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Electronic Writing & Publishing

Fall 2007

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Web Portfolio

Due: Draft 10/11. Final Version 12/6

Worth: 30% of the final grade

Email me the Draft portfolio link via my GSU account (jbowie@gsu.edu ) by midnight 10/11 (technically 11:59:59 pm)

Email me the Final portfolio link via my GSU account (jbowie@gsu.edu ) by midnight 12/6 (technically 11:59:59 pm)

 

Purpose: To learn and apply electronic writing and publishing skills in the job search genre. To impress potential employers and grad schools with your skills and abilities.

The Portfolio is a display and presentation of your professional self, skills, abilities, and projects. It is collection of your best work to show potential employers or grad schools, clients, and even your parents. It allows a company to see how your abilities match their needs and it is a great thing to add to your resume. If you choose to apply to a grad program, the web portfolio will be a professional way to show what you know and what you can do. For this class we will combine the portfolio with web design skills to create an online portfolio. Ideally this portfolio can be updated throughout your college career and be used when you are looking for professional jobs in the future or applying to grad school.

 

A Portfolio should:

  1. Demonstrate concrete proof of special skills, abilities, and subject knowledge
  2. Draw connections between what you have learned and done
  3. Provide a realistic tool of assessing abilities
  4. Show your communication activities
  5. Show experience/expertise working with several documents
  6. Illustrate you organization and presentation skills
  7. Distinguish yourself

 

Your final portfolio will consist of many parts:

  • Main Page/homepage with list of Portfolio contents and links to these contents. You may want to provide a brief explanation of each link
  • Web Resume: A detailed online resume split into at least two category-based sections, each in more detail than your print resume and each on a separate page
  • A print-friendly resume either a single HMTL page, a Word Document, PDF, or rich text file (.rtf) available for download
  • A brief professional bio of about 250 words: This should focus on your professional interests, goals, and education. Since it will give readers a better idea of who you are, you may choose to include more personal information, as long as you keep the tone professional.
  • Sample work/artifacts: At least 2 samples of your work that will be relevant for the jobs you plan to apply for after you get your degree or for grad school. You may turn these into HTML, but you may want to include it in another form. For example, if it is a 7 page paper you may want to just include a link to it as a word document or in rich text format.
  • Explanation/Assessment pages for each sample work/artifact project: Here you will discuss your sample work (can be on the same page or combined with your artifacts in some way). You will need to discuss:
    • the context: what each artifact is, why it was created, how it relates to other artifacts
    • the process: how the artifact was conceived and developed, your challenges or obstacles and how you overcame them, and the purpose and rational for the project
    • the audience: who you wrote it for, how you wrote for this audience
    • your self assessment: how well the artifact fulfils objectives, goals, standards, what you gained or learned, what you would do differently next time, and why you choose to put it in your portfolio

 

Draft portfolio:

Worth 30% of Web Portfolio grade. Due 10/11 by midnight (technically 11:59:59 pm).

For the draft portfolio you need to have:

  • 3-4 (or more) portfolio pages: the main page, the brief bio (may be combined with your main page, depending on how you set this up), and your web resume (at least 2 sections/pages, you can add more later)
  • a consistent professional theme
  • a clean, clear, readable, and usable design
  • working links

 

Final portfolio:

Worth 70% of Web Portfolio grade. Due 12/6 by midnight. Submit a working URL to me via email by 11:59:59 12/6.

For the final portfolio you need to have everything required for the draft, plus the two sample work/artifacts, and their explanation/assessment pages. In addition, you should have revised your draft based on more recent knowledge and my assessment. You will be graded on your ability to apply the class concepts, including "hot text", clean design, good navigation, usability, and working links, along with your ability to create a professional portfolio for the web (one that is appropriate for audience, purpose, and use).

 

Project resources:

Make sure you read the web portfolio readings and Chapter 16 in the Price & Price book. Please check out the samples below (same available under links & resources) and the outline handout. Do keep in mind the requirements for these samples may have been different than the requirements for your project. However, these projects may give you a good starting idea.

Note: These portfolios were created to meet different requirements than you have for the portfolio project. Please use these only as samples and possibly inspiration, but not as examples of what you final portfolio must include or look like.

 

 

 

 

 
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