Digital Rhetoric

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Portfolios | Usability testing

Portfolios:

Note: These portfolios were created to meet different requirements than you have for the portfolio project. Please use these only as samples and possibly inspiration, but not as examples of what you final portfolio must include or look like.

• Samples from books : See the portfolios Kimball mentions in his book on the subject. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_kimball_wpg_1/0,5613,380830-,00.html . Click on Student Portfolios and check out some of the samples (not all links work).
• Previous Student Samples: These are samples from previous undergraduate classes that did a portfolio. Not all links may work (like to example work). I will be adding to this section, and if your portfolio is great may ask to use yours as an
  example for a future classes.
  • Rami Suffield, International Economics (TTU student) http://www.rhetcomp.gsu.edu/~jbowie/EWP/ports/1/HomePage.html
  • Ashley Popkin, a journalism major draft portfolio (from my Spring 2007 class) http://www.rhetcomp.gsu.edu/~jbowie/ports/ap/
  • Tasha Gomes: Spanish major with a concentration in Language and International Business final portfolio from my Spring 2007 class)http://www.rhetcomp.gsu.edu/~jbowie/ports/tg/
  • Anthony Bernard: Urban Planning & Economic Development major with advanced web design skills (from my summer 06 class, but with recent updates) http://maverickbodyart.com/bernard/
  • Laura Sweat: journalism major with a public relations concentration, with a strong portfolio design that could work for grad portfolios too. http://www.rhetcomp.gsu.edu/~jbowie/ports/Laura_final/
  • Bios only:
    • Neil Smith: English major with a concentration in Advanced Composition and Rhetoric http://www.rhetcomp.gsu.edu/~jbowie/ports/nsbio/bio_NS.htm
    • Megan A Cleary: Journalism major with a Public Relations concentrationhttp://www.rhetcomp.gsu.edu/~jbowie/ports/mcbio/bio.htm
    • Miranda Moss: GSU student with a professional background includes technical, administrative and volunteer experiences http://www.rhetcomp.gsu.edu/~jbowie/ports/ProfBio.doc
• My portfolio: This is a draft portfolio I used when looking for a job.
  Since I moved it over to the rhetcomp server some links to files do not
  work. http://www.rhetcomp.gsu.edu/~jbowie/port/
• Another example: A student from last class sent this cool example to me, check it out!
  http://www.personal.kent.edu/~plucasst/Resources.htm#cascading
• From the Smith & Haimes-Korn book (see their list) :
  • East Carolina University College of Education Department of Library Science and Instructional Technology Instructional Technology Student Portfolios
    http://lsit.coe.ecu.edu/it/Portfolios
  • Southern Polytechnic State University, Humanities and Technical Communication Department, Student Portfolio Samples:
    • Undergraduate http://www.spsu.edu/htc/home/Undergrad/ug_portfolios.htm
    • Graduate: http://www.spsu.edu/htc/home/Grad/portfolios.htm
  • Kalamazoo College's Outstanding Student Portfolios http://www.kzoo.edu/pfolio/outstanding.html
  • Maricopa E-Portfolio Examples http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/dd/eport05/demos.php
  • Penn State University's E-Portfolio Project
    http://www.eportfolio.psu.edu/gallery/index.html
  • Texas Tech, College of Education Sample ePortfolios http://www.educ.ttu.edu/eportfolio/examples.html
  • University of Washington TC Professional Portfolio Program
    Example Portfolios https://courses.washington.edu/tc493/examples.html (good examples of assessment pages)
    

Usability Testing Resources:

• Sample Welcome & Briefing form
• Sample Consent form
• Sample Usability Testing: purpose, objectives, task selection and more
• Observation Form : a good default form used to writing down usability testing observations
• Technical Usability Worksheet (from Baehr): good for analyzing data
• Visual-Spatial Usability Test Questions (from Baehr): potential Visual-Spatial post-testing interview questions
• Example task list