1. Agenda – Week 10, Day 1 Where we’ve been Professional portfolio assignment guidelines Examples and building blocks Personas Today Conceptual Designs Portfolio text Thursday Course evaluations Formative evaluation (involves homework) Presentation from Carrie Groff

2. Thinking about strategies… From the article “Developing a web-based portfolio”: Include explanatory text Provide linked documents in format easily viewed with common software applications (and PDFs) Use easy to follow navigation Group like samples together Create separate documents for each sample Use links from web pages to sample documents, open linked sample documents in new browser window

3. Revisiting the Homework Each team member should come to class with a set of sketches showing one potential design concept (i.e., a conceptual design). At minimum, you sketches should include (a) a main page and (b) a portfolio element page. Conceptual Designs: Step 0/3

4. Developing Promising Design Work as a team to identify a single promising design concept, using the sketches from each team member as alternatives/inspiration. Conceptual Designs – Step 1/3

5. Share Designs Form three person ad-hoc groups. Each member of the ad-hoc group should explain their design to other group members and get feedback from the group members. Students should not be in a group with their teammates. Conceptual Designs – Step 2/3

6. Implications for Designs Based on feedback in your groups, What are some strategies everyone might want to use (e.g., don’t forget to x, try to avoid x, …)? What are some challenges you may face in developing the portfolio? Conceptual Designs – Step 3/3

7. Questions about Text What functions does the text in the professional portfolio provide? What properties does this text need to have? Portfolio Text: 1/3

8. Prepare Text (in teams) For one element of your web professional portfolio (e.g., the page layout/Indesign element), prepare a draft of the text that would accompany this element. Post your text to the course E-post. Portfolio Text: 2/3

9. Design Implications for Text Based on your review of the drafts, What are important elements of the text? What properties does the text need to have? Portfolio Text: 3/3

10. Homework – Thurs, Team As a team, prepare a 2-3 page working prototype of your professional portfolio. Pages: The prototype should include the main portfolio page as well as 1-2 element pages. Dimensions: The prototype should include navigation, graphic design, and text.