For my final project in EDIT 4300 I developed an ePortfolio to showcase my semester's work. I added a section for my EDIT 4510 class as well. I also included place holders for my EDIT 5600 course and my EDFN 5000 course, just incase I need to add work from those classes in the future. Even though it was a lot of work, its amazing to see all the projects we worked on throughout the course of the Spring semester. We did a lot.
I am extremely comfortable hand coding and designing traditional websites, but this project was challenging because instead of using code such as HTML/CSS I used a WYSIWYG tool, Google Sites and I had to get used to the workflow. It was also challenging integrating assignments that were text-based vs. being visual based like a piece of digital art. Then creating the navigational hierarchy took some thinking because there are a lot links to the class section, and could get cluttered if not done with careful
consideration.
By the end, I managed to get the project working in a way that I had envisioned, but I could have alleviated some of my stress if I took a traditional approach from the beginning by creating a sitemap before I started building the project in Google Sites. But that might be the great thing about Google Sites, you can just dig in and start creating a website rather quickly, no previous experience needed. All the tools to get you started are right there on the screen, and you can use one of the templates provided to make the process go even faster.
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