MPortfolio enhances student learning; reveals the many ways in which Michigan students, faculty, and staff contribute to the public good; and encourages students to create powerful connections between their experiences inside and outside of the classroom.

MPortfolio incorporates the following unique components:

• Valuing Learning From All Aspects of Life
  Help students identify learning from all areas of their life, bridge their college experiences to other life experiences, and demonstrate how their underlying values and beliefs connect to their learning
• Documenting Learning Beyond Graduation
  Develop students' abilities to recognize "a-ha" moments in their lives and encourage them to document their knowledge, skills, and contributions beyond graduation
• Understanding What We Know, Value, and Believe
  Retrieving, reflecting, integrating, and documenting knowledge that has been gained through experience and connecting that knowledge to values, beliefs, and decision making
• Supporting Assessment and Accountability
  Students reflect on their learning, recognize how that learning relates to competencies, and demonstrate how those competencies inform their practice