Following up on a previous post, “Adding your LinkedIn™ profile to your ePortfolio” LinkedIn has now made it very easy to add your public profile badge to a blog, online resume/e-portfolio or a website. Promote yourself by selecting one of their LinkedIn™ image buttons. It is very simple, check out Create a public profile badge.
How do I size my picture so that I can use it as a header on all my pages? Can I crop just part of the image I want to use in my site? Many students are unfamiliar with free image-editing software that would allow them to create banners, logos or header images, and make… Continue reading
Students who are investing time in preparing a presentation-style career ePortfolio are wondering, “Are employers really going to look at my ePortfolio?” From what I have read and seen, this seems to vary from discipline to discipline. There is a real need for more data in this area. I thought I would share the findings… Continue reading
A recent post on the EmergingEdTech site, “Are ePortfolios Still Relevant for Today’s Students?” stated that “ePortfolios Never Went Away—They Just Became Standard Practice.” Included in this post are suggestions for content that should be included in an academic portfolio as well as a career portfolio. Also, the post makes several suggestions for how to… Continue reading
If you have created a public profile on the LinkedIn™ Web site, you might want to consider linking to it from within your ePortfolio. There are four basic steps: Either create your own image or use the LinkedIn™ logo in your site. Upload the image where you want it to appear in your site. Go to… Continue reading
