Tift College of Education Creating a Portfolio

Creating a Portfolio

Instructions for Creating a Portfolio

There are two basic ways to create a portfolio. You should only create it one time and use that portfolio document for the entire time you are in your program.

Option A (most common):

Click the Documents tab located in the top center of the screen.
From within the My Work tab, click the New button.
From the Choose a Folder dropdown menu, choose the Portfolios folder listed under the Mercer University section (NOT the LiveText section).
From the Choose a Template dropdown menu, choose the portfolio for your program (see the chart below). (MAT candidates, be sure to choose the MAT version for your program.)
Enter a Title (include your name and the program in your title; example: Jane Smith’s Secondary English Certification Portfolio OR John Brown’s MAT Middle Grades Certification Portfolio). Leave the Description blank.
Choose the Multiple Page option from the Layout drop-down.
Click the Save as New Document button.
Use this document whenever you are given a Portfolio Assignment in a course, simply adding the required artifact(s) and reflection(s) to the portfolio and submitting the entire portfolio as the required document for the assignment.

Program	Portfolio Template
Early Care and Education	Early Care and Education Portfolio (rev. 8/09)
Early Childhood (MAT and cert-only)	Early Childhood Education Initial Certification Portfolio
Early Childhood/Special Education and The Holistic Child (undergrad and cert only)	Early Childhood/Special Education Initial Certification Portfolio
Middle Grades (undergrad, MAT, and cert only)	Middle Grades Initial Certification Portfolio
Secondary English (undergrad, MAT, and cert only)	Secondary English Initial Certification Portfolio
Secondary Mathematics (undergrad, MAT, and cert only)	Secondary Mathematics Initial Certification Portfolio
Secondary Science (Biology, Chemistry, Earth Space Science, or Physics) (undergrad, MAT, and cert only)	Secondary Science Initial Certification Portfolio
Secondary Social Studies (History, Economics, Geography, or Political Science) (undergrad, MAT, and cert only)	Secondary Social Studies Initial Certification Portfolio
Music	Music Initial Certification Portfolio
The Collaborative Educator	Collaborative Educator (M.Ed.) Portfolio
M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education	M.Ed. in Early Childhood Portfolio
M.Ed. in Middle Grades Education	M.Ed. in Middle Grades Portfolio
M.Ed. in Secondary Education	M.Ed. in Secondary Education Portfolio
M.Ed. in Reading	M.Ed. Reading Portfolio
Reading Endorsement	Reading Endorsement Portfolio
Add-on in Educational Leadership (for both add-on and Ed.S.)	Ed Leadership Add-on Portfolio
Ed.S. in Educational Leadership (needed for additional Ed.S. courses beyond the add-on)	Educational Leadership Ed.S. Portfolio: Building-Level OR Educational Leadership Ed.S. Portfolio: System-Level
Ed.S. in Teacher Leadership	Teacher Leadership Ed. Specialist Portfolio
Ph.D. in Educational Leadership	P12 Track choose PhD Portfolio: P-12 Track Higher Ed Track choose PhD Higher Education Leadership Track
Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction	PhD Curriculum & Instruction

Option B:

This option is only available to students taking certain courses. Some of the early courses in programs have program portfolio templates included in the Portfolio Assignment. You can determine if you have this option by opening your Portfolio Assignment in the course and checking to see if there is a portfolio included in the Assignment Template section. If so, follow these steps:

Click the Use this Template button next to the assigned template. Only do this once – each time you click “Use this Template,” LiveText creates a new document.
When the document opens, click the Edit Properties tab and change the document’s title to make it your own (see #5 above).
Henceforth, after you’ve created this document through the course assignment, you will find the portfolio document in your documents list under your My Work tab (which is located under the Documents tab). (See instructions under #1 – do NOT create multiple portfolios by returning to the Use this Template link again.)
Use this document whenever you are given a subsequent Portfolio Assignment in a course, simply adding the required artifact(s) and reflection(s) to the portfolio and submitting the entire portfolio as the required document for the assignment.