Portfolio Instructions

How to create an Online Portfolio of your School work

(hint: the videos have no sound. watch in full screen mode so you can see the details)

Step 1. Create a Google Site

https://sites.google.com/a/westfordk12.us

Name it the same as your Westford Login (e.g. 21jdoe)

Use the Blank Template

Choose any color theme you want (you can always change it later)

Step 2. Add a message on the home page

The purpose of the Home Page is to give a simple introduction and state the purpose of your site.

Welcome to (Student's first name here) portfolio website. This site is designed to showcase some of my best school work.

Step 3. Change the Sharing Permissions

The default permissions is that anyone at Westford Public schools can find and edit.

Change to Only People at Westford Public Schools with the link can VIEW

Step 4. Change the Name

Change the Title of your portfolio website to (Your first name)'s Portfolio.

This will not change the address (URL) which will remain.

Step 5. Create a Subject Page (as an announcements page)

Create pages for your subjects, as needed (Science, Social Studies, Art, Technology, German, etc.).

Put subject pages under home

For German Classes:

Create an Announcement Page: Interpersonal Speaking

Create a subpage called Interpersonal Speaking

Use the drop down menu to choose Page template = Announcement

Put the page under German

Add a Speaking Sample.

Before you do this step, you will need to have a video ready in your Google Drive

(recorded with PhotoBooth or Quicktime).

Make sure the video is shared (anyone at Westford with link can view)

For each new post:

Title: Sample # (1,2, 3 etc)

Theme: What you talked about

Reflection: Was this challenging? easy? and why. What would you do differently next time?

Change the name of the video to the date on which it was recorded

Change the Sidebar Navigation

Change the navigation so that it shows 3 page levels deep (it defaults to 2)