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
- 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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