Initial Portfolio Review
How does this work?
For this portfolio review at the midpoint of our first thread of study in this course, you will cast an appraising eye at your portfolio, and decide whether you are, currently:
- Approaching expectations
- Meeting expectations
- Exceeeding expectations
For this portfolio review, only these levels will be used. No numeric grade will be determined.
Our next portfolio review will occur in two weeks, at the end of the module. At that time, a numeric grade will be determined.
The overall purpose of your portfolio is to provide evidence of mastery of the course learning goals.
Meeting Expectations
To meet expectations, be sure you have:
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- Day 5: write structure(s) to represent hockey cards
- Days 7, 8, and 9: Essentially, get your Favourite Things app to the point where it looks like this (with, of course, your own unique list of your favourite things)
Whatever you have done must be clearly documented in your portfolio, with supporting screenshots and text summarizing what you are showing and what you learned.
Approaching Expectations
If you are missing evidence in your portfolio for the tasks noted above, you are approaching expectations.
Exceeding Expectations
If you have evidence in your portfolio that suggests further mastery of a course learning goal, but which was not explicitly spelled out in the success criteria for a task, you may be exceeding expectations. For example:
- You might have made every suggested improvement to your Name Plate drawing, or made multiple name plates that show a strong understanding of concepts like loops, functions, and random numbers.
- You might have experimented with creating user interfaces with SwiftUI in another project.
How a given student exceeds expectations will vary and is not limited to the examples provided above.
What to do
No later than the night before your meeting with Mr. Gordon, please: