e-Portfolio Assignment

An ePortfolio is:
 An opportunity to effectively represent yourself and your education.
 A place to collect and save coursework.
 A chance to showcase accomplishments and school work to family and friends.
 A tool for creating digital resumes to send to employers.
 A web portal for accessing your work, track your academic growth and plan your
career.
 An electronic resource you can use to apply for transfer and financial aid.
 A chance to reflect on your education.
 A record of your skills, achievements and learning.

As more employers only accept resumes in electronic format and perform simple search
engine reviews on potential candidates, developing an e-portfolio offers an edge in the job
market.

1. Create an account on www.weebly.com.

Weebly is a free, online tool we can use to build our ePortfolios.
• You need to provide Weebly with your full name, email address and a password to create an
account.
• You will need to click Add Site. (+) Choose a theme for your site.
• Next you need to choose your Website Domain.
o Use a Subdomain of Weebly.com – this is free.
o Register a New Domain – for a charge or use a
Domain You Already Own.
 Using a Subdomain: Select the URL of your site carefully. We recommend that you
use your "First Name Last Name ePortfolio" for your site name (e.g.
AdamSmithePortfolio). OR if you are concerned about privacy use your blackboard
ID but be sure to put your name on the first page of the website.

2. Learn how to use Weebly. 8 points will be given for creativity and using the
skills you see in this video on your website. (8 points)
• Watch the following videos for how to use Weebly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v81nRa_W9Fk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7anOSdoUxI
• There are many more tutorials available online.

3. Post an introduction on the Home page of your ePortfolio. (10 points)

• Post an introduction of yourself. Use the skills you can view in the links above to
build an AWESOME home page.
• Use at least 4 different creative elements from the menu on the left to build your
home page. TEXT does NOT count as an element.
• Include a Contact Form element on this page. There should be a minimum of 5
skills included on this page, not including text.
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4. Click PAGES. Create a page named Word Skills. (4 points)

• Use a textbox to type 6 major Word skills you have learned in this class.

5. Click PAGES. Add a subpage called Career Goals. (10 points)

• This page should be setup as a subpage of the Word Skills page created above.
• Create a one paragraph document in Word that briefly describes your career goal(s).
Name and save the document as Career Goals.
• Upload the Career Goals document to this page in Weebly. The document should
show on the screen and as a downloadable link.
• Scroll down to the Media section found on the left of the screen in Weebly.
• Drag the Scribd Document icon to the right side of the screen. This uploads the
document and displays it on the screen. NOTE: If the Word document does not
upload, save it as a PDF file and try again.
• Drag the File icon to the right side of the screen. This creates a downloadable link,
so you have access to the actual file.
**You must have both the document on the screen and as a downloadable link on this page.
Also—make sure this page is setup as a subpage of the Word Skills page created in Step 4.

6. Click PAGES. Create a page named Future Goals (10 points)

• Use a text box to list future educational OR career goals.
• You must also include the following on this page:
• A location map of the college you are/will attend to complete your education. If
your future goals are to obtain a job include a location map for a company where
you plan to work. Click here for directions for creating a map in Weebly.
• A YouTube video of the college or company.
• A slideshow of images from the college or company (products, company logo,
etc.)

7. Create an additional page with a title of your choice. (8 points)

• This page could be for another course.
• This page could contain your Transcript, schedule or it could be a page regarding
your campus organization involvement, interests, training etc.
• This page could be a hobby or other personal interests.
• Use at least 4 different creative elements from the Weebly menu to build this page.
Text does NOT count.

8. Click Publish to publish your site.

9. Copy and Paste your site’s URL to your instructor through the Blackboard
assignment tool. For example, your site name might be:
http://www.AdamSmithePortfolio.weebly.com
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Grading Rubric

Home Page-use of 4 different elements including Contact Form 10 points

Create Word Skills page-list 6 skills you have learned 4 points
Create a sub-page within the Word Skills page called Career Goals and upload the 10 points
Career document on the screen and as a downloadable link.
Create an Future Goals page with text box, map, video, slideshow 10 points
Additional page with 4 different elements 8 points
Creativity 8 points
Total Points 50 points