The document provides information about creating an e-portfolio, which is an electronic collection of an individual's work and qualifications presented online. It discusses what an e-portfolio is, what it includes such as images, multimedia, resume, and contact information. It also compares websites and PDFs as formats for an e-portfolio and provides steps for getting started, including gathering materials, scanning, editing images, and choosing a website template or PDF to customize for professional presentation.

1. THE
E-­‐PORTFOLIO
Develop
Your
Digital
Skills
For
Professional
Presenta>on
For
Educa>onal
Purposes
Only
Created
by
Judy
Thomas,
2013

2. What
is
an
E-­‐PorMolio?
D oc um e nta* on
of
wor k
• Electronic
Por4olio
-­‐
also
called
Digital
Por4olio.
• Tradi&onal
Por,olio
– Documenta>on
representa>ve
of
a
person's
work
hand
assembled
and
presented
in
a
case
or
binder.
• E-­‐Por,olio
–
Documenta>on
representa>ve
of
a
person's
work
collected
and
presented
in
an
electronic
format
• Career
Por,olio
– Alternate
term
some>mes
used
for
job
applica>on
Judy
Thomas,
2013

3. • Provides
a
plaMorm
for
communica>on
–
21st
century
communica>on
tool
• Share
via
The
Web
– Can
be
shared
with
different
audiences
– Offers
an
online
presence
•
Promotes
achievement
and
self-­‐expression
– Creates
a
forum
for
assessment
in
educa>on
Judy
Thomas,
2013

4. What
is
included
in
an
E-­‐PorMolio?
D oc um e nta* on
of
wor k
• Mission
or
Branding
Statement
• Electronic
files
–
images,
tables,
charts
– Do
not
use
proprietary
informa&on
• Mul>media
–
Audio
&
Video
• Contact
informa>on
–
website,
email
address,
business
phone
– Do
not
include
informa&on
that
is
confiden&al
• Hyperlinks
–
Social
Media,
LinkedIn,
etc.
• Resume
-­‐
Do
not
include
informa&on
that
is
confiden&al
Judy
Thomas,
2013

5. Website
-­‐vs-­‐
PDF
Website/Webpage
PDF
• URL
is
unique
address
• Share
via
Email,
or
FTP
Server
• Free
webpage
building
templates
• Publish
and
export
to
Web
• Graphic
&
Visual
• Control
over
audience
• Embed
audio
&
video
• Private
and
secure
• Link
to
Blogs
and
Social
Media
• Create
from
PowerPoint,
Word,
• Independent
&
autonomous
Illustrator,
InDesign,
etc.
• Easy
search
on
Web
with
tags
• Can
reduce
file
size
for
email
hyperlinks
and
metadata
• Typically
a
linear
format
• Accessible
any>me
anywhere
• Standard
for
sending
resumes
as
• Non-­‐linear
mapping
layout
aaachments
to
prospec>ve
employers
Judy
Thomas,
2013

6. Why
create
an
Website?
Judy
Thomas,
2013

7. Get
Started
–
1st
Steps
Take
digital
photos
with
a
Make
a
list
&
check
it
Scan
flat
images
at
300
dpi
camera,
not
your
phone!
twice.
Stay
on
schedule!
Open
scanner
preferences!
Large
high
end
scanner
in
LTL
PC
Lab
Mul>ple
photos
with
Or
try
Staples
or
ProPrint
different
segngs
ensure
quality.
Save
images
as
high
quality
jpegs
(.jpg),
png
or
.gif.
To
web
server,
cloud
AND
flash
drive.
Keep
all
porMolio
images
and
documents
in
ONE
folder!
Edit
images
for
best
quality.
Judy
Thomas,
2013

8. Get
Started
–
Research
Website,
Webpage,
or
PDF
You
Choose
Judy
Thomas,
2013

9. WEBSITE
OR
WEB
PAGE
Choose
a
template
and
customize
for
Your
Professional
Presenta>on
hap://www.wix.com
Judy
Thomas,
2013

10. Some
Defini>ons
• Pinterest
-­‐a
pin
board-­‐style
photo
sharing
website
that
allows
users
to
create
and
manage
theme-­‐based
image
collec>ons
• Twi>er
–an
online
social
networking
service
and
micro-­‐blogging
service
that
enables
its
users
to
send
and
read
text-­‐based
messaged
of
up
to
140
characters,
known
as
tweets.
• SMS
-­‐
"Short
Message
Service."
SMS
is
used
to
send
text
messages
to
mobile
phones.
The
messages
can
typically
be
up
to
160
characters.
• URL
-­‐
A
uniform
resource
locator,
abbreviated
URL,
also
known
as
web
address,
is
a
specific
character
string
used
by
Web
browsers,
email
clients
and
other
somware
to
iden>fy
a
network
resource
on
the
internet.
• FTP
-­‐
File
Transfer
Protocol
(FTP)
is
a
standard
network
protocol
used
to
transfer
files
from
one
host
or
to
another
host
over
a
TCP-­‐based
network,
such
as
the
Internet.
• TCP
-­‐
The
Transmission
Control
Protocol
is
one
of
the
core
protocols
of
the
Internet
protocol
suite.
TCP
is
one
of
the
two
original
components
of
the
suite,
complemen>ng
the
Internet
Protocol
(IP),
and
therefore
the
en>re
suite
is
commonly
referred
to
as
TCP/IP.
• Protocol-­‐
A
standard
procedure
for
regula>ng
data
transmission
between
computers.
• Mul*media
-­‐
the
combined
use
of
several
media
such
as
sound
and
full-­‐
mo>on
video
in
computer
applica>ons.
• Hyperlink
-­‐
word,
phrase,
picture,
icon,
etc,
in
a
computer
document
on
which
a
user
may
click
to
move
to
another
part
of
the
document
or
to
another
document
• PDF
–
:
Portable
Document
Format
is
a
file
format
that
preserves
most
aaributes
of
a
source
document
no
maaer
which
plaMorm,
applic>on,
or
hardware
type
was
used
to
create
the
original
document.
• Jpeg
-­‐format
for
compressing
images,
acronym
for
Joint
Photographic
Experts
Group,
which
created
the
statndard
• GIF
–:
Portable
Document
Format;
GIFs
are
image
files
that
are
compressed
to
reduce
transfer
>me.
• Png
-­‐
PNG is short for Portable Network Graphics and was created as a more powerful
alternative to the GIF file format
Judy
Thomas,
2013

11. References
&
Sources
Interac>ve
Resume
&
Page
Resources
hap://www.thinglink.com
hap://storify.com/tour
Online
Image
Storage
hap://www.flickr.com
cloud.google.com/storage
PorMolio
website
builders
hap://www.wix.com
WordPress.com
hap://www.iwebtemplate.com
hap://www.squarespace.com
Addi>onal
Resources
hap://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
hap://www.lynda.com
haps://www.acrobat.com
hap://office.microsom.com/en-­‐us/support/?CTT=97
hap://testkitchen.colorado.edu/projects/resources-­‐digital-­‐news/student-­‐porMolio-­‐>ps/
hap://chrisfriend.us/Blog/files/digital-­‐porMolios.php
Judy
Thomas,
2013