Concepts of a professional persona, building a portfolio site in WordPress, initiating your professional network.
You understand what a professional persona is, why it is important, and what you need to do to create an effective one.
You have designed and implemented a website providing a portfolio of your professional accomplishments and writings.
You demonstrate the ability to write professional-quality technical essays or to have significantly improved your skill at this task since your last essay.
You have demonstrated the capability to join two professional networks (LinkedIn, TechHui) and set up appropriate profiles.
Concepts of a professional persona: email, portfolio site, projects, technical writing, networking
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Guided tour of configuring a WordPress site for use as a professional portfolio
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Guidelines for creating a usable and effective professional portfolio
“The single most important skill I learned in university while getting a degree in Computer Science was how to write better. Everything important you do in your professional life is about communication.”
“Researchers have shown it takes about ten years to develop expertise in any of a wide variety of areas, including chess playing, music composition, telegraph operation, painting, piano playing, swimming, tennis, and research in neuropsychology and topology.”
Analyze an open source software project to see if it conforms to the three prime directives
Outcomes assessed: Understand the concepts of a professional persona, Create a professional portfolio
This assessment verified that students implemented a professional portfolio that satisfied the guidelines in the Professional Portfolio Style Guide.
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Outcomes assessed: Develop professional networks, Create high quality technical writing
This assessment verified that students learned how to join the TechHui and LinkedIn professional networks and set up appropriate profiles.
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