Hello, I'm Joshua Engel Welcome to my e-Portfolio

In order to create this e-Portfolio, I needed to employ several processes both before the start of the project and during its development. When I first started the informatics program at SJSU, I wanted to be proactive with the organization of my work to allow for both easy findability and to avoid possible rework due to lost assignments. As for my organization scheme, I kept and maintained detailed folders on my computer, dedicated to each class I took. In each one of these class folders, I created a schema of subfolders based on assignment type (i.e. class discussions, papers, lab work, etc.) or information about the class (i.e. handouts, instructions, etc.). Because all of my work files were saved under specific folders on my machine, I needed to pay special attention on creating and maintaining backups to avoid losing my work in the event of a disaster or technological failure. Taking some best practices from classes like information assurance, I created and maintained both local and cloud backups to avoid any single point of failure.

 

When I began working on the e-Portfolio, I didn’t find it overwhelming to start an inventory of my work in the program since I already organized everything before starting this project. My first objective that I tackled at the start of the e-Portfolio was the mapping phase. In the mapping phase, I laid out all of the core competencies, Competencies A-F, and brainstormed on what I thought each one meant to me. After brainstorming, I was able to inventory all my work from my past courses and sort through my favorite assignments based on what competency they fell under. To help simplify finding the sorted assignments later on, I wrote the name of the assignment by each competency and included a direct link that could help me navigate straight to each assignment file.

 

After completing the mapping phase, I was prepared to start working on the competency statements. One of my goals with the e-Portfolio project was to apply some of the lessons I learned in my project management course by working methodically and realistically: I set personal milestones on when I expected to complete project deliverables and created an estimated timeline of completion. My overall milestone plan and project timeline consisted of the goal to complete one project deliverable every week, while concurrently working on my website that is shown here. The first deliverables that I completed, in the first six weeks of the project, were the competency papers (Competencies A-F). During the development of the competency papers, I referred to my assignment mapping and brainstorm resource to find pieces of evidence that fulfilled each competency. Following the completion of the competency papers, I completed the introduction component in the seventh week. In the eighth week of the project, I completed the final deliverable which were the conclusion and affirmation sections.