ePortfolios are a required measurement of CCMS curriculum and the accreditation process.
1. Every student must upload:
1 faculty assigned and approved assignment from:
- Core Courses
- COM 210 – Media Storytelling (this is the course where the student CV, bio and one writing sample are completed)
- COM 240 – Communication and Media Ethics
- COM 261 – Communication and Media History
- COM 280 – Applied Digital Communication
- COM 360 – Communication & Media Research
- COM 441 – Communication and Media Law
- Capstone Courses
- COM 451 – Integrated Strategic Communication
- COM 457 – Senior Project in Visual Communication
- COM 475 – Planning and Promotion for Events and Festivals
- COM 481 – Advanced Converged Media
- Arabic Courses
- ARA 2/340 – Media Storytelling in Arabic I & II
2. All COM 210 Media Storytelling sections receive training in the following:
- Naming their ePortfolio
- Creating and publishing their third-person biography page
- Creating and publishing their CV/Resume page including a PDF version for download
- Uploading and linking their required files/media
- Properly formatting their assignment posts
- Populating/Updating their navigation menu
- (Adding/removing widgets, tweaks to design – time permitting)
3. In COM 490 Internship, the Internship Adviser will review student ePortfolios.
- Students must finalize the portfolio in the first 3 weeks of COM 490 for export to a package file.
4. Additional recommendations
- e-Portfolios should also contain:
- Certificates for academic achievement, service/volunteering, and positions in clubs etc.
- Links to mentions, records, articles etc. in which the student is named or Zayed University participation has been noted
- Links to existing business or professional sites used by the student
- Scans of papers or physical articles
- (List of classes or transcript)
