Unit 3 - A Digital Portfolio Assignment 1 Design a Portfolio Unit 3 - A Digital Portfolio

A Digital Portfolio your chance to show off! showcase your achievements (to potential employers) your projects use of communication and presentation skills your capabilities and potential a shop window

Your portfolio a series of web pages with links to content that you have created Unit 13 Unit 17 multimedia assets images, sound and video Unit 19 – all about you? Unit 14 - video Uploaded to hosting.computing.hct.ac.uk to be viewed by anyone with a browser

Scenario You are applying for a job with an IT company. As part of the application process, the company wants to see examples of the products you have made and the projects you have completed. Design a digital portfolio to go alongside your application, which includes at least two products or projects you have worked on. The content of your portfolio should show a range of your IT skills and experience, and be related to the work of the IT company you are applying to.

P1 Audience and purpose Why are you creating this portfolio? Who do you want to impress? What do you want them to do as a result of seeing this portfolio? Clue: scenario!

Task 1 In your portfolio, specify audience and purpose. This portfolio is an important part of your application. You, therefore, want the opinion of a trusted colleague or even professional careers advisor on its suitability. Write an e-mail to the person who is going to proof-read your portfolio to explain who you are creating the portfolio for and your reasons for doing so.

Task 2 The design timeline, structure chart, storyboards details of assets required

timeline Gantt chart Create a timeline to show the key dates for creation of your portfolio, for example the date by which the design must be complete, dates when assets will be ready, date when the final portfolio will be proof-read and date when it must be submitted for your application.

Other design elements individual storyboards structure chart layout and content. structure chart a table listing all the different assets that may be used, name of the asset, what it is (eg video, image, text entry, audio etc) where it will be used. This should be a comprehensive list of all possible assets and may include some that are later discarded.

Task 3 (M1) Add detail & options alternative designs, (not detailed) Add detail to your storyboards dimensions, background colours (images and designs), font colours, font type, font size, all assets any interactivities.

Assets detail Add detail to your assets required for your chosen design. where assets are sourced from, who the copyright belongs to, when they will be available where they are stored in your file system.

Task 4 (D1) Justify Justify: the choice of assets the design of the portfolio a second e-mail Explain why you have selected some assets and discarded others. justify your final choice of design refer to the purpose of the portfolio and the intended audience