Digital Portfolio How-To

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• bit.ly/registerDP