Creating my web folio was a very useful learning experience. In the department of computer science, we have a e-portfolio competition every year and students are encouraged to make a web folio and apply. I never really thought about making a portfolio because I thought that a resume and a LinkedIn page would be enough. However, when I started job searching and talking to recruiters, I realized that a lot them expressed that they would like to find out more about me which included demos of the personal projects I have worked on. I am glad that we are given the opportunity to build a web folio to demonstrate some of the best works we have worked on in this class.
I decided to start off with creating pages and writing some brief notes on the things I will be putting on the page later. Having a layout before I started writing greatly helped me stay focused on the purpose of each page. The most difficult part was writing concise and personalized descriptions for each piece of work I wanted to show. I constantly thought about how to introduce the purpose of the piece of writing and at the same time add a personal touch to it by telling the reader what I learned from the exercise.
I started with the Home page because it is the first page a reader will encounter when they visit my web folio. I decided to add a picture of myself because I want the reader to have a sense of who I am and knowing how I look seems more welcoming. I then added a bit more about the purpose and which tabs they could click on for finding more information about me. I hope these navigation tips can engage the reader as it can be overwhelming as there is quite a bit on information on this web folio.
The page that I was most excited about was the Technical Projects page as it gave me the chance to show off some of the projects I have worked on. Most of the time we are only able to give links and brief descriptions on our resume. On this page, I can give links that the readers can easily click on to see a demo of the project. I will definitely be keeping this page up to date with more projects after this course ends.