In the beginning of the term, “building a WebFolio” sounded like a huge task to complete. Even before I read the assignment guidelines, I already had a dreadful feeling towards it. Little did I know, every assignment I completed throughout the term was actually contributing to my WebFolio. Now that the course is coming to an end, I looked back and realized that 90% of my WebFolio has already been built! All that was left to do was to polish all my assignments and piece everything together on a website.
The building of my WebFolio forced me to revisit my previous assignments and see how much my technical writing skills have improved throughout the term. After so much time has passed, I was able to re-read my assignments with a clear mindset; this has allowed me to spot minor grammatical errors and awkward wording that I have previously overlooked. I felt as if I were peer-reviewing someone else’s work when it is actually written by myself.
As the development of my WebFolio is nearing completion, I am quite proud of what I have accomplished in this course. Unlike most other courses I have taken, English 301 is purely based on assignments rather than exam-writing. As a result, I am able to visualize all the effort I have put into the course through each piece of work I create.
Being a new user of WordPress, I initially found the platform quite confusing to operate. The navigation bars were not very friendly to newcomers like myself, and the User Support section is not very accessible. However, after creating several pages and posts, and continuously playing around with the customization settings, I became more familiar with the tools and features. This allowed me to build my WebFolio with ease.
Because I am not a tech-person, I never realized how much time people put into editing webpages to make things aesthetically pleasing. In the eyes of potential employers, every minor detail tells you something about a person. With technology developing quickly, employers are turning to online sources to seek out potential employees more often now than ever before. Perhaps in the near future, building a WebFolio will be as common as building a resume for a job application. When that time comes, I will know that I am well-prepared by Dr. Paterson’s English 301 course!
