Evidence

What is evidence?

Evidence is a collection of work to show how you've planned, researched, developed and presented your work. It could be draft and final copies of a PowerPoint presentation, annotated printouts from the Internet to show how you researched and selected appropriate information, calculations from a maths assignment, etc.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Any work that you produce must be authenticated by your tutor/teacher. They should sign and date the final version of each document you produce.

Depending on the Key Skill you're working on, your evidence can be quite varied. To give you an idea of the type of evidence you can collect, have a look at the example portfolios on the QCA Key Skills Portfolio website. You should look on these as guides, rather than the exact criteria for your own portfolio.

Here are a few examples of where evidence can come from:

• Course work
• AS and A levels
• GNVQs
• NVQs
• BTEC Firsts and Nationals
• Enrichment programmes
• Other courses
• Set assignments

• Work experience
• Part-time job
• Leisure activities
• Voluntary work
• Duke of Edinburgh
• Young Enterprise
• ASDAN

Your evidence can be produced in one of two ways. It can be produced naturally, when you're carrying out an activity for one of the examples in our list above. Or, it can be produced in an assignment, written specifically to generate evidence.

Have a look at some examples of Good Evidence.

Have a look at some examples of Bad Evidence.

Remember to file your work as you go along. Don't leave it loose in the bottom of your school / college bag and plan to sort it out later. Also, when you file your work, make sure to use your hole punch correctly. Uneven holes make your portfolio look untidy.

Make sure each piece of work is in the correct section. Add a page number to the top right-hand corner of your work. Never put your page numbers on the left, because they'll get hidden by your ring binder.

Your evidence section should also contain an Index.

Go to the next screen to find out how to create an Index.