Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Day 7: Digital Portfolio

Creating a Digital Portfolio
Building a Digital Footprint

Directions: Create a Digital Portfolio. See these two articles for more information on Digital Portfolios:

Purpose: To enhance your digital footprint and build your Personal Brand, a digital portfolio can be used as a one-stop shop for your positive Digital Footprint.

Audience: Professionals worldwide.

  • Go to Weebly (or another web authoring tool) and create an account. Use your professional email address and password so it is easy to remember. Select a free URL that includes your brand name
    • A consistent, professional brand name across platforms helps you stay memorable:
      • CoraBak2.weebly.com
      • CoraBak2@gmail.com
      • Twitter.com/CoraBak2
      • LinkedIn.com/in/CoraBak2
      • CoraBak2.blogspot.com
  • Add pages for Home, About, Contact, Portfolio
  • Add content to the Home page
    • Make your name stand out
    • Add a button to link to your About page
    • Include your personal statement
    • Consider creating a welcome video for this page

  • Create an About page with your professional picture, activities, and honors
    • School
    • Extracurricular Activities
    • Volunteering
    • Skills & Languages
      • What programs and/or applications would you say you are proficient at?  
      • What computer skills do you have to offer at this point in your career?
      • Soft skills developed
        • Include information on soft skills you developed thus far such as communication, time management, collaboration, etc.  Check out a list of soft skills HERE.
    • Honors & Awards
    • Add pictures that relate to the different activities
    • Consider adding an About Me Video

  • Create a Contact page with links to Gmail, Twitter, YouTube, Blogger, and LinkedIn
    • Use images as links to your professional social media accounts
    • Consider creating a video that explains your brand name
  • Create a Portfolio page with links to examples of your work
    • Performance videos
      • plays, sports, concerts, speeches, service projects, etc...
    • Evidence of your writing
    • School projects of which you are proud

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