Your Senior BRVGS Portfolio Website provides a detailed documentation of your entire BRVGS senior experience for teachers, fellow students, parents and evaluators at your presentation and at the Expo. Keeping the website up to date is critical throughout the course.
Your Senior Portfolio Website will be subject to multiple checkpoints throughout the course, and will be graded formally as a test grade in each of the 4 course Modules. Your site is also a part of your Senior Expo evaluation, and timely completion and extra effort on your Senior Portfolio Website may contribute to your grade.
To create your website, Go to the Capstone Brand Templates in Canva (with your BRVGS Google account)
Click on Use this Brand Template. This will allow you to create your own version.
The title of your website should be your first and last name - John Smith
Once your website has been created, be sure to click on the title at the top that says "Copy of SeniorCapstoneTemplate" and change it to your First and Last Name.
It is VERY IMPORTANT that you share and publish your site (and any items linked/embedded in it) correctly from the very beginning.
Click on the "Share" button
Share your site with your advisor and Ms. Outten ("Sallie Outten" or soutten@brvgs.k12.va.us) with Edit rights
Click "Share"
Click the button in the upper right that say "Publish website"
Make sure the "Site address" box has your web address as your first and last name with no spaces (ex johnsmith). *if you get an error message that says the url is not available, try adding your middle initial* (ex johngsmith).
Your url should look like brvgs.my.canva.site/firstnamelastname (ex https://brvgs.my.canva.site/sallieoutten)
Be sure to click PUBLICH at the bottom
***Be sure to click the "Publish changes" button in the upper right anytime you make changes to your site! Otherwise viewers will not see your updates and they will only be saved on the Draft version of your site.***
Once you have created and named your site, you will need to send the link to BRVGS by clicking on the Senior Project Site Information form and completing the information requested in that form. (DO THIS AS SOON AS YOU PUBLISH YOUR SITE THE FIRST TIME! You can always go back and edit the title later)
If so you can actually edit any part of your submission to that website (change the link, title, etc). You need to: Search through your email for the receipt email with the subject "Senior Project Site Information". There is a link to update your entry in that email.
Prior to the end of the semester in which you have your BRVGS Senior Capstone class (or prior to the Senior Expo, whichever comes first), you will participate in a peer review, in which you will review another student's site against the rubric. Please open this link to make a copy of the peer review form.
After your class has presented your Capstone Presentations at your school, Ms. Outten will email you a link to the recordings from the day.