I choose my web folio reader to be students who are considering taking ENGL 301 or other students who want to learn some technical writing skills because I feel like the documents here are useful for them, I hope my web folio can be helpful. Also, because I am neither going into the job market nor applying to graduate school, this web folio is more suitable for my situation. The reason I chose the UBC blog platform is that I think most of my readers would be UBC students so this platform is more accessible to them.
While organizing some work done this semester for the web folio I feel a sense of achievement, from the first assignment of the introduction of oneself to the last assignment, each assignment marked a new step in learning technical writing which is fruitful. Also, this course requires much teamwork and provides students a chance to learn from others’ work, I am really grateful to my teammates for the efforts they have put in reviewing my writings, I have learned so much from them.
To be honest, creating a web folio is a bit intimidating because I am never a designer or a good organizer, but I like that instructor gave us instructions on the required pages which gives me a clue to start with. I do not like web pages that have too many colors or graphics, because I think that would take away the importance of the content so I keep them minimal. Also, I think web pages that contain too many words are a bit overwhelmed for the reader so each of my pages is not sentences condensed, and I shortened each hyperlink to make it look better.
I must say I did not enjoy organizing the web folio on the UBC blog platform. Mainly because I find it a bit challenging to use while creating a customized page, as the format is limited and there were not many resources on the UBC blog to use. Also, the overall user interface of the blog is really confusing, I feel like I am spending more time learning to use the website than actually organizing my works. I won’t recommend anyone else to use this website for displaying their works, I think there is definitely a better choice than using this website.
Overall, though it is not an easy job to start, once I pieced each part out, it is more interesting to work on. This would be my last work for ENGL 301 99c, hope this web folio can be helpful.