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1. Why create an e-portfolio?
The e-portfolio is an on-line resource that allows you to measure the incremental value of the BBA Program as it relates
to the development of leadership competencies. The e-portfolio complements your professional resume and academic
transcript by allowing you to chart your academic and co-curricular skills and leadership development throughout your
time at Goizueta and at Emory. This will allow you to assess and reflect upon your personal growth, explore new
experiences, and set future goals that you hope to achieve. You can also use the e-portfolio to share your
accomplishments and goals with potential employers and graduate schools.
2. What kind of information will you enter into your e-portfolio?
The activities you’ll have an opportunity to document in your e-portfolio include:
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Courses that have had a significant impact on your professional and leadership development
Co-Curricular Experiences (Orientation, case competitions, Leadership Certificate, Business Research Certificate,
Birkman & 360 assessments, Senior Seminars)
Study Abroad
Internships
Extracurricular and Leadership Activities (student organizations, sports, Greek life)
Service and Volunteer Activities
Life Experiences/Interests
By reflecting upon and documenting these experiences, you will have the opportunity to assess your development in the
following core skill areas that are directly tied to the learning objectives of the BBA Program and which correlate with
demonstrated leadership competencies:
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Synthesis and analysis
Creative problem solving
Positive impact in organizations
Global worldview
Social responsibility and ethics
Differentiated leadership
Communication
Self-awareness
Teamwork and relationships
After entering this information, you will have the opportunity to create multiple tailored portfolios that include the specific
experiences and/or skills you wish to highlight.
3. Getting started
You may log in one of two ways:
1) You will receive an e-mail containing log in information. Go to https://emory-reflection.symplicity.com, click on
“Students,” and then use the log in information in your e-mail. Your username will be your emory.edu e-mail
address.
2) Log in to Eagle Ops at https://emory-csm.symplicity.com/students/. Enter your username (your emory.edu email address) and password (7-digit Emory ID, or your personal password if you have previously logged in and
changed it). Once logged in, click on the BBA Portfolio icon.
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4. Your homepage
The navigation bar allows you to access different sections of your Reflection account with one click, and return to the
homepage at anytime by clicking the home
icon.
Add a new experience, and see your
progress in each area/skill/experience.
Share your ePortfolios via your
Facebook, LinkedIn, and
Twitter .accounts.
5. Your account
Create a new portfolio, and keep track of how many
employers/faculty you are sharing your portfolio(s) with,
the number of views, and comments given. The icons
associated with each portfolio allows you to edit, share,
view in pdf format, and view web site, respectively.
.accounts.
Your account page will allow you to update your demographic information, add a profile that can go at the top of your
ePortfolios, and change your password.
This profile will be used as the opening section of every
portfolio you create. After filling out the standard Overview,
Goals, Education, and Qualifications sections, you may create
as many additional sections as you'd like. When you create a
portfolio, you will be able to customize this content again.
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6. Review skills
Before you begin entering experiences and reflecting on the skills you have attained through those experiences, take
a moment to carefully review the list of skills that you will be using. Under each core skill area you will find a sublist
of competencies that will help you determine which skills are appropriate for which activities, as you will be required
in creating your portfolio to reflect upon how each experience provided you with specific skills.
You may also find the list below within the e-portfolio site by visiting the “Skills Matrix” and clicking on
the question marks next to each specific skill.
1) Synthesis and analysis
Integrating the functional areas of business in analyzing and solving business problems. Includes the following
competencies:
 Problem solving
 Technical learning
 Functional/technical skills
 Organizing
 Time management
 Research skills
2) Creative problem solving
Approaching issues from multiple perspectives, utilizing a variety of resources and paradigms to arrive at new and
innovative solutions and possibilities. Includes the following competencies:
 Creativity
 Strategic agility
 Innovation management
 Intellectual horsepower
 Learning on the fly
 Dealing with paradox
3) Positive impact in organizations
Applying theoretical knowledge in real-world settings, working on behalf of organizational aspirations, making
meaningful and enduring contributions to organizational unit. Includes the following competencies:
 Managing vision and purpose
 Boss relationships
 Comfort around higher management
 Process management
 Timely decision making
 Managing and measuring work
4) Global worldview
Having a broadened world perspective, understanding the global marketplace, valuing diverse worldviews.
Includes the following competencies:
 Understanding others
 Managing diversity
 Perspective
5) Social responsibility and ethics
Considering and weighing traditional business objectives in the context of community and environmental impact,
exhibiting responsible stewardship of resources, possessing the courage of one’s convictions, upholding and
modeling organizational values. Includes the following competencies:
 Integrity and trust
 Ethics and values
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Compassion
Standing alone
Managerial courage
6) Differentiated Leadership Development
Developing as a professional through cognitive, emotional behavioral and relational growth. In addition to
competencies specified in other categories, includes the following competencies:
 Dealing with ambiguity
 Resilience
 Political savvy
 Drive for results
 Managing through systems
7) Communication
Communicating ideas, proposals and intentions effectively. Includes the following competencies:
 Listening
 Negotiating
 Written communications
 Composure
 Informing
8) Self-awareness
Developing self-regulation, self-awareness and empathy. Includes the following competencies:
 Self knowledge
 Self development
 Personal learning
9) Teamwork and relationships
The ability to build relationships based on trust, mutual respect, and shared commitments. Developing the ability
to motivate others, connect with diverse worldviews, negotiate, build teams and lead change. Includes the
following competencies:
 Peer relationships
 Motivating others
 Patience
 Building effective teams
 Interpersonal savvy
7. Skills Matrix
The matrix allows you to view your progress and visualize your body of skills in a unique format. The number in each cell
signifies how many items you have created that match the corresponding Skill & Experience Category. The progress bar
under each skill name will help you track how close you are to the suggested minimum number of experiences to support
that skill. Red indicates you are low on support, yellow indicates that you are working toward sufficient support and green
means you have attained a great deal of support for that skill. This will allow you to easily visualize which skills areas are
strengths of yours and which you may need to focus on more closely through future experiences so that you can develop
a well-rounded collection of leadership competencies.
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Add experiences and files to each skill and category by clicking on the corresponding number. A pop-up window will
appear allowing you to add, edit, and/or delete your entries. You can upload files that supports the skill(s) and category.
Some examples of files include: writing samples or articles, database or spreadsheet documents, photo/audio/video files
of projects or performances, powerpoint presentations, documents, resumes, and transcripts.
Scroll down the page to
complete the fields
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Types of experiences you’ll be entering include the following:
Internships – include any internships during your time at Emory. You may also wish to include part-time jobs that have
given you valuable skills.
Courses – list all courses that have had a significant impact on your professional and leadership development.
Service & Volunteer Activities – include any volunteer/community work you have performed.
Co-curricular Experiences – include activities outside the classroom that have supplemented your education such as
Orientation, case competitions, Leadership Certificate, Business Research Certificate, Birkman & 360 assessments, and
Senior Seminars.
Life Experiences/Interests – this category is optional. You may use it to list any experiences that don’t fit into the
other categories that have given you relevant skills and that you wish to reflect upon and/or might be of interest to an
employer.
Study Abroad – detail your study abroad experience if applicable. Study abroad helps provide you with a global
worldview, in addition to other skills.
Extracurricular and Leadership Experience – include memberships and leadership roles in areas such as sports
teams, student organizations, and Greek life.
Example – Course
Course Number: BUS 365
Course Title: Business Communications
Course Description: This course teaches written and verbal communication skills in a variety of forms, and helps students
develop self awareness and emotional intelligence.
Semester: Fall 2010
Credit Hours: 4.0
Artifact to Attach: Goal-Setting Memo
Skills:
Category – Self-Awareness
Description – This course involved journaling for self-reflection. It also involved taking and interpreting the Birkman
assessment to help identify personal needs for operating most productively. As part of the course, I also read and
actively discussed articles by Daniel Goleman on emotional intelligence.
Category – Communication
Description – This course developed my verbal communication skills through in class presentations, including storytelling,
developing a personal brand statement, and learning interview skills. It also developed my written communication skills,
as I prepared resume and cover letter, an executive summary, a goal-setting memo and a team dynamics memo. I also
learned how to create effective PowerPoint presentations.
Category – Teamwork and relationships
Description - Part of this course involved working in a team of 4 to conduct a presentation and write an executive
summary.
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8. Attachments
The Attachments section holds all your resumes, curriculum vitaes, miscellaneous files, recommendations, and references.
Documents can either be uploaded or linked to a web address (URL) that you created. You can search the list of
attachments by keywords. To view, edit, or delete an existing attachment, click on the attachment name.
9. Create Portfolios
The My Portfolios section allows you to create portfolios that selectively focus on a particular skill and experience.
For each portfolio you will be able to: customize your Profile text, select data, files, resumes, references, and
generate a PDF version. Once your portfolio is built, you can send it to employers/faculty and track their views and
comments.
Click on the My Portfolio section on the navigation menu at the top of your screen.
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a) On the Set-Up page, give your portfolio a title, description, Tiny URL, access, and feedback options. The title and
description will only be seen by you and will not be included in the content of the portfolio. Note: The Tiny URL
can be up to 20 characters with no spaces, this provides a short alias for redirection of long URLs. Enter your
Tiny URL and then click the [Check Availability] button to see if anyone else is using it. A message will appear
letting you know if it is available or not. Click the [Save] to save and stay on this page, click the [Save and
Continue] to continue to Step 2. Note: You portfolio must be active for employers/faculty to access the online
portfolio.
After you complete the Set-Up screen, you’ll be taken to a page with a menu on the left hand side, that will walk you
through each part of setting up your portfolio.
b) In the My Profile section, you’ll be able to view the information in this field which is derived from your My
Account > My Profile section. You can edit the content to reflect what you would like to appear in this portfolio’s
Profile section. See My Account section above for futher details.
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c) In the Skills section, select the experiences derived from your Skills Matrix to be included in your portfolio. You
can focus on a select set of skills by using the [Filter Experiences] button.
d) In the File section, select files to be included in your portfolio. The “Files Associated to Selected Experiences” list
is derived from the experiences you selected to include in the portfolio in Step 3. The “Additional Files Available”
list includes all other files in your Attachments: Files section.
e) In the Organize section, organize your portfolio by clicking and dragging sections and items within each section.
To move sections, click section heading, hold cursor down and drag to desired position. To move items within a
section, click item, hold and drag.
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In the Reference section, select your references/recommendationsderived from the My Documents: References
section.
g) In the Resume section, you will attach a resume that you will select from those you uploaded to the
Attachements section of your account.
h) In the Design section, choose color scheme, typography (font), and layout. The preview pane allows you to
preview while designing.
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In the Header Graphic section, you may upload an optional graphical header image for
your portfolio. For best results, your graphic should be 780 pixels wide and 60 pixels tall
(10.4 inches x 0.8 inches). To delete your uploaded header, use the [Clear Header Graphic]
button located at the right.
j)
The View Online Portfolio section allows you to view your portfolio.
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k) The Share Portfolio section will let you enter the recipient(s) of the portfolio, and any information you would
like to include in the body of the email invite. The invite will provide the employer/faculty a link to view your
portfolio online. This step also allows you to decide if you would like to include a pdf attachment of your portfolio
with your invite to employers/faculty, or not. Click [Preview And Send] to preview the email message.
Note: Your portfolio must be active for employers/faculty to access the online portfolio. Please go to Step 1 to
make sure the prohibit access field is set to active.
The Preview Message area allows you to review the email message that will
be sent to your invitees. The fields in [ ] (brackets) are merge fields and will
automatically be completed when message is sent. Click the [Send Invite] button
to send the email invite.
The Past Invites box will let you view the message box for a list of all your past
invites for this portfolio.
m) The My Portfolio screen allows you to keep track of all of your created portfolio(s).
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Portfolio tab: View the list of all your portfolio activity. The tab includes the title and
description of the portfolio. The icons shows how many individuals (invitees) you have invited to
view the portfolio, along with how many views, and (if you set the portfolio to receive comments)
the number of comments associated with this porfolio. The hyperlinks allow you to view the
portfolio in pdf format and web (online) format. Use the [Edit Porfolio] button to edit or send the
portfolio to other invitees.
Track Portfolio tab: Track your portfolios’ activity. Filter by date range and portfolio. Click on
the Date/Time hyperlink to view the activity, click the [Done] button to return to the activity list.
Feedback tab: View feedback from portfolios marked to Enable Feedback (Step 1: SetUp) are
tracked on this tab.
Questions? Contact Jessica Lowy in the BBA Program Office via First Class.