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3601ICT PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND PORTFOLIO. Portfolio 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.
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3601ICT PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND PORTFOLIO Portfolio Development
Today’s Lecture Portfolio development • structure and content of folio • Possible strategies and portfolio concepts • Portfolio examples
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) • CodeDemonstration 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 Examples ACTIVITY: 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