DIGITAL PORTFOLIOSGetting Started with Weebly

Topics for Today•GOAL: Basic, working-level proficiency with Weebly platform

•Approach: Portfolio REMIX•Weebly best practices•Web creation tools and places for free assets•Weebly portfolio shell setup

Portfolio REMIX •Students take assignments (essays) they’ve already turned in and “remix” them into other forms of content.

•From Katie’s Portflio REMIX assignment prompt:“Think: How can you take what you’ve written and tell it in a different way? Your Night essay could become an informative blog post, or op-ed piece. Take your narrative essay and record your story like Mike Birbiglia’s “Stranger in the Night” and post it. Make a video depicting the subject of your descriptive essay. These are just ideas … the digital world is your oyster.”

Ideas for Remixing•Blog posts•Speeches (performed, not written)

•Digital presentation•Podcasts•Dramatic performances•Pamphlets•Digital posters•Visual art

•Animated videos•Comic strips•Digital flyers•Digital newsletters•Infographics•Musical performances

Digital Portflio/Weebly Best Practices •Publish is the new save.•View published site for real-time visual.•Snapping isn’t always seamless.•Compose text in Word first.•Embed elements when you can. When you can’t, link with a screenshot.

•Convert .doc to .pdf before embedding.•Vary page layouts to best fit content•Check viewing permissions for external links•Make sure elements are viewable/readable.

Resources for RemixingBundlr Link: Digital Portfolio Resources

Let’s Weebly!https://www.weebly.com/