We expect that you will include at least one artifact in your ePortfolio to show evidence of what you’ve learned during your internship. An artifact can be anything you created that shows your knowledge of the content of the work, any contributions you made, or projects you worked on. This will prove to the audience that you have learned and contributed to the work of the team similar to how your classroom assignments are proof that you learned the topics covered in class.

This is typically a presentation piece you have created to share the scholarly work you completed or share something you created as part of the internship. This is your chance to choose for yourself both the format (how to share) and topic of your artifact (what you’ll present).

You will add this on your Internship page with your reflections about what you learned and did this year. At the showcase you’ll share your Internship page on your laptop and talk about the presentation piece(s) you added.

Presentation Examples

• digital slideshow (3-4 slides) explaining the topic or overview of the research including what you did and any data or known outcomes
• digital poster sharing the research question and outcomes (some students use Prezi.com for this): We recommend you not do a poster unless you made one for a poster session either on campus or for an external conference. A poster you presented elsewhere is evidence similar to the work product option because it was something you made for the internship work.
• scholarly writing such as a manuscript, literature review, or article
• recruitment flyers or materials for clinical research that you designed
• training videos or materials you created to teach a process
• images you created for use on your team’s social media, website, or to show a process
• audio or video recording of you giving a presentation such as in your weekly team meetings
• samples of documents or surveys you created to be used by your team (or just the template without information filled in if it’s something you use to collect data)
• data visualizations you made
• create a subpage of your ePortfolio to add many images, descriptions, and other artifacts about a specific project you worked on

This is separate from the elevator pitch visual you created to give an overview of your work. That is just one artifact to introduce the reader to the big picture of your work. Ideally, the presentation for the showcase would be related to what you introduce in that visual to tell a coherent story about your experience.

Questions to Consider as You Choose

• What has been the most meaningful part of my internship? How can I best share that?
• Did I create anything during my internship like documents, photos, or videos? Am I allowed to share that publicly? What would I need to change or edit to make it able to share publicly?
• Are there any skills I’d like to gain during the creation of the presentation? Which format would allow me to gain those skills? (ex. designing a poster, comfort with technology, or learning to write in a scholarly manner)
• What would show an employer or graduate school that I know the topic? What skills or knowledge do I want to prove I have?
• How did your contributions impact the larger project, goals, or mission of your team? Why did your efforts, no matter how small or routine, matter to getting the bigger job done? What artifacts support this?