Congratulations you are starting your ePortfolio! Your ePortfolio will be a unique presentation of your educational career at LaGuardia as you build your website over the next few semesters. The ePortfolio is a unique tool that will allow you to merge your personal and professional goals, putting your education into a larger context.

The first step in building an ePortfolio is to explore how other students have created their ePortfolios. Once you get a sense of what an ePortfolio can look like, and the kind of information they usually provide, you are ready to begin.

A good next step is collecting materials from your classes. You will want to create a virtual archive (an online filecabinet) of materials that you can later select as samples of your cousework in your ePortfolio.

Next, you will want to think about your educational past, present and future. You will want to reflect on the meaningfullness of the work that you have selected to display.

 How can you use class projects such as papers and presentations to show what you are learning?

 Do you want to use images? Sound? Video? Explore and experiment how you want to represent yourself, your work, and your experience as you create your ePortfolio.

Remember, in addition to your professor(s), the ePortfolio team in E-312 will help you along the way.

Building an ePortfolio takes time; you may even create several ePortfolios, each with more sophisticated classwork and digital design, as you connect your studies at LaGuardia with your career goals, and personal experience.