Credibility Tips (How to Cite)

On this page, I share the essentials for establishing your credibility in the e-portfolio.

Strategic Communication

Establishing your credibility means being trustworthy and ethical. The content you're sharing in the e-portfolio is not simply your opinion on various topics. Instead, it's a showcase of your content knowledge, professional skills, and research-informed attitude.

Be strategic in your communication. 

Ensure that your credibility is crystal clear by using the claim, evidence, reasoning framework for most of the points you make. Check out the tips at CER Framework.

Citation

Communicating online and in other digital spaces means that you do not have to follow strict academic guidelines for citations. Because you're creating for the Internet, and not an academic paper, you have more freedom in terms of how to cite your sources and provide references.

Here are some valuable resources:

1. How to cite sources? (2023) from HubSpot is detailed and valuable.

2. The General and Specific Recommendations in Best Practices for Citing Sources in a Digital Assignment by Seneca Colleges are especially valuable for e-portfolios and other digital artifacts you create as part of your learning.

3. If you're not sure, just follow the American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines and include the references on the same page where the citation happens (instead of one dedicated page to all references of sources used throughout the e-portfolio).