Reflecting campus priorities to support equitable access to engaged learning for all IU Indianapolis students, the Institute for Engaged Learning (IEL) will focus the 2025-2026 academic year funding to support ePortfolio integration at the course level. The goal is to increase, improve, and sustain ePortfolios as part of the curricular structure assignments and activities in a course or series of courses. Given this priority, we seek new and veteran faculty dedicated to implementing ePortfolios in new ways or deepening/transforming their ePortfolio-engaged initiatives in credit-bearing experiences. For applications that meet these criteria, the IEL will offer support through additional funding streams, summer/faculty development session, communities of practice [CoP], and online resources.
The goal of my SLA-S200 course is to help student identify and align their experiences in and out of the classroom with career outcomes and competencies. My aim would be to use the attributes outlined as a method of helping bridge that gap. Students often participate in career readiness HIPs but often don't know how to articulate the experience in a way that sets them up for success.
Easily, career and self-development align with the goal of integrating ePortfolios into my career course, but I think communicator is also important to consider. As of now, my students finish the course by creating a short presentation; however, I think that an ePortfolio would be an ideal outcome. Articulating their career goals and career plan in an ePortfolio could be helpful.
Explain why you chose to integrate ePortfolios? What questions will they address? How will they connect to SLOs and The Profiles?
What expectations did you have going into this experience?
What did you wish to gain from this experience?
Always caption your artifacts!
Always caption your artifacts!
Explain what you will do during this experience. If you have a Co-PI, introduce/explain that role as well. *If you have a Co-PI, you can share these Google tabs--no need to create a duplicate.
Later, you can return to this area to comment on obstacles, opportunities, and outcomes--then link to your December Progress report and Final Report.
Yusuf did a fabulous job on his ePortfolio, using the IU Indy ePortfolio template effectively. His "Career Plan" page was especially strong. He not only dictated what his future goals were but what steps he was going to take to achieve them. His text was neatly distributed to allow viewers to easily navigate the content with their eyes.
Kathryn's ePortfolio is a stunning curation of her intended career path and what resources will get her there. Aesthetically, Kathryn's site is beautiful with bold, rich colors that entice viewers. Her content is well written and complex, yet digestable for readers. Her "About Me" page is personable and well articulated to match.
Kacie took an unconventional route and moved away from the provided template. Her version is chic and the chosen color pallete is calm and warm. Kacie clearly articulates her passion as a pre-law student using clean graphics and straigh-forward language. She has more tabs than the intial template, as well, shifting beyond what's expected and taking control.
Explain what you learned/valued during this experience. [This is a short version of what you describe in depth in the December Progress Report and May Final Report, which can be added to this page as PDFs -or- copied/pasted as subtabs: this is your area to manage.]
What did you learn during this grant experience? What do you think your students learned? How did this influence your ideas of ePortfolios as a pedagogy? ePortfolios as a tool for reflection? Did you improve on any current skills you have?
What can you take with you from this experience? Is there anything you learned that can be applied to other areas of your academic or professional life?
If you would like, you can share artifacts below. These might be assignments, rubrics, samples, classroom photos, survey results, your own ePortfolio, and more.
Information across the full cohort, including every student that submitted after January 13th, start of semester.
Report disaggregated March 4th, 2026
Grant recipients have been asked to...
Present at a Faculty Learning Community (FLC) or Community of Practice (COP) Zoom for the Grant
Share aspects of their work with peers [department chairs, program cohorts/faculty, department faculty meeting]
Response to a Call for Proposals (CFP) or Consider presenting or publishing locally, nationally, or internationally [optional]
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May 8th, 2026 @ 11a.m.
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