Uses the template to submit all required elements of the ePortfolio

Uses bold face text in every place required in the assignment instructions

Formats the digital artifact so that it can be displayed in the template

Correctly identifies all the elements of the ePortfolio

Formats the digital artifact to a professional quality

(eg. cropped, sized and coloured to make content as clear as possible)

Writes all headings, captions, labels, and explanations to verbally communicate the professional purpose of the ePortfolio

Selects and formats relevant visual elements to reflect the professional purpose of the ePortfolio

Adapts template to engage the viewer in the presentation of the professional skill

Labels and places STAR sections in the correct order

Places content in the correct STAR section

Links the content in all sections of the reflection

(e.g. refers back to or uses information given in earlier sections)

Meets the length requirements for each STAR section

Names the one professional skill that was used to resolve the situation or task

Names the one professional behaviour associated with the professional skill that was used to resolve the situation or task

Gives enough information to explain the situation or task

(when, where, who was involved, what situation or task)

Chooses a professional skill that seems relevant to the situation or task

Chooses a professional behaviour that seems relevant to the situation or task

Gives enough information to show that the writer was centrally involved in the situation or task

Gives enough specific detail to explain why the situation or task was challenging to the writer

Gives enough specific detail to show why the professional behaviour helped address the situation or task

Explains why the situation or task had important consequences

Describes actions that all seem to address the situation or task

Describes actions that were all taken independently by the writer

(i.e., not actions taken by a group and not actions the writer was instructed to take)

Presents each action separately as a series of steps

Gives enough detail to show that the actions all illustrate the professional behaviour

Gives specific details that show how the writer went about taking one set of actions

(e.g. 'I consulted my co-worker, Melanie, [action] by writing a short, polite email message that gave her the essential information about our problem, asked her the direct question [X], and requested her response that afternoon [details showing how]')

Describes professional behaviours that illustrate a creative or original approach

Explains the rationale (the “why”) for the actions (the “what”) that the writer took

Describes the results of the writer's actions

Describes a result that seems to address the situation or task

Gives the writer’s opinion about the success of the result

Describes evidence that the result was successful

(e.g. by saying how others responded to the result)

Gives one or more examples that show how the professional behaviour would be useful in different situations

Uses common English vocabulary correctly

Uses common English grammar correctly

Successfully imitates sentence starter templates from assignment instructions

Consistently uses a level of language that is appropriate to the professional purpose of the reflection

Gives vivid enough detail that events in the reflection can be seen and heard in the mind

Consistently and vividly represents the personality of the writer

Includes an appropriately-credited artifact to support the reflection

Chooses an artifact that seems to be evidence of the professional skill

Chooses an artifact that adds detail about how the writer went about taking one or more actions

(i.e. beyond what is described in the reflection)

Has removed all significant errors that diminish the professional quality of the ePortfolio

(e.g. typographical errors in text, broken navigation links, etc.)

Has removed all noticeable errors