Digital Portfolio

Introduction

• You MUST do a capstone to graduate

• you need a digital portfolio for DC11 and it is strongly recomended for scholarships

• Capstone and Digital Portfolio can be separate but the Digital Portfolio can be used as a capstone

• DC11 will mark this but I will give you time during the year to work on it

• Portfolio is due MAY 15

  • monthly scaffolding via google classroom and DC11

• It’s about quality, not quantity

Portfolio should include:

• 8 sections / areas (About me, Community, literacy, math, Contribute, Collaborate, Critical Thinking, Create & Innovate)

• Visuals (photos, videos)

• Words (text, audio or video for each section)

• You can use examples from inside AND outside of school

• What are your strengths? Where is your growth? What are your next steps in your journey?

• Class assignments: one per month that match page building for each one of your portfolio

• For those that graduate early, they can move ahead & do the assignments.

• Nothing has to be in website format: video, podcast, website, slide deck…

Possible Formats

Slideshows: Google Slides, Microsoft PowerPoint

• pro: probably the easiest of all the formats

• con: no menu for organization, only linear

Video: Edited with Imovie, Adobe Premiere (we have a free license for you if needed but needs to work on a PC or Mac(will not work on Chromebooks)(see Mr. Verbeek for how to add Premiere on your computer at home, Blender or a host of other programs

Google Sites: by far the easiest website to work with. Most likely you have already started the MAP which can be used or modified

• this 2022 Digital Portfolio Template is a simplified version of the older MAP with all sections needed plus a spot for your personal statement. You do not have to use it if you have already started it.

  • you make your own. click on the link. Find the site and right click / make a copy

  • this website will recieve the most school technical support

  • pros: very easy

  • cons: not formatted as nice as wix, weebly etc

  • Google Site Video tutorials

Wix - you can use free version of wix. You can make this look nicer than a google site

• con: harder than a google site and no/limited technical support from your teacher

• beginner Wix Video

Weebly - you can use free version of Weebly. You can make this look nicer than a google site

• con: harder than a google site and no/limited technical support from your teacher

• beginner Weebly Video

• beginner Weebly Video

Wordpress - you can use free version of Wordpress. You can make this look nicer than a google site

• con: harder than a google site and no/limited technical support from your teacher

• beginner Wordpress Video

Canva: good for making graphics that could be used on your website, slideshow or video

• Canva beginner tutorial