CIS 279 - Digital Portfolio Description This course will focus on building a comprehensive portfolio to be used to present examples of work to transfer institutions or potential employers. Topics include creating a vision to display work, how to create a professional portfolio in paper and digital format, and how to market work in a professional way. Credit Hours: 3 Contact Hours: 3 School: School of STEM Department: Computer Information Systems Discipline: CIS Major Course Revisions: N/A Last Revision Date Effective: 20230221T09:30:17 Course Review & Revision Year: 2027-2028 Course Type: Program Requirement- Offering designed to meet the learning needs of students in a specific GRCC program. Course Format: Lecture - 1:1
General Education Requirement: None General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO): NA Course Learning Outcomes:
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Analyze technologies, software and platforms available for digital portfolio creation/development.
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Identify components required in a digital portfolio.
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Create and present a digital portfolio.
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Effectively organize communications ensuring there is a clear introduction and conclusion, the content is well sequenced, and there are appropriate transitions.
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Make effective presentation, formatting, and stylistic choices when developing a communication.
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Understand the role of context, audience, and purpose when developing a communication.
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Identify quality sources for data and information pertinent to a problem or issue being examined.
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Create and/or organize data and information into meaningful patterns in order to interpret and draw inferences from it.
Approved for Online Delivery?: Yes Course Outline: I. Getting started (stand out portfolios, getting the work you want)
II. Portfolio strategy (the breakthrough portfolio strategy, the do’s and don’ts of development)
III. Creating vision (defining vision and creating a vision statement)
IV. Creating attributes (exploring branding, defining your attributes, and brand attributes)
V. The Professional Portfolio (selecting professional looking portfolios)
VI,. Making the Portfolio (tools needed, presentation scenarios, creating pages)
VII. Marketing (networking and marketing, how to present a portfolio, marketing yourself)
VIII. The Career Path (understanding potential employers, possible career paths)
IX.. The Digital Portfolio (online and digital portfolio development)
X. Focusing on Fields of Employment (newspapers, books and magazine publishers, graphic design studios, prepress departments, government agencies, in-house design studios)
XI. Outside the Portfolio (resume development, letter-writing, and self-promotion) Mandatory CLO Competency Assessment Measures: None Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None Instructional Strategies: Lecture / demonstration: 30-35%Independent student work: 55-60% Facilitated discussion /critiques: 10%
Mandatory Course Components: None Academic Program Prerequisite: None Prerequisites/Other Requirements: C or Higher in the following courses CIS 120 and CIS 148 and CIS 149 English Prerequisite(s): None Math Prerequisite(s): None Course Corerequisite(s): None Course-Specific Placement Test: None Course Aligned with IRW: N/A Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3 Faculty Credential Requirements: Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below) Faculty Credential Requirement Details: NA Maximum Course Enrollment: 24 Equivalent Courses: None Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: Programs Where This Courses is a Requirement: Graphics/Web Development, A.A.A.S. People Soft Course ID Number: 103905 Course CIP Code: 11.9999 High School Articulation Agreements exist?: None
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