Reflection

Over the fall 2016 semester, I created an online portfolio for myself at the following address: libraryowl.com.  In planning out the site, I researched elements that should be included in a portfolio, including referring to the graduation requirements for the Master of Library and Information Science program.  I decided that I wanted to create the following sections: about me, education, employment, and a contact me page.  I undertook the laborious process of saving all of my assignments from previous class, schools, and degrees into a pdf format.  I then uploaded these pages and included them in an area I assigned for the documents.

I created a consistent look for my website, including a drop-down menu with topics, including home, about me, education, employment, and a contact me page.  Each topic has many sub-links and pages associated with it that can be accessed in the drop-down menu.  Every page utilizes the same color scheme and design, including a banner.  The page can been accessed on any web browser and looks good on a cell phone as well.  I utilized one image on the main page as part of my website banner and included a modified banner (without my picture) on every other website page.  At the present time, I did not see a need to add additional images.  However, I uploaded powerpoints to slideshare.net, which include materials that I use in the history classes that I teach.  These powerpoints are embedded as part of my teaching resources.  I did not utilize search engine optimization because I do not want people to randomly find my portfolio on the web; I want to make it accessible for employers to find it by using a web address but not for random searchers.  Under my contact me page, there is an external link for my email address and for a twitter account that I created for the website.  There is a copyright mark that is included on every page and the website works and functions properly.