Using E-Portfolios to Showcase Your Work, Experience and Skills

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Check out previous blog posts for e-portfolio resources and tools.

Using Google Sites to Create An E-Portfolio

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RESOURCES

• SLA May 2012 E-Portfolio Webinar Recap & Resources
• Mary Fran’s Getting Started with Google Sites
• The Unofficial Google Sites Help Center
• Enhancing Employability Through E-Portfolios

IMAGE RESOURCES

• Microsoft Office Pictures
• Flickr Commons
• iStock
• Getty Images
• Shutterstock
• Foter

WEB ANALYTIC TOOLS

• Google Analytics
• Bit.ly
• Goo.gl

 

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E-Portfolios: Webinar Recap, Tools, and Resources

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TOOLS

Online tools to create and host your e-portfolio

• Coroflot
• Shown’d
• WordPress
• PBworks
• Google Sites

Online tools to enhance and promote your e-portfolio

• Slideshare
• LinkedIn
• Bit.ly

Web analytic tools to gauge the impact of your e-portfolio

• Google Analytics
• Bit.ly

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IDEAS AND INSPIRATION

Here are links to e-portfolios of friends & colleagues (and ours):

• Lisa’s e-portfolio on Google Sites
• Sandra’s e-portfolio on Google Sites
• A designer’s e-portfolio on Coroflot
• A photographer’s e-portfolio on Shown’d
• Susanne Markgren, an academic librarian’s e-portfolio on WordPress.com and PBworks.
  • Susanne’s presentation on e-portfolios inspired me to create my e-portfolio, which then inspired Sandra to create hers. ~Lisa

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RESOURCES

Image resources

• Microsoft Office Pictures
• Flickr Commons
• iStock
• Getty Images
• Shutterstock
• Foter

Other resources

• Videos: Google analytics in 60 seconds
• W3C: HTML Tutorial
• Susanne Markgren’s presentations on eportfolios & online identity
• LISCareer.com: Online Portfolios, or “WOW! Look at Everything I’ve Done!” by Kim Moody
• METRO LibGuide: Your Online Presence by Ellyssa Kroski

   

Upcoming Webinar on E-Portfolios

Join us  next week – Wednesday, May 9th at 2-3pm EST for a Special Libraries Association (SLA) webinar on Using E-Portfolios to Showcase Your Work, Experience, and Skills. More info and to register.