Portfolio process (Wk 14)

This week marks the start of SWOTVAC and a busy time in my university life, with many exams and deadlines rapidly approaching. Keeping this in mind I have tried my best to stay on top of the portfolio assessment and keep to the deadlines I laid out for myself in my portfolio design process blog post from week 11.

 Content wise I have achieved what I set out to do - I have written or compiled the necessary texts for each section of the site from my blog entries over the semester and have a folder with relevant images and screenshots to support this. I also decided to limit my personal section of the site to reflect just one hobby that displays some of my creativity and skills in the form of my video editing. I took the time to compile the videos on YouTube and investigated some CSS design layouts to display an array of media.

 Included below is a graphic prototype of a makeshift logo I plan on using to add more style to the website:

Overall, I think that I am making suitable progress towards completely my portfolio by the due date at the end of next week. Personally I am quite pleased with how the content has come together and how I have managed to keep on top of the work through SWOTVAC. I still have the majority of coding left to do but I believe that getting the other content compiled early will prove a massive help in completing this assessment item. I know I will definitely appreciate having done all this work already come the due date and I am positive that I will be able to meet many of the criterion marked out.

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