E-portfolio

 Definition

An academic ePortfolio is a digital collection created by a student of their course-related work, like essays, posters, photographs, videos, and artwork; academic ePortfolios can also capture other aspects of a student’s life, such as volunteer experiences, employment history, extracurricular activities, and more. 

The advantages of e-portfolio

1. Working purposes

Usually, people make e-portfolio for career purposes as in the resume they need to give to the employer during the interview session. 

      2. Attraction 

e-portfolio does make one's resume look attractive and interesting which helps in term of finding suitable and stable job. 

      3. Efforts

It also likely to show efforts of one person in finding a job because it takes time and creativity to produce a good e-portfolio.

Shortcomings of e-portfolio

• Photos

You need to have a suitable choice of photos unless the company you are targeting will not take you seriously and the possibility to get the job you desire is low. 

• Content

The content in e-portfolio must be organized and comprehensive in order to have a good e-portfolio. The writing should be clear and unambiguous. The style of writing must be academic like and formality must be present. Sometimes the content is disorganized based on the template that you choose. 

• Template

Most of the time the template needs to be pay in order to apply it in the e-portfolio. A beautiful and attractive template usually costs higher than the normal one. This is where the problem arises as sometime students for example cannot afford these templates.