Instructions for Creating and Submitting your Loyola Experience Culminating Portfolio + Engaged Learning Reflection
Because this is a template, you can modify the pictures, icons, etc. as you wish within the "text and image section." You should also delete this "Instructions" page after finishing your portfolio. To do so, you will click the "delete area" button in the left corner of the box under "Select Page/Area to Edit."
See below for instructions on submitting a Loyola Experience Culmating Portfolio and/or your Engaged Learning Reflection for your Engagement Key.
What is the Loyola Experience?
Your Loyola Experience is not just one experience, but really a collection of your experiences over several years – classes, student organizations, community engagement, internships, study abroad, leadership opportunities, etc. During your time at Loyola, you’ve honed in on your skills, knowledge, and strengths to enact change and set the world on fire! The Loyola Experience is a collection of integrated academic, spiritual, and social experiences which are intended to build your knowledge, skills, and values, and complement your unique talents, gifts, and desires.
Loyola Experience Culmating Portfolio for Diploma Frame or Commemorative Key Frame
The Loyola Experience Culminating Portfolio is an opportunity to demonstrate your learning and experiences in a digital learning portfolio. In doing so, you are eligible to earn either a commemorative frame that displays all four of your Loyola Experience keys OR a coveted Loyola Experience diploma frame! The top 3 portfolios will receive the diploma frame and the next top 7 portfolios will receive the commemorative key frame. For more information on the Loyola Experience Culminating Portfolio, visit our webpage.
Creating Your Loyola Experience Culminating Portfolio
To create your Loyola Experience Culminating Portfolio, respond to each of the four Loyola Experience themes of Community, Commitment, Engagement, and Creating Your Future. Use the corresponding pages already built for you in this template and add the appropriate reflections under the "reflection" tab. Don't forget to personalize your page with your own graphics, photos, and artifacts!
Each reflection should be about 500 words.
The reflection prompts are tutorials to assist you in the design and creation of your ePortfolio.
For further assistance, please email us at eportfolio@luc.edu.
Community:
Upload an artifact that represents “community” to you. You can include a photo, reflection for a class, TedTalk, etc. The artifact should be explained and compliment your reflection.
Commitment:
Select at least one or more of the following 5 categories of commitment (or create your own category!) that best represents how you have expressed commitment during your time at Loyola. Then, answer the reflection questions following.
Upload an artifact that represents “commitment” to you. You can include a photo, presentation, reflection for a class, TedTalk, certificate, etc. The artifact should be explained and compliment your reflection.
Engagement:
Loyola University's Mission Statement
"We are Chicago's Jesuit Catholic university- a diverse community seeking God in all things and working to expand knowledge in the service of humanity through learning, justice, and faith."
Upload an artifact that represents your “engaged learning” experience. You can include a photo, presentation, reflection for a class, TedTalk, certificate, etc. The artifact should be explained and compliment your reflection.
Creating Your Future:
"The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”― Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC
Upload an artifact that represents “Creating the Future” to you. You can include a photo, resume, presentation, reflection for a class, TedTalk, certificate, etc. The artifact should be explained and compliment your reflection.
Need further assistance?
Come meet one-on-one with one of our amazing Learning Portfolio Peer Mentors in our office located in the Center for Experiential Learning, Sullivan Center Suite 295 (2nd floor).
You can also email us at eportfolio@luc.edu.