Workshop 1: "Getting Started"
This workshop focuses on:
- Audience analysis (what are potential employers looking for from recent Engineering graduates)
- Creating a Professional Persona (appropriate tone and language for portfolios & assessing one’s own skills and abilities and articulating your driving focus and passion)
- Discussing what sort of evidence/work samples support your skills and abilities.
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Audience Analysis Handout
Presentation Slides
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Workshop 2: "Options for web builders"
Wix, Weebly, Wordpress, Imcreator, behance, squarespace – there are a lot of different ways to build professional portfolios for free: each has different benefits and drawbacks.
This workshop will help you:
This workshop will help you:
- Figure out which one will work best for you, your learning style, and the content you want to present.
- Will include a walk- through of basic interaction for three or more web builders
- Helping students get started on their own
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Presentation Slides
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Make an appointment with a DigiComm Tutor
If you want to work on your portfolio, our DigiComm tutors are available to help.
Make an appointment through our scheduler here and come visit us in the Student Success Center 1155. |
Workshop 3: "Selecting and presenting work samples"
That article you wrote your sophomore year? That group work assignment you did in your design class? Your internship? Your summer job? What work samples work best in a professional portfolio?
This workshop will address common questions about:
This workshop will address common questions about:
- what content should be included in your portfolio
- how it can best be presented digitally
- the basic 'do's and 'don'ts' for adding files to your portfolio
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Presentation Slides
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Workshop 4: "Usability design & strategic digital communication"
Now that you have most of the content up on your website, it's time for us to meet one-on-one to discuss:
- the common pitfalls and navigation issues in portfolios
- how best to integrate social media, endorsements, and resumes
- focus on the best practices for digital communication
Resumes Assistance
Any professional portfolio should include a resume. Career and Academic Planning has numerous resources to help you have a resume that stands out while meeting employers' expectations.
Check out their website:
Stop by to talk with a tutor:
Check out their website:
Stop by to talk with a tutor:
Workshop 5: "Portfolio review"
The best way to find out if your portfolio communicates what you want it to is to see it through the eyes of a user. Usability testing shows a creator how a professional might respond to their portfolio.
We will invite relevant Engineering faculty and professionals for feedback on your portfolio (TBD).
We will invite relevant Engineering faculty and professionals for feedback on your portfolio (TBD).