Artefact 4 Evaluation

Evaluation of the One Page Templates

I tried to build a picture as to what the future of online portfolios and online presences might be. My understanding is that employers want to see all the various online presences a person has in order to get a full picture of how the person works and how competent they are at what they do. Therefore I think a future trend might me that practitioners create a one page portfolio website, like a profile, that brings in elements from whatever online presences they feel is necessary. To demonstrate my idea I created two examples of these one page portfolios into which I included examples of my work, a feed from my blog and a feed from my Twitter account. I then held two focus groups with my peers to get their thoughts on my idea of the future of portfolio websites.

Both groups agreed that this was a really good idea because the websites were both simplistic and they liked how everything was pulled into one place which they saw as being much better for the employer who can easily see their work or blog posts and quickly get a good sense of the person they are and the skills they have.

They discussed how the style and functions of a portfolio website (which I described as being like a profile page portfolio website) would benefit them as practitioners because people can view all of their information easily. This style of portfolio allows the designer to include whichever information they see fit, Filmmakers also discussed how they find it important to include who they have worked with in the past to better depict their work experience. They said that this dynamic style of portfolio will easily enable them to do that.