Portfolio Reminder!

ePortfolios are a required measurement of CCMS curriculum and the accreditation process. 

Every student must complete their e-portfolio to be able to graduate. The portfolios will be evaluated.

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

reference materials (Course Descriptions, Curriculum Overview, 8-Semester Plan)

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)

A Quick Look At The Spring 2014 Internships

If you are curious about what the spring internship students got up to scroll down!

Note to Spring 2014 Interns

WOW you did it!

I was very impressed with all of your effort yesterday and the genuine comments you had about the strengths and weaknesses of the CCMS internship program, thank you.

Just a few quick things.

1.     please send your supervisor an email with all your reports attached and any other material you would like to submit to your file.

2.     Make sure your portfolio is complete as I cannot give you a grade without that being done and that means you will not graduate!

3.     If you have a one sentence piece of advice, observation, suggestion can you please send it top me and put internship advice in the subject, I want to assemble some words from you, I will not use any names!

4.     Breath!

Girls it was a pleasure to watch you work your way through your studies at Zayed University and CCMS.

I know things have not always gone as planned or been easy but you are a remarkable group of students for finding a way to make things work even when there seemed to be no way forward.

Without exception you have all matured over your time at ZU and I am impressed on a daily basis with your talent, inquisitive nature, get it done mentality and above all compassion.

Thank you for making my job as a professor interesting, sometimes frustrating, but always 100% rewarding.

I will miss you all.

Please keep in touch, you know I remember names badly so remind me of your names and year.

My plan is to reach out to Grads on a regular basis starting in the Fall to keep track of what is going on and try to get us together once in a while, even for coffee at the LimeTree!

Girls well done you have earned my respect and admiration and I wish you all the very best as you move onto the next phase of your life.

Sincerely,

Dr. James Piecowye

Internship Opportunity for Writing!

Souqalmal.com is the site.

We are looking for interns! They would write personal finance news in English and Arabic, help post to social media and do research from the data in our database and/or speak to banks and schools to update all our products in the system.

Contact James for details

Opportunity

Dear University Partners, As part of our community initiative DFSA is launching a Summer Training Programme aimed at second and third (or final) year Emirati students.

We have four unpaid internships in the areas of Finance, HR, IT and Corporate Affairs.

Applicants should have a strong GPA and excellent English. As you can see from the four job descriptions attached, interns will gain hands on work experience in the wonderful environment of the DIFC.

We imagine that internships will last from 4-6 weeks and could start before or after Ramadan – we are flexible. I hope you are able to share these opportunities with your students on our behalf.

Application can be made through our website Applying to the TRL Programme All the best and have a good weekend, Jacqueline Whitehead Manager, Learning & Development Dubai Financial Services Authority Level 13, The Gate P. O. Box 75850 Dubai, UAE Tel: +971 (0) 4 362 1625 Fax: +971 (0) 4 362 0801 www.dfsa.ae

Opportunity

Can you please share a few CVs of interns if there are any with the following majors:

 - Finance - Accounting - Business/IT/Telecom - Marketing

Please let me know as we require interns with the majors mentioned above I Appreciate your usual support & prompt response, Regards,

Ruqaia Binrahal Employer Branding Specialist Human Capital & Administration du Mob: +971557855455 Email: Ruqaia.binrahal@du.ae

Opportunity

I am a PR Senior executive working in a PR agency in Media city, we are currently looking for Media/PR and Communications students to gain experience with us over the summer as an intern.

We have been in the industry for more than 15 years and currently hold clients such as Facebook, Group SEB and My-HD. We are seeking to involve university students who are part of the media/PR and communications dept to gain work experience with us over the summer as we are currently working on an immense exiting project.

Please do let me know who I can get in touch with regarding the above.

Thank you in advance.

With Kind Regards, Rola Chami Jaouni PR SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Renno Communications Group

Licensed Middle East Partner of Description: Text100_logo web size Dubai - UAE Shatha Tower, 27th Floor. Office # 2719 Dubai Media City. PO Box 502992 T | +971 4 427 8687 M | +971 50 2342357 E | rola@rennocg.com W | www.rennocg.com

Opportunity

Public Relations Executive at Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) Job Description:

- Assist in media related research for speeches, articles and annual reports. - Maintain and update information of HBMSU news website.

 - Maintain and update the media contact database. - Support in organizing special events, such as press conferences, informal media gatherings…

 - Follow-ups with media when necessary. - Work closely with the different departments, especially Learners Relationship Management, to stay updated with their news and activities. - Implement the social media strategy, coordinating with the various teams to ensure its effectiveness and encourage adoption of relevant social media techniques into the corporate culture and into all of the university’s products and services.

- Manage day-to-day presence in social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other similar community sites, posting on relevant blogs, and seeding content into social applications as needed.

- Become an advocate of the University in social media spaces, engaging in dialogues and answering questions where appropriate.

 - Manage a Blogger outreach program with the faculty and build an active brand ambassador network to spread the word about the University.

 - Monitor effective benchmarks for measuring the impact of social media programs, and analyze, review, and report on effectiveness of campaigns in an effort to maximize results.

- Regularly feedback insights gained from social media monitoring into the Marketing and Learner Accessibility teams, to help them evolve their strategies in a timely fashion. Skills: - Excellent command of both English and Arabic languages speaking & writing.

 - Knowledge and understanding of social media platforms and their respective participants (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) and how they can be deployed in different scenarios. - Public Relations, Marketing and Community Management basic experience, a plus. - Ability to effectively communicate information and ideas in written and verbal format, and build and maintain relationships. - Flexible and fast moving office administration.

 - Ability effectively to manage deadlines, where necessary across time zones.

 - Ability to learn and multi-task. About Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU):

Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, established in 2002, is the first e-learning institute in the Arab World that was established with the vision to develop a new learning process through the implementation of learning practices characterised by flexibility, quality and diversity.

The technology used in learning aims at strengthening self-leadership among learners and preparing them socially and academically for a future career through integration in the job market. HBMSU’s philosophy is based on vital methods that have been developed through extensive research and development by specialists from all over the world.

These methods include offering high quality programs, supporting the pursuit of lifelong learning, promoting the freedom of information, reinforcing the culture of excellence and innovation and providing education for everyone in line with the highest standards of comprehensiveness and credibility.

The university seeks to constantly identify knowledge needs, support research and development programs and create an outstanding environment for e-learning.

Lara Al Nagi Corporate Communication & PR Specialist International Cooperation Division لارا الناجي أخصائي الإتصال و الإعلام المؤسسي قطاع التعاون الدولي T +971 (4) 4241013 F +971 (4) 4394013 L.AlNagi@hbmsu.ac.ae