Updating your Portfolio Posts

We’re half-way through the Sprints for the Themes course.

This week gives you time to reflect, catch up and consolidate your learning.

You will use this week to develop your Portfolio.

Your Portfolio is an ongoing account of your learning that documents and clearly presents how you approached each of the two Sprints and the various Class Assignments that have taken place over Weeks 1-4.

Remember that your Portfolio should also demonstrate further engagement with the two themes that you have explored so far.

You should also use this week to consider what you will write about for your summative assignment.

You should post your thoughts on this in your Portfolio.

On Thursday this week you must complete (‘turn-in’) your Portfolio work for peer review.

Portfolio Peer Reviews – Thursday and Friday of Week 5

Peer review – as a form of online swarming – will take place in Week 5.

Peer review is a mandatory assignment for this course. See: Themes: Feedback & Assessment

You will be writing four peer reviews in total before the end of Week 5.

The optimium time to complete your Peer Reviewing is on Thursday and Friday of Week 5.

What does this involve?

Theme 1: Weird

Pick two Portfolios

Read the posts made at the end of Theme 1 only

Leave constructive feedback in the comments of both Portfolios.

Post your feedback under the last post for Theme 1 only

Theme 2: Play

Pick two different Portfolios

Read the posts made at the end of Theme 2 only

Leave constructive feedback in the comments of both Portfolios.

Post your feedback under the last post for Theme 2 only

FAQs.

Q. Which Portfolios should I leave feedback on?

A. You can feedback on any of the Portfolios in this list (link).  The recipients of your feedback do not have to be in your own Basho. You may choose to respond to the posts that you find are of most interest to you.

Q. Can I just leave feedback for one, two or three CATs?

A. No, you need to leave feedback for four different CATs.

Q. How do I access the CATs’ Portfolios?

A. Please follow this link and read the instructions.

Q. How long do I have to do this?

A. Please complete this before the start of Week 6.

Q. What should I do to demonstrate that I have completed the Peer Review?

A. Create a short post in your own Portfolio stating which CATs you left comments for. You can post the URLs to their blogs if you wish.

Tutorial #1 in Week 5 / 6

You should have a 1:1 meeting with your Tutor in Week 5 or Week 6.

Please meet your Themes Tutor for up to 30mins; ideally you should meet in person, but you can meet MS Teams if that suits either you or your tutor.

Your Themes Tutor will contact you to arrange a time to meet.

Purpose of the Tutorial:

To discuss your progress so far with Theme 1 and Theme 2

To begin to discuss your plan for the Summative Assignment; specifically: b. A body of Art Theory related to a Theme of your choosing. (2,500 words) See: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/macat/themes/themesassessment/