Today we did our portfolio website presentations I got a good response to mine and it was good to be able to see the work of some of the other people in my group, about half of them came in to do the presentation so it will be great when I get to see the rest of them.
Things that I learnt from doing these presentations and creating the website are that it is good to have a clear introduction and clear sections that lead into each area of the site. I categorized mine so that I has a section for art, graphics and development work. It was hard to tell if other peoples were easy to follow as they presented theres as a PowerPoint.
It was also suggested that we showcase our best work and not to dilute it with work that isn't as good.
Another key thing is to make sure you are prepared before showing the work, in my case I knew what computer I had to show my work on and from doing a previous presentation I knew that my external hard drive wouldn't work on it so I put my website on a small usb stick and tried it on other computers, but when it came to presenting the computer couldn't find all the webpages and the screen seemed to be zoomed in so looked horrible. I eventually used a laptop to show my website but one thing that I've learnt is to always be prepared even if it means having to bring in your own laptop as a backup way of showing the presentation, and to test it on both mac and PC.
Lastly to reduce image size, preferably to have them as jpegs but some of my images required a certain appearance that I got from using png which wouldn't be ideal for online as the files are much larger and could slow down the loading of the page, this isn't good for showcasing your work as people don't like to wait and if your work isn't loading there will be someone else's online that is so you could ,miss opportunities.
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