Digital Portfolio How-To
1. Create a portfolio shell
1. Create a portfolio shell
- A website (Weebly, Wix, Google Sites)
- We recommend Google Sites - here's a sheet to get you started
- Use a personal email rather than school if you are a senior
- Pick a theme that you like so that the design is ready-made
2. Add Content to your portfolio.
2. Add Content to your portfolio.
- Biography - help writing it (this link will have you make a copy so you can edit it for yourself)
- Pictures of you and things you love
- Use your own appropriate photos of you and your passions (family, pets, activities, universities, sports teams, etc.)
- How to get them off your phone and on your portfolio?
- Attribute any photos you don't own (To caption photos in Weebly, dbl. click on the photo, scroll to caption)
- Artifacts and reflections
- High quality examples of work especially related to what you want to study
- Different types of artifacts (files, pictures, videos, embedded documents, links, etc.)
- If you are using Google Sites, be sure you have the appropriate share settings on each document, video, etc. See this video for help!
- Written or recorded reflections about each artifact
- Reflection Template (this link will have you make a copy so you can edit it for yourself)
3. Make it look good and keep it organized.
3. Make it look good and keep it organized.
- Organizational Tips
- Create a folder (Digital Locker) in Google Drive for all your artifacts
- About Me page (or section on home page) with short Bio and pics that tell someone quickly who you are
- Create pages for things that are important to you
- current classes
- volunteer jobs
- hobbies
- sports
- digital resume (that doesn't include personal contact information)
- Arrange your pages into categories by creating sub-pages
- Add links to your social media accounts IF they are appropriate for college/employers to see
4. Make sure you registered your portfolio.
4. Make sure you registered your portfolio.