Student E.-Poynette High School Art Department

Student Example

Art Portfolio

Guidelines for Online Portfolios

Do not include any sort of personal information in your portfolio. This includes last names, email or home addresses, social media handles, or phone numbers.
Edit (cropping, resizing, etc.) photos on the tablet or on Google Photos or with the tablets before placing them on the site.
- You cannot rotate or crop photos on Google Sites (yet).
Use high-quality, well-lit photos.

Starting a Google Site

Go to your drive and select NEW.

Select More on the bottom of the menu.

Then select Google Sites.

Once on the dashboard, select the purple + button.

Creating Pages

Select Pages on the toolbar.
To add a new page, click on the button with the + symbol.
Label your new page the title of the class you are currently in.
The new page will automatically appear on your navigation bar. Current classes should be left there for easy access.

How to Insert Material

To start a new section, use the toolbar on the right to insert anything from text boxes and photos to Google Docs and Youtube videos.

You can also double click anywhere on the page and this dial will appear.

Tip:

When starting a new section, select the section above the area you want to add new content and use the toolbar to insert a Title Text Box.
By doing that, your new section will appear below the selected section.
Once you have created a section, you can can adjust the size of the text box and use the dial to insert photos.

How to Move Material

You can move an entire section by placing your cursor on the left and clicking on the 10 dots.

Text boxes can be moved by selecting the dots on the top.

Tip:

Photos can be linked up with text boxes and both can be moved together. However, it is not easy to separate them once together.

Reflecting with Your Portfolio

Portfolios should be updated weekly. Computers will be available in the art room when possible, but this should also be done on your own.
Take progress photos every day of your work with your phone or the tablets. Save the photos to your Drive or Google Photo. The entire point of this portfolio is to show how your work progresses and improves.

Hint:

When you feel like your work looks it's worst or you really messed up...take a photo! It will improve and you will learn the most from that mistake.

What to Post

Create a new page nested under the class page.
Add photos in the order of your progress and caption the photos with explanations of what you were working on at the time of this photo.
You should also add sketchbook assignments (practice), sketches, the reference photos you used as inspiration for your work, or screenshots of digital works (Graphic Design and Photography).
Photos of the final work should be large and labeled.

Customizing Your Portfolio

Under Theme, you can choose different styles, colors, and fonts.

You can also upload photos to customize the headers with your own work or use the photos from the gallery.

Publishing Your Portfolio

To publish your portfolio, click the blue publish button at the top of the screen.
The name of your site should correspond with title in the navigation bar.
It should include your first name and last initial only.
Select anyone with poynette.k12.wi.us for now. If you'd like share with your family, then select anyone on the web.

Publishing

Once you have published your portfolio, select View Published Site and copy the link in the address bar.
Paste the link into an email and send it to your instructor. Once done, the you do not have to send it again.

Updating Your Link

Google Sites automatically saves your portfolio to your drive, but it does not update your site on the web unless you select publish.
Always hit publish after working on it even if you are not finished.

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