Introductory Soil Science Artifact for Student Eportfolios.

The ePortfolio is a useful tool that is utilized in many educational institutions to showcase student accomplishments and provide students with an opportunity to reflect on their educational progress. The objective of this study was to develop and test an artifact from an Introductory Soil Science course to be included in the individual student ePortfolio. A State Soil project, developed for the FNR 204: Soil Information Systems course at Clemson University taught in the Fall of 2008, was used to create a powerpoint presentation to be incorporated as an artifact for the ePortfolio. Fifty-seven students from various fields (forestry, wildlife biology and environmental science) were surveyed following the exercise regarding the usefulness of including the powerpoint presentation of the State Soil Project as an artifact in their ePortfolios.  Overall, student responses were positive, indicating that incorporation of the State Soil Project artifact can enhance their ePortfolios.