English 351 Portfolios
Your last project is to construct an online portfolio to display your various projects. Your portfolio should contextualize your work so that someone who visits your site from outside of class can understand what is going on. You submit your final work for the class by emailing me (or posting on our community site) the url of your portfolio. Peer groups do not have to review portfolios.

Generally speaking the best portfolios are simple and attractive, and include a brief paragraph about each project. They often have one strong design element or echo a strong design element from each project.

As part of your portfolio, you will write a final, summative reflective essay about your 351 projects. Think of the essay as an end of class reflection. Reflect on what you learned, how you changed, and where you go from here. You may link this essay to the portfolio, email it to me or turn it in separately on paper, whichever you prefer.

Want to browse old portfolios? Use the drop down menu copied from our class home page. Most of the links go to portfolio pages, though some older links may point to individual projects. You can also browse a list of portfolios from last semester's class: http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351/spring2003/portfolio.html

351 Student Portfolios Jake Achey Susan Antlitz Sarah Gentry Aubry David Barnish Kymber Berson Catherine Brown Gerald Browning Cathy Buckingham Holli Bundy Julie Cahil Carolyn Chernich Cari Coleman Jennifer Cooper Cindy Costa Stephen Dare Nicole DiRosa Courtney Dolinar Edward Domain Nick Eagan Brittany Erickson Andre Essaoulov Jiang-ping Fan Julie Fraser Heather Freese Sarah Gelberg Josh Gulic Mark Gustafson Matt Hall David Hammotree Penny Hankins Casssie Hart Tinisa Huff Krista Hutley Marcia Hylton Zoey Jackson Colleen James Kate James Benn Joseph Sam Kallison Michele Kamins Amanda Karvelaitis Meghan Keyes Ryan Klos Frank Knowles Kristen Koca Scott Koca Eric Kocsis Larry Koss Marci LaFountain Sue Larkin Lori Levine Jing Liu Julie Louis Kim Lynch Jennifer Manley Angela McAllister Kathy McFeeters Tricia Messinger Mike Miller Tim Mills Pete Moore Mary Mueller Kurt Mulderink Bill Mulvihill Melissa Miller Petros Panaou Katie Pater David Patti Rick Pelanek Kristi Phillips Becky Pirnat Kendra Pohl Richard Poplett Amy Pott Prisms/Mirrors Kris Pugliese Sam Racine Mike Riley Tracy Rosenberger Jamie Runyan Mike Ryan Lisa Savage Stephanie Schweitzer Matt Shachter Kris Sheridan Jennifer Sjostrand Holly Smith Jane Smith Sarah Stride Sarah Stuckey Tamika Tatum Bill Thake Tracy Tiritilli LaToya Trask Ryan Travaille Louis Triliki Julie Turek Jenna Van Dyne Jessica Vetters Kristina Voightmann Laura Weidenbach Maggie Werner Andy Whitacre Brent Willems Justine Wogsland John Woolsey Winter Wren

In addition, here are some portfolios with comments. http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351students/tltirit/portfolio/portfoliopage.htm by Tracy Tiritilli. The text is minimal in this portfolio but notice how she picks one key design element from each site to echo on her portfolio page. Very effective use of repetition. This strategy works best when you have sites with strong visuals that you can echo in the portfolio. http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351students/tdrosen/portfolio/index.htm by Tracy Roseberger. Compare the two Tracys. This one is weaker visually but stronger textual. Hopefully you can do both. http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351students/jrrunya/portfolio.html by Jamie Runyan. This portfolio shows off an alternative strategy, a single strong design element. Notice the animated gif. People often use their portfolio to show off their most recently learned technical trick. http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351students/cmbrown4/portfolio/catherinebrown.html A very nice portfolio by Catherine Brown, simplier than others but with better text and a very nice modular layout. http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351students/baerick/portfolio/portfolio.htm by Brittany Erickson. A good portfolio is both attractive and contextualizes the projects for a readers who are not familiar with the class. The informal chatty tone works for her. http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351students/jmlouis/final/portfolio.htm by Julie Louis. Don't use class jargon. You will leave visitors from outside the class wondering what is going on. http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351students/jmcahil/portfolio/index.htm by Julie Cahil. Julie is a very talented web designer now working for State Farm. Her class websites reflect her skill and talent, but her portfolio does not. If are you interested in a job working on the web, your online portfolio is the first and most important impression that you will make. http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351students/jmfrase/portfolio/portfolioindex.html by Julie Fraser. Simple, attractive, well contextualized. A strong graduate student portfolio. http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351students/hebundy/portfolio/portfolio.htm The Holli Buny story. You can use humor in a porfolio. http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351students/kbberso/portfolio/ by Kymber Berson. Another attractive well-contextualized graduate student portfolio. But please use cool archive instead of 3Dtextmaker. jpeg graphic headers rock. http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351students/dmbarni/portfolio.htm Who is this person? Don't forget your name. Be sure to check for page titles. Black and blue in a portfolio page are a brutal combination. http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351students/ajkarve/portfolio/ I am not a big fan of frames, but Amanda uses them here very effectively. http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351students/seantli/portfolio/ by Susan Antlitz. The interesting feature about this portfolio is that the comments about the site are giant links titles. Point the mouse at a link to learn more. http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351students/bspirna/portfolio/mystuff.htm by Becky Pirnat. A strong graphic header can really jazz up a portfolio. http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351students/cejames/ by Colleen James. A dazzling page of CSS, but probably not enough context to be an effective portfolio. http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351students/plmoore/introduction.html by Pete Moore, owner of bloomingtonnormal.com. Interesting combination of personal and professional elements.