Portfolio assignments
A portfolio assignment is a collection of document files, and each document is a portfolio page. You can add assignment and personal documents that you worked on in the composing space to a portfolio. However, an assignment document must already be submitted to the instructor before you can add it to the portfolio.
Depending on how your instructor set up the portfolio assignment, you may be able to attach files to it. Again, these files must be attached to an assignment or personal document that you worked on in the composing space.
You can also create a personal document using the portfolio assignment as the starting point. This is also the only way you can attach a file to a personal document, and the attachment is accessible only from the portfolio assignment.
Any documents you add to a portfolio are not linked to the original document. Any changes you make to the original document or its attached files are not reflected in the portfolio. To update the portfolio, you need to remove and then re-add the document to the portfolio.
The following procedures describe how to add assignment and personal documents to a portfolio and how to review and edit a portfolio. Click a procedure's link to display its steps.
- Open the assignment.
The assignment details are displayed. If your instructor is allowing file attachments, the Allow Attachments setting displays Yes and shows the allowed file types.
- Click the Begin Portfolio button in the assignment details window.
- Do the following to add an assignment document:
- Select Assignment Writing from the Your Documents drop-down list.
A second drop-down list showing your submitted assignments is displayed.
- Select the assignment from the second drop-down list.
The assignment is listed in the panel on the left.
- Drag and drop the assignment on a Portfolio Contents slot in the panel on the right.
As you add the fourth, fifth, and more documents to the Portfolio Contents, additional slots open up.
- Do the following to add a personal document:
- Select Personal Writing from the Your Documents drop-down list.
The personal documents you created in the composing space are listed in the panel on the left.
- Drag and drop a personal document on a Portfolio Contents slot in the panel on the right.
As you add the fourth, fifth, and more documents to the Portfolio Contents, additional slots open up.
- Do the following to create a personal document and optionally add an attachment:
- Click the Compose or Insert a New Document button.
The MyLab displays the composing space.
- Enter the name of the personal document in the Essay Title.
- Choose the File – Save command.
- (Optional) Enter any text you want in the text editor.
If the Attach File button is displayed above the text editor, you can attach up to three files to this document.
- (Optional) Click the Attach File button and specify a file to upload.
- Choose the File – Save and Close command when you're finished.
The MyLab closes the composing space and returns to the portfolio assignment.
- Drag and drop the documents in the panel on the right to arrange the Portfolio Contents in the order you want.
- Continue adding submitted assignment or personal documents to the portfolio.
- Click the Continue button (at the bottom of the) page to review your portfolio.
- Open the assignment if necessary and click the Resume Portfolio button in the assignment details window.
After you add documents to a portfolio, it opens showing the portfolio table of contents and pages.
- Do any of the following to review the portfolio contents:
- Click the Submit button when you are ready to send the portfolio to your instructor for review and a grade.
- Open the portfolio assignment if necessary and click the Resume Portfolio button in the assignment details window.
- Select Table of Contents from the navigation drop-down list.
- Click the Edit link in the Toolkit to display the Edit Portfolio page.
- Add, remove, and reorder documents as needed.
- Click the Save button to save your changes.
See also:
Display comments on a portfolio assignment | Create a personal portfolio | Display your assignment scores | Export a portfolio