Adding evidence to your ePortfolio

Evidence is a document that supports an experience or provides confirmation of your skills and achievements. It might be:

• an example of work that demonstrates your skills (e.g. a written project or report, a website you've developed, a scanned piece of artwork, a video recording of a presentation or performance piece, a photo of something that you helped design or build, etc.)
• evidence of your achievements (e.g. a scanned certificate of merit, a photo of a trophy, etc.)
• something that supports an experience that you've reflected on in your ePortfolio (e.g. a photo of you participating in a sport or hobby, a letter of appreciation from a community organisation, etc.)

 You can access more comprehensive step-by-step instructions for creating a profile via the user guide.

Once you've added some experiences, evidence and other information to your ePortfolio, you can think about creating an ePortfolio View and releasing your ePortfolio content to others.

Note that the information you enter into your ePortfolio will NOT be visible to anyone else unless you choose to include the information in an ePortfolio View and then release that View to another person.

Possible evidence for supporting the academic promotion process

Academic employees who are applying for Academic Promotion should consider using the evidence tool of the ePortfolio to present an overall picture of their interests and achievements, and the impact of your activities on the student, academic and/or regional community. The ePortfolio can include evidence of some or all of the following:

1. Evidence of the effectiveness and quality of your teaching and scholarship and educational leadership
• an outline of the objectives in your teaching/scholarship and how these were achieved
• student evaluation/rating summaries
• assessments by peers or independent experts
• student achievement
• provision of intellectual stimulus for students
• monitoring, evaluation and improvement of teaching and subjects
• preparation and production of teaching materials for conventional and flexible delivery, including study book authorship, together with users'/readers' evaluative comments.
• contributions to an innovation in educational methodology, curricula and teaching materials
• receipt of a teaching award or similar accolade
• receipt of an award for the design and delivery of teaching materials
2. Evidence of effective educational leadership
• course coordination
• unit team leadership
• course and curriculum design
• staff development and mentorship
3. Evidence of research and innovation in teaching and learning
• published outcomes in books/refereed journals
• refereed conference proceedings
• commissioned reports of a developmental nature
• teaching grants
4. Other evidence as appropriate, for example, for employees in other than 'research only' positions, evidence of interest and participation in professional development activities that enhance teaching, learning and assessment at USQ.