Online Portfolio Development Session #56 Oct. 11, 2004 Jen Alexander

Why Create an Online Portfolio? Increase your visibility! Show people you are comfortable with new technology! Showcase yourself!

First Thing’s First In order to establish your online portfolio, you will first need to secure web space to host your site. IU provides all students with a STEEL account which offers you free web space for hosting your personal website.

Setting up a Steel Account Accounts at IU IU has a secure server, therefore you must also install Secure Shell which you can get from IUWare.Secure Shell

What About Other Web Space? Finding web space that is affordable outside of IU isn’t hard to do! For FREE web space check out these sites: – –

Want Your Own Domain? is a good place to start with a small site. They offer FREE hosting with no pop-ups, and your own domain for a small fee. There are lots of other options available as well. You don’t have to pay a large amount of money to have a presence on the web!

Professional Sites Take the Cake! Make sure wherever you decide to host your site, you make it look professional! If you don’t know how to design a site, and create it yourself, find a friend who can do it for you. Many small companies, as well as larger companies also offer the service of web site development.

Less VS. More Simple can be eye catching…don’t over do it! Depending on what you want to showcase in your portfolio, you may want to go with a very simple web site design or you might need something a bit more flashy! Example 1Example 1 Example 2 Example 3Example 2Example 3

Doing it Yourself? Microsoft Front Page is a program that can be easily used to produce a polished online portfolio! If you are more adventurous, and/or more versed in web design, Dreamweaver is another program that can help you establish yourself on the web!

How can I copyright my personal Web pages? Anything you create and put into a fixed form (i.e., recorded, written, saved) is automatically protected under copyright laws. To guarantee the copyright of a published Web page, however, the least you need to do is include the following text on each of your pages: –Copyright © 2003 John Doe All Rights Reserved

Copyright, Cont. –Replace 2003 with the year or years of publication –replace John Doe with your name. –To make the copyright symbol ( © ) display, use “ © ” in your HTML file.HTML

What is Your Portfolio’s Goal? To present your credentials and personal information in a manner that is functional, user friendly, and aesthetically pleasing. Your portfolio is a work in progress! Keeping it current is very important!

Getting Your Site Noticed! Add your web address to your resume and business cards! Place a link in the signature tag of your ! You never know when or where a prospective employer might run onto your site!

Resources are Everywhere! Students in introductory web design classes are often looking for websites projects for assignments! –Check out the Computer Science and Telecommunications Depts. here at IU! Search the Internet for ideas for your portfolio! Check out Knowledge BaseKnowledge Base

Be Creative! Do your own thing! Create a portfolio that says who you are!

Evaluation Questions Use: A.Strongly agree B.Agree C.Disagree D.Strongly disagree E.Don’t know 1.I found the presentation of material easy to understand. 2.This Advantage session increased my knowledge on the subject presented. 3.I will be able to use some of the information from this Advantage session in the future. 4.The presenter was well prepared for this Advantage session. 5.This presentation should be repeated in future semesters.