Portfolios
Help with creating your final writing portfolio website.
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Introduction
Introduction
You will create a writing portfolio in both Comp I and II.
A good writer is one who grows through reflection. This process can be painful, but it is necessary.
Remember that your audience for the portfolio is not your instructor, but yourself, your loved ones, and possibly potential employers.
The Basics of Google Sites
The Basics of Google Sites
This video will walk you through the very basic functions of Google Sites.
Remember, I am not looking for a professional-level website.
Focus on delivering your message to your audience in an understandable, usable, and visually-inoffensive manner.
Function is more important than form in this instance - choose message over optics.
Introduction to Google Sites for Composition Portfolios.mp4Publish Your Site
Publish Your Site
For your site to become functional, you have to publish it. If you are concerned about who has access to your site, you have options to publish it:
So That Only Those at UA-Little Rock with the Link Can Access
So That Only Those at UA-Little Rock with the Link Can Access
This is the minimum - I have to be able to access your website and look at it as a website - not just a Google Site in progress.
Click the purple Publish button at the top right of the Google Site page.
A pop-up box will appear asking you to create your Web Address.
Name it with your first name, last name, and class name. Example: LauraAustinCompI
Under "Who can view my site," click MANAGE.
In the next pop-up box, you should see a listing of your classmates and your instructor (because the site is in the class shared drive). Under that you will see the "General access" options.
Click the drop-down menu next to "Draft" and set it to Restricted.
Click the drop-down menu next to "Published site" and set it to Restricted.
OR - You can set this to University of Arkansas at Little Rock - this allows other classmates or instructors to also be able to find and access your work.
Click the blue Done button.
This will take you back to the Publish pop-up box.
Click the purple Publish button to complete the process.
NOTE: Once a site is published, changes may be made in the draft page, but those will not be seen on the published site until you click the purple Publish button again. So, before turning your portfolio in, be sure you have published the final changes you made to the site.
So That You Can Share Your Work with Those Outside of UA-Little Rock
So That You Can Share Your Work with Those Outside of UA-Little Rock
You should be proud of the work you have done over the semester. Feel free to share all that hard work with friends and family by publishing your portfolio site so that those outside of the UA-Little Rock community can find and access it.
Click the purple Publish button at the top right of the Google Site page.
A pop-up box will appear asking you to create your Web Address.
Name it with your first name, last name, and class name. Example: LauraAustinCompI
Under "Who can view my site," click MANAGE.
In the next pop-up box, you should see a listing of your classmates and your instructor (because the site is in the class shared drive). Under that you will see the "General access" options.
Click the drop-down menu next to "Draft" and set it to Restricted.
Click the drop-down menu next to "Published site" and set it to Public.
Click the blue Done button.
This will take you back to the Publish pop-up box.
Click the purple Publish button to complete the process.
NOTE: Once a site is published, changes may be made in the draft page, but those will not be seen on the published site until you click the purple Publish button again. So, before turning your portfolio in, be sure you have published the final changes you made to the site.
Sharing Your Portfolio Site
Sharing Your Portfolio Site
Your Portfolio (depending on your settings) will not be findable by the general public, so anyone you want to share your portfolio with will need the site's URL.
In the toolbar at the top right of the editor:
Click the Link icon (4th from left)
A pop-up box will open showing your portfolio site's URL
Click Copy link
This will save the link for you to paste into your assignment or into an email or however you plan to share the link.
General FAQs
General FAQs
Do I have to include everything I have written in my portfolio?
Do I have to include everything I have written in my portfolio?
No, you only have to include the rough and final drafts of the major writing projects. If you want to add shorter writings, feel free to add anything that you are particularly proud of.
How do I turn in my portfolio?
How do I turn in my portfolio?
You will turn your portfolio in through Blackboard by pasting your site's URL (see "Sharing Your Portfolio Site" above) into the proper assignment in your Blackboard classroom.
Be sure all changes have been published in the Google Sites editor.
Copy the Link.
Go to your Composition Blackboard classroom.
Click on the proper assignment to open it.
Click Create Submission.
Paste (ctrl + v OR cmd+v) the URL into the text box provided.
Click Submit.
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