Portfolio: Compilation of Academic Evidences for Coursework Evaluation

Portfolio is defined as compilation of academic or educational evidences which are assembled for evaluating coursework and academic achievements as well as determining that learning standards as per the requirements of courses are met or not. Moreover, it creates lasting archives and helps students in reflecting towards academic goals.

CW2: Portfolio

Contents
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
SUMMARY.....................................................................................................................................1
Introduction to TIC......................................................................................................................2
What is Success...........................................................................................................................2
Analyse and other essay terms.....................................................................................................3
Benefits of Data Interpretation....................................................................................................3
Critically evaluate........................................................................................................................4
FY026 CW 1 2019-20.................................................................................................................4
FY026 Module descriptor- preparing for Success.......................................................................4
Presentation- examples for structure...........................................................................................5
Presentation- FY026....................................................................................................................5
Sites to support with paraphrasing, business terms, etc...............................................................6
WK 1- FY026 (Preparing for success- Knowledge and Creativity)............................................6
WK 2 - FY026 (Preparing for success- Knowledge and Creativity)...........................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

SUMMARY
Portfolio is defined as compilation of academic or educational evidences which are
assembled for evaluating coursework and academic achievements as well as determining that
learning standards as per the requirements of courses are met or not (Bakhshi and Et. Al., 2017).
Moreover, it creates lasting archives and helps students in reflecting towards academic goals.
These are in various forms such as physical portfolio, online portfolio and so on. Portfolio plays
important role in a student life as it encourages students to undertake ownership along with
responsibility for learning procedures and assignments. Being a student, for me the rationale of
portfolio is that it supports good instructions, improves teaming along with serves other purposes
also. It assists in exhibiting efforts, progresses addition to achievement in various fields. At the
time of attending FY026 classes, I developed my understanding for various topics in detailed
addition to structured manner which help me in improving my skills together with knowledge for
diverse topics. Various materials are required for populating understandable portfolio. For
populating the portfolio, I choose various materials or topics including Introduction to TIC,
Success, Analyse, Data Interpretation, Critical evaluation, Coursework 1, Module description,
Presentation 1, Presentation 2, Sites, preparing for success 1 and Preparing for success 2.
There are different reasons for choosing different material of topic. The topic of
Introduction to TIC is chosen because it provides better understanding for my habits or
behaviour in education and exercises involved in it helps me to enhance my knowledge for the
learning and development. Analyse topic is chosen for generating ideas about frameworks to
examine the situations. The topic of success is chosen as to develop idea about what actually
success means to me and various fields through which I can achieve success. Choice of data
interpretation topic is to develop information related to advantages and limitations of data
interpretation. Moreover, Critical Evaluation is selected with the reason to know what arguments
are in favour and what arguments are against of something. It provides strengths of evidences on
both aspects that are positive and negative. The concept of module descriptor is selected as to
know the statements considering which some module is to be prepared. The module descriptor
provides basis to prepare some module. The other choice of material is presentation 1. that is
selected by me for improving my skills for the things that are to be considered while preparing
and presenting any topic. In addition, reason for selecting Presentation 2 topic is to gain insights
for the activities to be undertaken while presenting something to others at university or other
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location. Choice of sites are done for gaining the essential citation types that are supports
business terms, paraphrase and many more. Preparing for Success 1 is selected by me for
improving my academic knowledge related to diverse elements which are part of academic
professionals. Moreover, preparing for Success 2 is selected as it to take a quick recap for all my
workings. As a student, I uses various skills that I acquired through attending sessions and
programmes. Portfolio helps students for get insights about their relevant skills together with
abilities which they possess and which can be improved in educational career.
Introduction to TIC
TIC is Thinking Into Character which is personal addition to professional development
program that equips with required strategies and skills in various life areas (Bueno, 2017). TIC is
leading transformational programme which supports development of an individual and aids in
setting goals in terms of personal, educational as well as career through identifying
achievements. It assists students in achieving DREAM objectives. It is significant for me to
adopt various skills for working in innovative and effective manner. In addition, it will also assist
me to achieve all my dream objectives through initiating practices or workings in excellent ways.
In context to reflection, it helps in managing my strategies and skills which are needed in
performing work. .
What is Success
Success is a journey towards worthy goals. It does not lie within achieving objectives but
exists in its pursuits (Chandra, 2017). Moreover, it is defined as being on path for something that
one wants to bring about. The module explicates the ways through which people works to
achieve success. For this, the first thing to be done is to set right goals. Further, habits, thinking
ways and mind-set are developed so to pursue towards goals in effective manner. As a student,
for me success is concerned with writing good researches as well as projects for getting good
grades. In future, it will benefit me to develop good level of researches addition to business
projects.
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Analyse and other essay terms
Analyses of data or situations includes various approaches such as first approach and
second approach (Cottrell, 2019). The first approach is related to analysing business through
breaking it in different parts such as finance, products or services, purpose, customers, size and
many more. Then each part are looks in terms of definition, positive or negative points,
importance and so on. At last, linkage among all are explored. In relevance with second
approach, it is classified in two approaches that are SWOT analysis and other is PESTLE
analysis. In SWOT analysis, information about strength, weakness, opportunities and threats are
explored. With PESTLE analysis, influences of factors like political, economic, social,
technological, legal and environment on operations and performance of some business units are
explored. With this, I learnt that analysis of all these factors is necessary prior to introducing and
managing a business in some other location. Exploration and evaluation through the approaches
will help me in developing knowledge for grabbing opportunities in context to maximising profit
and building customer base.
Benefits of Data Interpretation
Data interpretation is defined as the procedure for devising cognizance of numerical data
which is collected, analysed as well as presented (Dawson and Guare, 2018). For various people,
it is part of their daily life. The module provided me good understanding for the benefits and
disadvantages related to data interpretation. With this, I learnt that data interpretation helps
businesses with decision making, understanding the areas of gaining and losing monetary
resources, perceptive for positivity and negativity behind the data, gaining information about
distinct data types and finding problems. At same time, disadvantages of data interpretation are
that effective interpretation of data depends of experience of person and when more people
interprets data then it becomes huge complicated for businessmen. With this, I learnt the
different styles for interpreting data in simple and understandable manner. Moreover, in future, it
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will benefit me in making good work along with providing recommendations to others through
data interpretation.
Critically evaluate
Critically evaluate is the technique which provides verdicts about the extent a statement
as well as findings in research piece are true and at what extent people agrees with them (Ding
and Bruce, 2017). It provides evidence through wide source range that agrees with addition to
contradict any argument. To critically evaluate something, it includes step by step process that
includes various steps. By understanding the steps, it helped me in analysing contradictory and
favoured arguments for completing various projects. In future, critical evaluating skill will help
in in various paths to make suitable determination for any issue in organisation.
FY026 CW 1 2019-20
Course work is mentioned as the working that students performs or undertakes for
learning purposes (Frisby, 2017). It is assigned by professors or teachers and includes huge
activities such as practice, research along with writing. Through the module, I learnt about what
are the things which are to be answered for achieving good grades. With the help of the material
choice, I improved my ways to assess the course work and it will benefit me in completing the
provided coursework with good workings.
FY026 Module descriptor- preparing for Success
Module descriptor is the aspect which provides ways to manage curriculum along with
public statement of teaching (Howe and Lisi, 2018). It includes brief description for developing
knowledge, its application along with creativity. In addition, it also includes indicative content or
syllabus, intended learning Outcomes as well as types of outcomes, Scheduled learning with
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teaching activities, summative assessment regime and key resources. With the module descriptor,
I was prepared for successful progression to huge level study. Moreover, with this, I will achieve
good employment in 21st century by problem solving, creative as well as critical thinking and
inquiry based learning.
Presentation- examples for structure
Presentations with examples for success comprises presentation development activities
(Lussier and Kimball, 2019). It includes information about introduction, main parts or key parts
and conclusion. With this module, I learnt that to develop skills of student it is important for
them to get involved within different activities. In first activity, I was provided a topic for task in
which I explained about who, what and why. The next activity is middle part in which the topic
was divided into various area such as early life, existing life and future plan. The last is
conclusion that includes summary, overall view and future of topic. Through the skills, I will be
able to create a presentation fr the company in my future career.
Presentation- FY026
The module provides the elements that are to be considered by an individual at the time
of presenting topic in front of others. Eye contact, beliefs in points, communication, capturing
attention, strong contributions, confidence, strong voice, writing key words on paper, making
information easy, managing time and coping with nervousness are the considerations that are to
be focused while presenting topics. Through developing insights about these, I am able to give
presentation with full confidence, involving audiences and many more. As I learnt the ways to
present topics, I can give effective and understandable presentations for companies.
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Sites to support with paraphrasing, business terms, etc.
Sites are the websites that are collection of pages on internet which includes particular
information about some topic. Sites provides authentication with the content or informations that
is used in research or other aspects. As a student, while making research reports and assignment,
I used various sites that supporting my paraphrasing in the workings. With this, I learned how to
properly use various available sites in paraphrasing any information. In my upcoming career, it
will also support me to make reports in terms of business.
WK 1- FY026 (Preparing for success- Knowledge and Creativity)
In this module, few of the points are provided. For a student, the important points that I
have to consider while preparing for success in terms of knowledge and creativity includes ID
Badges, Break times, blackboard, attendance, planning for upcoming weeks and so on. In this, it
is important to view on attendance at the time of conducting academic writing work. Through
this material, I improved my planning skills and set targets for upcoming weeks so to complete
my workings before deadlines that will result in improving my creativity addition to knowledge.
With this, in my future I will be potential enough to take part in academic study as well as
allowing learning for employment purposes.
WK 2 - FY026 (Preparing for success- Knowledge and Creativity)
The module provides quick recap for activities to be conducted and addressing questions
as well as concerns. It provides additional information about blackboards and weeks plan that is
data interpretation, essay terms and differentiation among writing formal as well as informal
emails (Quinlan and Et. Al., 2019). Moreover, ways to complete assignment through Microsoft
Word is also learned. I was prepared to achieve success through improving knowledge and
creativity through data interpretation techniques, understanding the Essay, working in Microsoft
Word and many more. With this, I will successfully work in Microsoft word for preparing
reports and will interpret data with full confidence and understandable manner to the companies.
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CONCLUSION
According to above discussion, it is concluded that portfolio plays essential role in
student’s life and career. It provides encouragement to students so to take ownerships together
with responsibility for purpose of learning and prepares for success. A portfolio includes various
documents such as introduction to TIC, what is success, benefits of data interpretation and many
more. With these modules, a student is prepared for the success if upcoming career or
professional life.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
Bakhshi, H. and Et. Al., 2017. The future of skills: Employment in 2030. Pearson.
Bueno, D. C., 2017. Research skills of the professorial lecturers: Input to capability building.
JPAIR Institutional Research. 9(9). pp.1-17.
Chandra, P., 2017. Investment analysis and portfolio management. McGraw-hill education.
Cottrell, S., 2019. The study skills handbook. Macmillan International Higher Education.
Dawson, P. and Guare, R., 2018. Executive skills in children and adolescents: A practical guide
to assessment and intervention. Guilford Publications.
Ding, A. and Bruce, I., 2017. The English for Academic Purposes Practitioner. Cham,
Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.
Frisby, C. L., 2017. The nonverbal assessment of academic skills. In Handbook of Nonverbal
Assessment (pp. 251-267). Springer, Cham.
Howe, W. A. and Lisi, P. L., 2018. Becoming a multicultural educator: Developing awareness,
gaining skills, and taking action. Sage Publications.
Lussier, R. N. and Kimball, D. C., 2019. Applied sport management skills. Human Kinetics.
Quinlan, C. and Et. Al., 2019. Business research methods. South Western Cengage.
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