For the research portfolio, you will be submitting multiple documents all in a single post. Please follow these instructions to get everything in there so that it’s easy to read.
Your Unit 2 research reflection (answering the prompt on the assignment sheet) will be the body of the post–just create a post as you usually would on the blog.
- Title your post with your name and “Research Portfolio”
- Categorize it as “Research Portfolios”
- Tag it with [your name], “unit 2,” and “portfolio”
Add these PDF file attachments within the same post:
6 different annotations (please post them individually, so I can easily see what’s there)
Your supporting materials: focusing flowchart, complicating your research, and Rounding out the conversation exercises (the same things you submitted on Bb, but saved as PDFs and attached here)
Here’s how to do this:
- make sure your documents are saved as PDFs (this makes them easier to read because they will just open without a download)–you can do this in Word or Pages or Google Docs in the “Save As” options
- make sure you’re using the regular text editor window on Expressions–what you see when you click +New -> Post (so that you have full functionality)
- when you’re ready to insert your files, click on the “Add Media” button
- you’ll have 2 options–“Drag files anywhere to upload” or “Select Files.” Choose “Select Files”
- Choose the first file that you’re uploading–then you’ll see the Attachment Details menu on the right side of your screen.
- Name the file using the Title box in that Attachment Details menu–choose something usable and easy to understand like “Annotation 1.”
- Click the blue “Insert into post” button on the bottom right–this will take you back to the regular text editor window, where you’ll see your file as an embedded link, listed by the title that you gave it
Repeat this process for each of the file attachments (there should be at least 9 attachments–6 annotations and then 1 for your focusing flowchart, 1 for complicating your research, and 1 for Rounding out the conversation)
Add this embedded link:
link to your Research Plan post (updated if need be to reflect current direction of your project)
Here’s how to do this:
- Locate your Research Plan post on the blog (this was due back on 7/5). If it doesn’t reflect the direction you’re currently heading with your research, please add a comment to the original post that explains what you’re doing now. Go to this post (not just to the list of posts), and copy its url. You’ll need that for the next steps.
- Working within the same text editor window as the above process, click “Add Media” again–you’ll see the same screen you were just on
- Click on “Insert from url” in the left menu–a box with “http://” will appear on the screen
- Paste your url into that box (note that you might end up with two “http://”; delete one if that happens)
- Enter a usable name into the “Link Text” box–something easy to understand like “Research plan”
- Click blue button “insert into post” on the bottom right
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask!