Ithaca College students are required to complete an ICC electronic learning portfolio as a requirement for graduation.
Why does the ICC include an electronic learning
portfolio requirement?
At graduation you are required to articulate how your experiences
in the classroom and outside of the classroom, such as the
residential experience, student activities, athletics, and student
employment, have contributed to your learning. Your portfolio
account allows you to collect artifacts (assignments or other
tangible products) of your learning and reflections on your
learning over the course of your time here so that, when you
graduate, you can articulate how your college experiences in
totality have contributed to your development of specific
knowledge, competencies, and skills. Additionally, the College can
examine the content of the portfolios to document how well students
as a whole are meeting the institution's learning outcomes and use
this information to make program changes where needed.
Evidence of integration across your college experience is
documented in your ICC portfolio. The eportfolio is a place to
reflect on the learning outcomes for each area of the ICC and a
place to upload artifacts as evidence of your learning. Your ICC
portfolio must be complete to meet graduation requirements. When
your portfolio is complete (after a review) it will show up as
“met” in degree evaluation.
How do I access the Taskstream
eportfolio?
Launch the Taskstream eportfolio through your myhome.ithac.edu
account. You are automatically in the DRF for your incoming year.
Here is a
short video demonstrating how to access and upload reflections and
artifacts. Here is a short
video on what is required for the ICC portfolio.
What is required for the eportfolio?
There are three requirements for the ICC portfolio:
- Completeness, something must be submitted in every area;
- Reflection, address the learning outcomes in every area; and
- Evidence, an artifact that addresses the learning outcomes in every area.
All areas of the eportfolio must be completed with both an
artifact and reflection. The only exceptions is that you can omit
the “second diversity requirement” if it shows up in
your portfolio and only H&S students need to upload an H&S
CLA Planning Statement. If an area of the ICC was not completed at
Ithaca College an acceptable artifact could be a short discussion
of an assignment that addresses the learning outcome or discussion
of an activity that addresses the learning outcome. The key for
your submission is that it addresses how you have achieved the
learning outcomes for that particular component of the ICC.
When does the eportfolio need to be
completed?
The completion of the ICC portfolio is required to meet graduation
requirements and must be completed in sufficient time to be
reviewed. The reviewers will look for integration and reflection on
all your college learning experiences. Use the eportfolio to
demonstrate how you have achieved the learning outcomes for each
component of the ICC, regardless of where they occurred.
Once you have completed your eportfolio you may email
ICCePortfolio@ithaca.edu to
request a review. If any changes are needed you will receive an
email with enough time to complete the revision
request.
Where will I learn about the electronic learning
portfolio?
You will be introduced to the ICC electronic learning portfolio
during the Ithaca Seminar course in your first semester at Ithaca
College. The FAQs section of this website includes commonly asked
questions about the ICC electronic portfolio requirement. Faculty
specific information about electronic learning portfolios is also
available in the Faculty Resources section of this website.
All Ithaca College students and faculty are provided by the institution with an account in Taskstream. Taskstream is an online portfolio and assessment system that allows you to create a variety of electronic portfolios and submit work for evaluation and also allows the College to evaluate submitted work for purposes of assessing the effectiveness of the Integrative Core Curriculum.
For more information about Taskstream at Ithaca College, including training and support information, please visit https://www.ithaca.edu/its/traindoc/coursemanage/taskstream/
Ithaca College's ITS department has created several videos to help you get started with Taskstream and on various portfolios students might wish to create:
Creating a showcase portfolio in Taskstream
Using directed response folios in Taskstream (applicable to any Taskstream drf)
Using the ICC directed response folio in Taskstream (focuses specifically on the ICC drf)