Post IV. Wix

As you may know, this semester is my last, and similarly to all ISLT program’s graduates, I was required to submit a portfolio to my adviser. I am writing in the past tense because the due date for portfolio submission was July 1^st, so I have already done that. A quick note for those of you who haven’t read the portfolio guidelines yet: It should be a collection of your best works demonstrating that you possess the ISLT competencies needed for being a professional.

My main problem with planning the arrangement of the portfolio was how to organize all those long documents in one structure so that it was not just a 300-pages stack of paper. In addition, the projects that I’ve developed with other students had various designs that were not compatible with each other. Thus, to address those problems, I decided to create an online portfolio.

I found an incredible website constructor that is called Wix. You may see its promo video on Facebook recently, and the tool is really as great as the video advertises.

The main argument for using Wix for my purposes was that no coding was involved. During my bachelor’s studies, I gained some experience in writing computer programs, but I wanted to avoid any coding since my knowledge in this area became outdated. Plus, it was way faster to develop a website by “drag-and-drop” tools that Wix provides. The constructor contains enough variants on website’s adjustment for your particular needs, so I would say there is an obvious contrast between Wix and tools like Blogger. The latter offers only several templates to choose from; I think it is boring.

If interested, you can check out my portfolio here. I would like to emphasize that it took me only 2 days to develop that portfolio via Wix (not including the time I spent on writing the text part).