What is it?
There are two types of portfolios you want to know about. There’s the Process Portfolio and the Product Portfolio. In this course you will be working on a hybrid type that merges both process and product. Ultimately, the portfolio tells us what you are learning in the course and what you have learned, thus the portfolio is built around the course and select general education abilities:
Area: New Media Literacy
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1. Identify and describe the types of narrative made possible by traditional and new media
2. Identify and describe new media principles and concepts
3. Describe the interrelated qualities of traditional and new media environments
Area: Project Building
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4. Apply fundamental new media concepts to the development of projects;
General Education:
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Communication
Critical Thinking
Technological Literacy
Aesthetic Engagement
What To Do
As you move through the course and the several projects, you’ll notice how each is related to one or several of the abilities above. For example, in the hypertext project, New Media Literacy plays an important role. As you learn more about hypertext and hypertext systems, your ability to describe narrative and system relationships will deepen.
What to include
1. All exercises, completed both in and out of class
2. Revisions of exercises
3. Major Projects