Making an Online Folio
Making an online folio is really easy, and has lots of advantages over a paper folio, you don't have to do battle with a printer, your dog can't eat it, and you can email your teacher the link. If your looking for a job and you do a great job of your folio you can put the link on your resume or Curriculum Vitae.
Smart employers are looking for what you can do, and a folio is a great way to show this off.
Have a look at the link to get some idea of the finished folio
Your Title Page
To make a start open either Word or Google docs and make a title page, easy enough it should have three things.
- Your Name
- Your subject
- A photo or drawing that is relevant to the subject
- Do not use PowerPoint or slide show presentations
Index or Contents Page
Your contents page should reflect the contents of your folio and the year level that you are in. At year seven your folio may only have a couple of projects listed, at year 12 or if your looking for a job you contents may have contact detail, copyright and disclaimer statement.
You just keep adding pages do not make new documents for each page
Documenting Your Work
In year seven you will be asked just to document your work, so you just need to screenshot your drawings and take photos of your finished project, make sure you have a 2D, 3D and a photo album or rendered drawing.
Also, take some photos and label everything which could be a simple as "this is my key tag in 2D"
The New Skills You Learnt
In year 7 you will need to write an evaluation which means you have to document what you learnt. You need to think about.
- new skills you have learnt
- mistakes you made
- how you fixed your mistakes
- how you can make your project better
- what was easy
- what was difficult.
Because the web page shrinks things a little use a bigger font that you would normally use, around size 14 or it will be difficult to read.
Safety Certificates
In year 8 and above you will be asked to do an online safety course, and when complete you will have a number of certificates. Screenshot each certificate and paste one on each page, The writing on parts of the certificate is very small and impossible to read if you put more than one on a page.
Research
In year 8 and above you may be asked to research your project, You may be given an assignment or it may be self-directed and you have to research your project on your own. Document your research with lots of photos and notes, and keep the font size at around 14.
In years 11 and 12 you maybe asked to provide different options and justify the option that you choose.
Keep Track of What You Have Done
Always take lots of photos of your progress, and write a few lines about what you are doing, If you are in VCE this is a large part of your marks, and if your looking for a job this will impress the interviewer. It will also impress your teacher and make your evaluation task easier.
Making a PDF
The first step to making our folio "online" or a web page is to turn our document into a PDF
- On MS Word go to file/ save as/ then in file format choose PDF
- On Google docs go to file /download/PDF it will appear in your downloads folder.
- On an Ipad Tap the three dots in the top-right corner of the screen/ Select Share and export/ Choose Send a copy, then make sure PDF is selected and hit Ok / Select the person to send it to, or choose Save to files to save it to your Ipad
Flip HTML5 Update
Fliphtml 5 had an update you may get this interface if you are a new user.
Now you have a PDF go to fliphtml5.com
You can log in with your Google account, once you have logged just follow the steps and click on the screenshots if you're not sure.
- Click on Upload
- Find your PDF and open it
- Wait for the PDF to convert
- Click on the little grey box near the URL link to copy
- Do not copy the link in the browser address bar as the link will not work.
Submitting Your Work
Now you have a link you can paste it into your web browser, and proofread it to make sure its perfect if you find an error you will have to go back to your document, fix it, export as a pdf and re-upload it then delete your old folio.
Most teachers at St Mary's ask for you to submit your tasks on Simon and you can do this in this by pasting the link in the submission notes. There are a few steps to this so click on the photos the screen shots will show you how
You can, of course, email your friends the link or use the link as part of your CV.
VCE Student Check List
Folio Pages Set-Out
Heading 1 – Design Situation
What is the problem / situation / need that needs a solution to be designed for?
Heading 2 – Client Profile
Who are you designing and making the actual product for?
Heading 3 – Design Brief
Who, What, Why, When, How. An overall description of the plan.
Must have Design Constraints and Design Considerations. Must have an Evaluation Criteria to be developed and then used after product is completed.
Heading 4 – Research
Search the internet, read books, conduct actual primary and secondary research on existing / similar products. Ensure to have annotations to explain the things you have collected in your research. Why did you place that picture into your research?
Heading 5 – Idea Development
Lots and lots of rough / good sketches with different angles and internal/external views. Can be hand drawn, as well as CAD.
Heading 6 – Working Drawings
Actual drawings of your project, including measurements, top view, side view, end view, isometric view. Usually CAD drawn. Use scale ratios.
Heading 7 – Materials and Components List
A comprehensive list of ALL of the materials and components that you need to complete the project.
Heading 8 – Tools and Equipment
A list of all hand tools and powered equipment you need to use to make your project. Must include all PPE and any required risk assessments.
Heading 9 – Construction Processes
What types of construction methods will be using? Welding, rivets, glues etc??
Heading 10 – Testing of Materials
What types of tests are you going to do? What tests did you complete to determine the properties and suitability of the materials used? What formula methods did you use in your testing?
Heading 11 – Testing of Mechanisms
What types of tests did you complete to determine the function and suitability/s of the mechanisms chosen for the product? What formulas did you use to get your results and data?
Heading 12 – Occupational Health and Safety
Include all OHS requirements, including risk assessments on tools and equipment. What PPE needs to be worn for different types of tools and equipment? Do Risk Assessments on different types of Production procedures.
Heading 13 – Production Journal
A week by week journal or a class by class journal of all of the work completed / problems encountered / problems fixed / tools and equipment used.
Heading 14 – Process Evaluation
A personal evaluation after you reflect on all of the processes used in your project. Be honest. What went well / What not so well?
Heading 15 – Project Evaluation
A personal evaluation of the completed project. Be honest. Refer back to your original Evaluation criteria that you developed in Heading 3. Include a Client Evaluation as well on what they think of the completed product, seeing as it was designed and constructed for their problem / need / situation.
Heading 16 – Completed Project
A clear and colour image / images of your project, preferably in Isometric View. If you are completing an e-Folio, you can insert a link for others to watch a video of your project in action.
Heading 17 – Bibliography
A comprehensive list of all websites visited etc, to recognise other peoples Intellectual Property (I.P)