Portfolio
Preview - Bachelor of Fine Arts
Web Design and Interactive Media 2008
Introduction
This document should help you to get ready for the Portfolio Preview
without feeling overly stressed.
What is the Portfolio?
Your portfolio is a showcase of your work.
It demonstrates:
- Who you are
- What you aspire to be
- What you offer to a potential employer
- What evidence you have to present to support the above
In addition to your experiences, skills and knowledge the portfolio is the
most critical tool for your professional career.
Why Portfolio Preview?
Considering how important the portfolio is to your professional career, it
is important that you graduate with the best portfolio possible.
Since the knowledge and skills you develop in your classes are
progressive, you would invariably want to go back to your earlier
projects and bring them up to speed by adding, modifying and
sometimes completely changing them.
The Preview is your opportunity to present your projects and go through
an interview process that establishes a high likelihood of success in
developing an impressive portfolio.
When is the Preview?
The Preview is scheduled in the fourth to sixth week of each quarter. A
committee of faculty members will conduct the Preview interview. Approval of the faculty committee is a prerequisite for the Portfolio class.
You can sign up for the preview by contacting the department’s administrative assistant in room 217 in the second week of the quarter.
What Does the Committee Look For?
The committee is going to look for the following:
- Professional presentation
- Punctuality
- Error-free projects
- Ability to respond to questions about the projects and the industry (research, design, technology)
- Quality of projects
- Correlation between the projects and your career goal
Where Can I Get Help?
Faculty advisor. Be sure to identify an advisor early on. After that, meet withyour advisor at least once a quarter to show your work and get feedback. It will be to your advantage to start working on your portfolio and senior project as early as possible. As you start putting together your portfolio, get feedback from your faculty advisor and also from other faculty and students.
Can You Give Me a Checklist?
Here it is:
- Sign up for the Preview
- Prepare the proposal and review it with your faculty advisor.
- Meet with the faculty advisor and other faculty members to
get feedback. - Complete all the presentation materials at least a
day before the Preview. - Be there on time.
- Dress professionally.
- Backup all projects on a CD-ROM.
- Prepare and package the following. These are the requirements for the Preview and if you don’t have any one of them completed to the required level of quality, you may not get the approval
of the committee.- Resume
- Business card
- Statement of career goal
- One job posting relevant to your career goal
- A jump page with access to the following: Projects 1 to 5 can
be delivered via a website, a CD-ROM or a DVD. - Each project should have at least six pages or screens
- Project 1. Interactive media project.
- Functioning interactive project (websites must be online)
- Site map and /or navigation flowchart (printed)
- Design concept note (printed)
- Project 2. Interactive media project.
- Functioning interactive project (websites must be online)
- Site map and /or navigation flowchart (printed)
- Design concept note (printed)
- Project 3. Interactive media project.
- Functioning interactive project (websites must be online)
- Site map and /or navigation flowchart (printed)
- Design concept note (printed)
- Project 4. Interactive media project.
- Functioning interactive project (websites must be online)
- Site map and /or navigation flowchart (printed)
- Design concept note (printed)
- Project 5. Interactive project.
- Requirements analysis (printed)
- Site map and /or navigation flowchart (printed)
- Design concept note (printed)
- Comps (printed)
- Technical feasibility document (printed)
- Production planning document (printed)
- Usability evaluation (printed)
- Quality assurance check list (printed)
- Functioning interactive project (websites must be online)
- Project 6. Illustrations, animation clips, comps, code library, etc.,
(printed and/or online)- Concept for the portfolio shell
- Site map (printed)
- Comps (printed and online)
Please contact Dr. Ameeta Jadav with any questions: ajadav@edmc.edu