 10 dialog entries

* The Tutor/Tutee projects do not require additional dialog entries.
# Tutor/Tutee reports may be posted until the portfolio due date.
% Waiting until the last minute may result in inadequate number or quality of dialog entries and you may not receive full credit for your projects.

Portfolio Format

Submit your complete portfolio AND all previous evaluation sheets each time you turn in your portfolio. Your final portfolio should also include your answers to the three survey questions at the end of this page.

Your COMPLETE portfolio must be turned in on May 4th for you to receive extra credit.

• Cover Sheet:

  • Student Name
    
  • Course Number
    
  • Lab or Disc. instructor's name.

• Second Page: Check-off Table of Project Activities

  Prepare a simple table that will allow us to see at a glance how many projects you have completed, of what type, and when they were posted to Web Crossing.

• Project Reports:

  Each Project Report should include:

  Your Project Entry*	Your review, quiz, artwork, etc.
  At least 5 Substantive Web Crossing Dialog Entries* Including Some or All of these Categories:
  Comments	Comments from others concerning your work
  Responses	Your responses to comments from others
  Reactions	Your reactions to other's work
  Acknowledgments	Other's acknowledgment of your reactions

  *Each Project Report should be titled with the name of the project (Media Watcher, etc.). Each Project report and dialog entry MUST include the Web Crossing response line including the response number, your name, the date, and time.

• At the end of the semester submit a one page response to these questions as part of your final portfolio:

  • What was the purpose of the extra credit project?
  • What did you feel you contributed to others?
  • What did you get out of the experience?

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    Rubric for Evaluating
    Portfolio Project Reports:

    A "Meets" or better for the three criteria earn you
    one extra credit percentage for each project.
    An "Exceeds" in one criterion makes up for a "Does Not Meet" in another.

    Criteria	0 Points (Does not Meet)	1 Point (Meets)	2 Points (Exceeds)
    Completeness	No Project Entry OR No Dialog with Others	Project Entry Plus 5 Substantive Dialog Entries	Project Entry Plus >5 Substantive Dialog Entries
    Clarity	Difficult to Understand	Clear Expression of Ideas	Exceptional clarity of Presentation
    Relationship to Course Topics	No Relationship	Related Topics Cited	Insightful Connection to Seemingly Unrelated Concepts
    Totals	___	___	___