EL E-Portfolio Guidance for Elms College Students

BASIC STEPS TO CREATING A GOOGLE SITES E-PORTFOLIO

1. Look at some of the examples provided here (to the right =>)

2. Login to your Elms G-Suite account, and click on the "Sites" app to create a new site. Choose a template.

3. Use the Site creation tools to create some text and design your layout. Click here for some helpful guidance. Add images and links to content that you have stored elsewhere on the web, such as in Google Drive, on YouTube or other media platforms, etc. 

   • Multimedia files, such as PowerPoint or Google Slides presentations, short videos or audio recordings, slideshows, etc.

   • Research or reflection papers you wish to share with a wider audience (note, you should choose carefully what material is appropriate for sharing). Be sure that you have set sharing to enable "Anyone with the link" to view your documents.

4. When your site is ready, take ALL of the following steps:

   • Complete this form (click here  to go to link) to register your site and provide the Office of Experiential Learning with permission to refer to it in guiding others toward your work and to advance Elms' Experiential Learning programming

   • Share your site (using the "share with others" link at the top right, with a) our own private gmail account so that you may continue to access it after graduation, and b) with the Office of Experiential Learning, experiential@elms.edu 

   • Publish your site, using the button at the top right.

KEY ELEMENTS TO INCLUDE

• Biographical information - who you are, what you studied, what experiential learning are you presenting/where did it occur, contact information

• "Artifacts" of learning - your content! 

• Reflection - present some thoughts about how your experiences helped you grow, challenged you, gave you particular skills and knowledge, what your learning has meant to your career aspirations