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Portfolio DevelopmentPortfolio Development

Today’s Lecture

Portfolio development

structure and content of folio

Possible strategies and portfolio concepts Portfolio examples

REVIEW: Why Create a Portfolio?

Content of Portfolio Portfolio development is not an exercise to

develop new material… it is an organised and convincing presentation

showcasing what you have already done

Select from your existing work, organise & polish Client briefs, needs analysis Drafts, Designs, client feedback Explain how and why you selected a given design Present the end results (e.g. you can structure the

portfolio according to skills to be showcased)

What to Include? Graphics Demonstrated good design skills Demonstrated skills to organise the product

for maintainability and reuse, e.g. File naming conventions

Layer naming (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator)

Good and easy to understand structure (directory structure, CD/DVD structure)

What to Include? (cont’d) Code

Demonstration of selected parts, convincing the reader that you not only wrote code that works, but also that it is Commented appropriately (author, version, date,

maintenance history…) Tabulated Readable / re-usable by another person Uses accepted norms/standards (HTML, CSS,

programming / scripting language) Structured to support the production workflow! (e.g.

version control)

Content of Portfolio

You must show End products + Process + Context Your contribution, if a team effort In addition to products – perhaps official records,

other evidence of achievements, more personal items.

How to structure your portfolio. Remember your audience: Future employers

Busy people:

Be concise

Direct attention to main points so they can drill down,

multiple ways to access the same content

Usability

Prioritise the skills you think your employer will be most interested – more prominent locations for these skills.

General Notes (cont’d) Be creative!

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

Portfolio ExamplesACTIVITY: In groups of 2-3 people:

Search for 2-3 portfolio examples on the web that appeal /don’t appeal to you.

Using what you know about the purpose of a portfolio, create a checklist you will use to evaluate electronic

portfolios in digital media

Use the checklist you created to evaluate the portfolio examples you found

Present your checklist and findings to the class.

More Portfolio Examples Shows the thought process of product creation (outdated) -

http://rob.id.au/

Original way to display the process - http://okaydave.com/

Organisation portfolio with case studies (does not include the process) http://www.wonderfulunion.com/case_studies_change.php

Portfolio with programming examples that displays involvement with the open source community - http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming.php

Not an ideal portfolio, however, displays original concept to showcase programming abilities - http://www.jam3media.com/

Provides project overview and ability to view further detail - http://www.kognito.com/website/#/portfolio/

Ability to sort works (medium, category, target) - http://www.hiebing.com/main.html