Designing E-Portfolios and Websites

As part of our master's program (in Student Affairs in Higher Education), students develop an electronic portfolio or e-portfolio. Within it, people share their biographies, philosophies as a scholar-practitioner, as well as provide artifacts regarding their professional and personal experiences. In all of this, is the conversation of how to design a user-friendly platform.  Here are some pieces of advice and slides I made for them. 

One thing to specify before getting started is that websites and portfolios might have a lot of overlap, but they can be distinctly different when it comes to purpose (especially if one is tied to an academic or curricular requirement). That being said, the similarities include questions about interface, platform comparisons, and clickability-- or, the # of clicks needed to get from point A to point B on your site. 

Hope you enjoy the presentation below and comment below any thoughts of questions~