Personal Portfolio Website
We have made a decision to move to Google Sites for Professional Personal Portfolios.
If you have a website from previous years you may continue to use WIX.com. Wix.com is a very powerful and feature filled website creator.
Google sites is free and part of the school board google suite.
Independent Study Unit
Impress the world with your professional online presence!
Students will use wix.com to create their own professional looking personal portfolio. Students are encouraged to maintain this as a current presentation of their work. Colleges, universities will often require students to have a portfolio.
Caution: Virtually all employers will look at your online presence before even deciding to grant an interview. Be responsible online. Your website should give post-secondary institutes and prospective employers a good sense of what you have been working on in school and how your skills progress through the years. They will also be looking to see if you seem to be a responsible person.
NOTE: You may use any school website you already from other courses or years - All content must be school appropriate
Impress the world with your professional online presence!
Students will use wix.com to create their own professional looking personal portfolio. Students are encouraged to maintain this as a current presentation of their work. Colleges, universities will often require students to have a portfolio.
Caution: Virtually all employers will look at your online presence before even deciding to grant an interview. Be responsible online. Your website should give post-secondary institutes and prospective employers a good sense of what you have been working on in school and how your skills progress through the years. They will also be looking to see if you seem to be a responsible person.
NOTE: You may use any school website you already from other courses or years - All content must be school appropriate
- Use your current website and add a new Page (tab) relating to this course
- Add all course units for this class under a new page - build from there
Important Advice
Do not leave creating and populating your website to the end of the course. It is much more difficult to remember what your key learnings were in each unit and the process you followed to complete assignments.
We will summarize each unit together to help with main areas of learning you would like to discuss. Students who leave their website to the end of the course typically struggle putting it together or don't complete it.
Do not leave creating and populating your website to the end of the course. It is much more difficult to remember what your key learnings were in each unit and the process you followed to complete assignments.
We will summarize each unit together to help with main areas of learning you would like to discuss. Students who leave their website to the end of the course typically struggle putting it together or don't complete it.
- Website Considerations:
- Your website will be evaluated and be included as a part of your overall mark
- Use a personal email account not associated with the school when signing up
- Do not post photos of yourself or family and friends. Peel School Board has strict privacy requirements you must follow. This is not social media
- Keep the design organized and simple. Choose a "professional" looking template - Your work is the star, make it stands out on your pages not the backgrounds
- Be consistent in your design choices. Design from page to page should have a similar look and navigation.
- Spelling and Grammar matter and are evaluated - make a good first impression online - proofread and ask a friend to review as well
- Add your unit work as the semester progresses
- Add all your work (Wix & Google Sites will NOT accept project files, such as: .psd; .aeproj; .prproj)
- Website is intended to show progression of your skills over time
- Include thoughtful and fun reflections
- Use correct terminology when reflecting on a unit or project
- Keep it up to date and keep it going!
- Be creative and Have fun!
Website Requirements
Content Expectations
Content Expectations
- You will be creating a navigation tab for each of the units of study in this course
- Each page will include visuals (images and/or videos) that help showcase your learning in the unit
- Each page will include a series of short reflections that summarize the process of your learning
- Each reflection should be between 4 -6 sentences to capture the main point of the learning
Written Reflections Expectations
You will answer the following 3 questions through written reflections that are supported by visuals in most cases. Each page will include a series of short reflections (6-8 sentences) for each question that summarize the your learning
Connect Reflections to Visuals
You will answer the following 3 questions through written reflections that are supported by visuals in most cases. Each page will include a series of short reflections (6-8 sentences) for each question that summarize the your learning
- What did you learn in each unit (use correct terminology)?
- What challenges did you encounter in each unit?
- How did you overcome these challenges?
Connect Reflections to Visuals
- It is highly recommended that each reflection is connected to at least one visual (image or video) to give context of the points being discussed.
- Avoid posting a bunch of images and then writing a series of reflections that don't have a direct visual connection to what you are talking about. It is not an effective way to showcase your work and discuss your learnings.
- Remember - you are creating a website to impress others not just yourself. They need to understand the connections and learnings for each unit.
- Are are including the highlights for you in the unit
We've Moved!
Google Sites
Mr. Elsie has produced this tutorial to get you started.
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Google Sites Tutorial
Mr. Elsie and I have decided to move to Google Sites for student Personal Portfolio websites. It is part of the school Google suite of apps and by-passes concerns using Third Party apps. We will be using Google Sites from now on. If you already have a WIX account you may continue to use it. |
Source: Mr. Elsie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMEQaNdjsS0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMEQaNdjsS0
Website Organization and Navigation:
Required tabs/pages/subpages - think of this like a folder structure on a computer. It becomes the navigation path to get to your work/content.
1. Page 1: Homepage - Portfolio Name/Title (ie: Initials - Technology Portfolio) the landing page for your site (an organized visual collage of images from all the units would benefit the interest of viewers)
2. Page 2: Grade and Course - ie: Your grade and course name - Gr. 10 Media Productions with a brief paragraph about the course (course description) and what people will find within your portfolio
3. Example of subpages under "Gr. 10 Comm Tech" Tab: Unit Assignments/Projects
All units stated above must be tabbed to the right under page 2 in the Site Menu pages build - see second image below for clarity
Required tabs/pages/subpages - think of this like a folder structure on a computer. It becomes the navigation path to get to your work/content.
1. Page 1: Homepage - Portfolio Name/Title (ie: Initials - Technology Portfolio) the landing page for your site (an organized visual collage of images from all the units would benefit the interest of viewers)
2. Page 2: Grade and Course - ie: Your grade and course name - Gr. 10 Media Productions with a brief paragraph about the course (course description) and what people will find within your portfolio
3. Example of subpages under "Gr. 10 Comm Tech" Tab: Unit Assignments/Projects
- Graphic Design
- Composition
- Sound Editing
- Audio Production
- Technology, The Enviro & Society
- Media Careers
All units stated above must be tabbed to the right under page 2 in the Site Menu pages build - see second image below for clarity
Sample Course Navigation Structure
This is just an example of what your website navigation might look like. You will need a main page welcoming people to your site and providing a brief overview of what your site is all about. Write about 6-8 sentences outlining a bit about your interests in technology and other courses. You are providing brief insight into who you are as a student.
This is just an example of what your website navigation might look like. You will need a main page welcoming people to your site and providing a brief overview of what your site is all about. Write about 6-8 sentences outlining a bit about your interests in technology and other courses. You are providing brief insight into who you are as a student.
Source: Mr. Elsie
WIX Tutorials
Mr. Elsie has created an excellent series of tutorials for WIX.COM
We thank him for his contribution to our class and website unit.
This is what his tutorials look like - a link is provided to help you create an effective
Mr. Elsie has created an excellent series of tutorials for WIX.COM
We thank him for his contribution to our class and website unit.
This is what his tutorials look like - a link is provided to help you create an effective
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Website Personal Portfolio
Rubric - Due end of Quadmester
Rubric - Due end of Quadmester
tgj2o7_website_rubric_feb_2021.pdf | |
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