Digital Portfolio

In Graphic Design class, you will be creating your digital portfolio using Google Slides. I have already created a Google Slide for you and shared it with you so that you can begin exploring how to edit it today.

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You can access your slides at any time by going to your Google Drive.

To get to your Drive, go to the Google Home Page (google.com) and click on the waffle icon in the top right hand corner which looks like a selection of squares.

A list of Google apps will appear, including Drive.

​Click on Drive to go to the Drive Home Page.

Along the left hand side of the page you will see a menu which includes a link to the 'Shared with me' section of your Drive.

​A link to your slide will always be saved there, so whenever you need to update your portfolio this is where you should look to find it. ​

To personalise your slides, please complete the following tasks:

1. Add a suitable quote about graphic design at the bottom of your title page. You can find this online, but remember to include the name of whoever said the quote. Write the quote in italic.

2. Find a completed project and upload to the title page. Put a link to the image in size 8pt inside an appropriate corner of the image.

3. Experiment with the colour of your title page (pastel colour works best). The rest of your slides should be white unless you use a colour transparency for reading - then change your slides to that colour.

4 Follow the instructions below  to save and upload your work to your Slide Portfolio:

a) Go to your Google Drive and click on the plus sign the the top left hand corner. Click on 'folder' to create a new folder called Graphic Design Portfolio

​b) Right-click on your new folder and 'share' it with the following email addresses:

ddeascentiis2@schools.nyc.gov

c) Create a folder within your graphic design portfolio to save any resources you find when you work on your progects.

d) Make a shortcut to your Portfolio and move it into your Graphic Design Portfolio folder 

​Manually create a shortcut

1. In your browser, go to Google Drive.

2. Right-click the file or folder that you want to create the shortcut for.

3. Click Add shortcut to Drive.

4. Select the location where you want to place the shortcut.

5. Click Add shortcut.