E-Portfolios -- Selling Yourself Online to Obtain an Interview - Course Technology Computing Conference Presenter: Leslie Martin & Teresa Worthy How do you sell yourself online? How do you easily provide potential employers with examples of your work and display your skills? What are two free options of creating an online portfolio? What is an E-Portfolio and how can it be used? This presentation will demonstrate and discuss tools that are being used in our OST 289-Office Administration and OST 233-Office Publications Design courses to create E-Portfolios to share with potential employers. Both of these courses are taught by Leslie as online courses, and the online portfolios are used as the final exam and culminating experience. The E-Portfolios in both classes meet the course outcomes for the courses. In the OST 289 course, students compile various documents that are created throughout the semester when creating their portfolio. In the OST 233 course, the students come up with their own business name and carry the name, tag line, and logo throughout the various desktop publications they learn during the semester to create their portfolio. You will be able to view the two free websites that we use and see some of our students’ work. The goals for the session are: Discuss “Why use E-Portfolios?”, introduce two types of e-portfolios used, demonstrate both types we have used, discuss items included in each type of portfolio, and discuss ways the e-portfolios can be shared with potential employers. Attendees will walk away with the websites used and the ability to take this information home and incorporate e-portfolios in their classes.

1. Selling Yourself Online
Creating an Online Portfolio
Leslie Martin and Teresa Worthy

2. Why are we here?
• “Why use E-Portfolios?”
• Introduce two types of e-portfolios used
• Demonstrate both types we have used
• Discuss items included in each type of portfolio
• Discuss ways the e-portfolios can be shared with
potential employers

3. Why Use E-Portfolios?
• Give students an opportunity to showcase skills
• Give students an opportunity to organize examples
of documents
• Employers have documentation to view after
interview

4. Creating an Online Professional Portfolio
• Live Binder
• Google Sites

5. Livebinder.com
• Free
• Easy to Use
• Save files as PDFs and add them to the account
• Send access address to prospective employers
• Send access key as part of e-mail
• Make sure access key is professional

6. Set up Live Binder Account
• www.livebinder.com
• Click Signup
• Complete Registration
information
• Remember username
and password set up to
login to account

7. Opening Live Binder Screen

8. Binder Settings
• Click Binder Setting
• Set up Binder Name
and Description
• Choose a color
background or tab
color for the binder.
• Set up your Access
Key.

9. Tab Settings
• Click Tab Settings
• Name the Tab
• Set the current tab color
• Set the default tab color
• Set tab layout and text
layout.
• This creates a new sheet
in your Live Binder
portfolio.

10. Add Content
• Add a Web Link
• Uploading a File—these
files need to be saved
as PDF files to show up
best in the Live Binder.
• Add Other Content
• Set up text layout

11. Share Live Binder Portfolio
There are different ways
you can share the Live
Binder account. The one
that my students have
found to be easiest is the
E-mail. However, you can
do it these other ways as
well.

12. Sharing Live Binder through E-mail
• Click Share
• Click E-mail
• Copy and paste the information
for me or you can send me the e-
mail. See example. I need the
http://www.livebinders.com/pla
y/play/1231187 and the Access
Key so that I can view your Live
binder.
• Share with potential employers

13. Creating a Professional E-mail Account
• Create a professional e-mail
account using Google
• E-mail account should include
your first and last name
• Examples
– leslie_martin1202@gmail.com
– lesliemartin2014@gmail.com
• You will need to log into the
G-mail account to access
Google Sites

14. Googlesites.com
• Free
• Easy to Use
• Can create items right in site
• More theme choices
• Can attach documents
• Send potential employers web address

15. Accessing Google Sites
• Log into your G-Mail
Account
• Click the Apps button
• Click the More link and
then Even More link
• Scroll to the Home &
Office Section
• Click on Sites

16. Create a Google Site—Online Portfolio
• Click on Create
• Choose your Template at this
point
• Name the site (the URL will
appear in the box as you are
creating the site)
• Select your theme
• Set up a site description
• Key in the code
• Click Create at the top of the
screen.

17. Opening Page of Site
• Site opens
• Create your opening page
– Include an introduction
– Include a picture of you.
• Should be one that is
appropriate for potential
employers to see.
• Should not be taken yourself
• Head shot only

18. Create New Pages
• Click the New Page button
• Name your page and
determine where it is to be
located in your portfolio.
• Click Create

19. Add Information to Page
• Add information in the
textbox
• Add Files (the file will not
show up—will only provide
link) make sure you
describe file in textbox if
you are adding files
• Post any comments

20. Format the Page
• Set the Attributes of the Text
• Set Bulleted/Numbered Lists
• Set Alignments
• Save the Page

21. More Options
• Print the Page
• Copy the Page
• Move the Page
• Delete Page
• Edit the Site Layout
• Manage the Site
• Set up Sharing and
Permissions
• Access Help

22. Managing the Site
• Click Pages to Move Pages
• Click Attachments to see a list of
files you can attach
• Adjust the Page Template by
clicking on Page Template
• Click App Scripts to add New Scripts
• Click Deleted Items to view deleted
items in the site
• Sharing and Permissions to view
the link to share the site
• Click Themes, Colors and Font to
adjust each of these

23. Sharing the Site
• Locate the URL to share with
potential employers or instructor
• Click Sharing and Permissions
through the Manage Site link or
through the More link.
• Copy the Link to Share to allow
others to access your site
• Make sure your site is Public on
the Web
• You can also Invite People by
entering e-mail addresses

24. Professional Portfolios Include
• An information page about you
• Items that demonstrates your ability—examples of your
work
– Agenda
– Minutes
– Letters
• Any certifications you have received
• Your professional resume

25. Examples of Portfolios
• This site shows an example of how you can use this site to create
notes for a class
https://sites.google.com/site/ost289gaston/
• This site shows an example of an Online Portfolio (Google Sites)
https://sites.google.com/site/lesliemartin1202/
• This site shows an example of an Online Portfolio (Live Binder Site)
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/1231187
access key Example

26. Questions

27. CREATING AN ONLINE PORTFOLIO
Selling Yourself Online