Faculty Portfolios - Formats
While some portfolios are still collected in paper, most new
portfolios are moving to an electronic format.
PDF Portfolios
About
Adobe PDF portfolios...
- are the easiest to create
- are one long document, which can be posted online, e-mailed, or printed
- are the easiest for
reviewers to print (important because most people prefer to read from
paper rather than from a monitor)
- allow you to add images, graphs, and links to abstracts, web sites, etc.
- Sample PDF Inquiry Portfolio
What you'll need
- A reasonably current version of Adobe Acrobat Standard or Professional
(the free Acrobat Reader won't work). This is available in all U-M computer
labs, if it is not on your computer already.
- MFile
space (free to all U-M students and employees)
How to make one
- Carefully select artifacts (CV, presentations, students work, etc.) to
include.
- Create a Microsoft Word document with all your information. For preference,
use
Styles to create headings and subheadings.
- Turn this Word
document into a PDF document. All your headings will automatically be turned
into bookmarks, but you'll want to double-check them.
- If you have PowerPoint or Excel artifacts you'd like to include, also turn
those into PDFs, then insert them into your main document. (Document menu
--> Pages --> Insert)
- To be sure your bookmarks show, choose File Menu --> Document Properties
--> Initial View and next to "show" choose "Bookmarks panel and page".
- Save.
- Upload
to your MFile space.
- To update, make changes to your Word document, re-create your PDF, and
re-upload.
HTML (Web) Portfolios
About
Web sites are flexible, graphics-intense, and very familiar for
reviewers to navigate. Keep in mind, however:
- Most users expect a very high level of graphic design on web sites. Amateurish
visual design can leave a negative impression, even though it has little
to do with your skills as a nursing educator.
- This option can take a very long time to create a satisfactory result.
- Not recommended unless you have some web design skills or plan on using
web design skills extensively in the future.
What you'll need
- A reasonably current version of Dreamweaver. This is available in all
U-M computer labs, if it is not on your computer already.
- MFile
space (free to all U-M students and employees)
How to make one
This is a very extensive topic. Some of your options for learning how to make
web pages are:
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