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 1st, 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I wanted to avoid any coding since my knowledge in this area became outdated.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.
