Digital Portfolio

What is a digital portfolio?

A digital portfolio is a computer-based collection of student performance over time. Portfolios make classroom learning more accessible to parents, administrators, and other district support staff because they provide a window into student learning. A portfolio showcases both student achievement and student learning over time. To demonstrate growth, a portfolio will often include similar work done over the course of several years .

Items to Include in Portfolio

Pages in Google Sites & What to Include on Each

Home page
About me
- Tell me about yourself!
- Learning Strengths (at least 3 with evidence)
- Contact Information
- Goals for your Portfolio (at least 2)
Employability Skills
- Resume, Cover Letter, Professional Head Shot
FFA & Leadership
- Completed FFA points sheet

Portfolio Rubric & Grading

Home Page/About Me: 250 Points

FFA Points Sheet Uploaded: 100 Points

All SAE Items Uploaded: 150 Points

Evidence of Work uploaded (All online assignments): 500 Points (25 Points Each)

Items looked for are listed below
Note: Other items can be uploaded to the digital portfolio if done online, the ones listed below are just assignments I know will be completed online for a fact.

Reflection of Work (20 Total): 1000 Points (50 points each)

Total: 2000 Points

How to Use Google Sites

Create your site

From the Sites homepage, click Create
From Google Drive, click
- New > More > Google Sites.

Note: All Sites are stored in Drive. For more information on using Drive to organize your files, see Get started with Drive.

Name your site

When you create a new site, it's added to Drive, just like other Drive files. Sites automatically saves every change you make, but your site isn’t public until you publish it.

Name different parts of your site:

Site document name—Enter a unique name to keep track of your site. The site document name is only visible to you.
Site name—The site name appears in the header and in the web or mobile window title bar after you publish the site. You need to have 2 or more pages in your website for your site name to appear.
Page title—Each page in your site has a title, which appears at the top of the page. The page title also appears in the navigation menu.

Select a layout

On the right, click Layouts and choose a different layout for your sections.

Select a background image, header type, and theme

Choose a look for your site. Each theme comes with a preset background, color scheme, and font selection. You can adjust fonts, colors, and the background later, and you can always change the theme after the site is created. If you need to make any changes, click Undo undo, or Redo redo.

Change the background image:
1. Go to Sites and open your site.
2. Point to the background image and click
3. Change image image.
4. Choose an option:
  - To upload an image from your computer, click Upload.
  - To choose an image from the gallery or another location, click Select image.
5. (Optional) To go back to the original background image, click Reset refresh.
Change the header type:
1. Point to the background image and click Header type
2. Choose an option:
  - Cover
  - Large banner
  - Banner
  - Title only
Change the theme and font style:
1. In the top-right corner, click Themes.
2. Select a theme option and choose a color.
3. Click Font style and select a style.

Add, reorder, and nest pages

Add pages for more content. Keep related information together by nesting pages. Nested pages appear as a subtopic of another page.

Add pages:

In the top-right corner, click Pages > Create add.
Choose an option:
- To add a new page, click Add page . Name the page and click Done.
- To add a URL, click Add link insert_link.

Reorder or nest pages:

Click Pages.
Drag a page up or down in the list to reorder it.
Drag a page on top of another page to nest it.
(Optional) To un-nest a page, drag it to the bottom of the list.

Note: You can only nest a page five levels deep. You can’t nest the page that’s set as the homepage.

Choose page options:

Under Pages, select a page and next to it, click More more_vert and choose an option:

Set it as the homepage.
Duplicate the page.
Rename the page.
Create a sub page.
Hide a page or sub page. You can’t hide the page that’s set as your homepage.
Delete the page from the site. You can’t remove the page that’s set as your homepage.

Add content to your site

On the right, select the page that you want to add content to and choose an option:

Double-click the page where you want to add content.
Or, click Insert and choose the content you want to add.

G Suite Google Sites Directions

Portfolio Reminders

Sharing Settings

You can upload items (slides, docs, sheets, forms) directly from your google drive. However, be sure to check the sharing settings so I can see the items you include in your portfolio!

Choose an option:
- To share a site from Sites, click Add people person_add.
- To share a site from Drive, in Drive, select the site file and click Share person_add.
Choose people to share your site with:
- To set permissions across your organization: Under Who has access, click Change, select a sharing option, and click Save. You can then copy and paste a link to the site into an email or chat message.
- To set permissions for individual people: In the Invite people box, enter the names or email addresses of people in your organization you want to share your site with then, click Send > Done.
Change people’s permissions:
- To give permissions, click the Down arrow arrow_drop_down next to the person’s name and select a permission level.
- To remove permissions, click the Down arrow arrow_drop_down next to the person’s name, and click Remove close.
(Optional) To restrict editors from publishing, changing site access, or adding new people, click the box next to Prevent editors from publishing, changing access and adding new people. Click Save changes > Done.

Publish Settings

When you publish your site for the first time, add a site name to complete the site URL. You can only use letters, numbers, and dashes in the site name. The beginning of the URL includes your organization’s domain and can’t be changed. You can continue to edit your site after you publish it. However, you need to republish the site to see any new changes.

Publish your site:

Click PUBLISH.
Add a name to the end of the URL. Certain terms, such as support and admin, can’t be used. You’ll see a purple check box at the end of the URL if it’s available.
Under Who can view my site, click Manage.
In the Share with others window, choose an option:
- Draft—To allow people in your domain or specific people to edit the draft version of your site, click Change.
- Published—To allow people in your domain or specific people to view your published site, click Change.
Click PUBLISH. Visit your site's URL to confirm that your site published correctly.

Note: After you publish a site, you can share the published site by clicking Copy link insert_link > COPY LINK and then paste the link to someone in a chat or email message.

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