1. Online Creative Work Portfolio Sharing SHOWN’D IT780 Seminar in Instructional Technology Class Presentation By RongfeiGeng
2. What is SHOWN’D? Online portfolio sharing and displaying platform developed by OrpheuxDesign, which is a creative consulting and development studio located in Miami, FL. “SHOWN'D is a web application designed from the ground up to be the destination for artists seeking a great way to create a free online design portfolio. ” - SHOWN’D Official Website
5. Why do we use shown’d New designers who don’t have a personal web site Creative works need to be shown Professional connections Online portfolio management Career opportunities
6. Before advent of shown’d Printed/Electronic local portfolio Limited access & audience, hard to distribute, etc. Gallery & exhibitions Expensive, hard to find, etc. Personal website Maintenance, fee, technology requirement Online spaces (blog, SNS, Flickr) Not convenient for image displaying Lack of professional atmosphere
7. SHOWN’D illustrate the need of a professional online portfolio display platform like this
8. Features of shown’d Free of charge Web based Community of professionals Multimedia portfolio Job opportunities (listings and recommendation) Web 2.0 application
9. Features of shown’d (Cont.) Resume builder Embed your showcase into an external site Import your Flickr image sets Get featured for even more visibility Read or publish articles
16. Create your own profile By clicking “Home”, you will see the main control panel, where you can start create projects, upload works, and edit your profiles, etc.
17. Uploaded files When you click on uploaded works, the projects will appear in large thumbnails. You can just simply drag the thumbnails to organize these projects.
18. Inside view of each project A project itself is a portfolio. The images will listed in thumbnails inside each project. You can organize images, and edit project information.
19. After uploading When you finish uploading or updating your project/portfolio, it will show as the first thumbnail on the portfolio page and the home page of the SHOWN’D site.
20. Tips to make your portfolio more prominent become a featured artist of the week update your portfolio regularly tagging files and filling out skills info link showcase in other web sites