Goal

The goal of this assign­ment is to review each indi­vid­ual student’s port­fo­lio prior to begin­ning the pro­fes­sional employ­ment process.

Objective

The objec­tive of this assign­ment is to review each stu­den­t’s work com­pleted prior to the assign­ment dead­line. This assign­ment cor­re­lates with the WPA-AGRD-Pro­fes­sional Port­fo­lio Assessment. 

Background Reading

• Foote, Chap­ter 5, p 95–114. Appen­dix IV, p 391–406.
• http://​www​.howde​sign​.com/​d​e​s​i​g​n​-​c​a​r​e​e​r​/​r​e​s​u​m​e​-​p​o​r​t​f​o​l​i​o​/​p​r​e​s​e​n​t​-​y​o​u​r​-​p​o​r​t​f​o​l​io/
• http://​www​.aiga​.org/​p​o​r​t​f​o​l​i​o​-​p​r​e​s​e​n​t​i​ng/
• http://​www​.aiga​.org/​g​u​i​d​e​-​f​i​n​d​f​i​r​s​t​j​ob/
• http://www.aiga.org/a‑guide-to-internships/
• http://​cpm​.aiga​.org/​c​o​n​t​e​n​t​.​c​f​m​/​b​e​-​s​m​a​r​t​-​a​b​o​u​t​-​s​t​u​d​e​n​t​-​i​n​t​e​r​n​s​h​ips
• http://​www​.aiga​.org/​a​f​t​e​r​-​s​c​h​o​o​l​-​s​p​e​c​i​al/
• http://​www​.nev​er​sleep​book​.com/​e​s​s​a​y​s​.​php
• http://​www​.core77​.com/​d​e​s​i​g​n​.​e​d​u​/​j​o​b​_​s​t​a​r​t​.​asp
• http://​www​.pos​i​tive​space​blog​.com/​a​r​c​h​i​v​e​s​/​1​5​-​t​i​p​s​-​f​o​r​-​g​r​e​a​t​-​d​e​s​i​g​n​-​i​n​t​e​r​n​s​h​i​ps/
• http://​www​.pos​i​tive​space​blog​.com/​c​r​e​a​t​i​v​e​-​i​n​t​e​r​n​s​h​i​ps/
• http://​feeds​.feed​burner​.com/​d​e​s​i​g​n​-​j​o​b​-​i​n​t​e​r​n​s​h​ips
• http://​www​.the​-50​.org/

Assignment

Stu­dents will col­lect project sam­ples for projects com­pleted dur­ing the course of instruc­tion. Gen­er­ally from ART 218 Graphic Design I onward. Present free­lance and intern­ship projects as well.

Part One

Col­lect all projects com­pleted dur­ing your design courses, intern­ships, employ­ment or free­lance activ­i­ties. Dig­i­tal ver­sions (PDF or JPG) are accept­able for the first review. Assem­ble the files into one of three cat­e­gories based on qual­ity: def­i­nitely include, needs work, not sure.

Part Two

Review the assem­bled work with the course instruc­tor. Take care­ful note of the com­ments and cor­rec­tions. Make plans to imple­ment the cor­rec­tions. Deliver notes in PDF or DOCX for­mat to appro­pri­ate D2L Dropbox.

Part Three

Imple­ment the projects into your cur­rent port­fo­lio setup. Add new works to web­site and to printed mate­ri­als. Upload appro­pri­ate PDF and links to D2L.

Assessment

• The fol­low­ing rubric posted on D2L will deter­mine assign­ment score: Assign­ment 05.04: Pro­fes­sional Port­fo­lio Assessment
• The fol­low­ing rubric posted on D2L will deter­mine Whole Per­son Assess­ment (WPA) scores: WPA-AGRD-Pro­fes­sional Port­fo­lio Assessment

Techniques

Print, Pho­tog­ra­phy, web design,

Supplies

As needed to com­plete project, paper print­ing, server space, web site