W9 Digital Portfolio Adobe InDesign Videos Blog Posting

For each video, what was discussed that you think will be the most helpful in creating your Digital Portfolio:

Video 1.)

How to create a new colour swatch and mix your own CYMK values, as well as how to later go in and edit these values.

Video 2.)

How to use Adobe Bridge and filter and sort images, which I believe that information is easily transferred over to Adobe Lightroom as far as filtering and sorting goes.

Video 3.)

How to create page transitions, and the important difference in an interactive PDF and a regular PDF.

What challenges did you encounter while creating your portfolio and how did you over come them?

My main challenge with this assignment was getting to sections, such as the Artist Statement, or the Teaching Philosophy, and getting stuck because I wasn't sure what to say for those sections, and to overcome that I decided to just make everything a place holder and focus all my attention to layout and aesthetics while in class- because that was when I had access to the programs and Jamie's help. And I worked on the Artist Statement and the Teaching Philosophy outside of class because I didn't need to be in the computer lab to work on those.

What do you think of your finished portfolio?

I am very proud of my portfolio and I am excited to someday present it to a perspective district, as well as hopefully try to teach students lessons that impliment the skills I've learned from this poject.

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