Designing technical communications portfolios: an evaluation of current practices
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Date
2019Author
Elliott, Cassie A.
Publisher
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Advisor(s)
Schneider-Bateman, Gregory
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Technical communicators and other professionals often use digital portfolios to display their work and convey their value to employers, academics, and industry. There is currently no universally accepted style guide for technical communication portfolios. Researchers from various fields have offered some design guidance in the past, but technology is changing rapidly and only a limited amount of this guidance can be applied to contemporary portfolios. In this paper, I reviewed portfolio-related literature from the past twenty years to find the most relevant contemporary research on digital portfolio design conventions. I then evaluated 25 technical communication portfolios to identify and assess current design practices and conventions. I found that while some design conventions exist in TPC portfolios, they do not always align with existing guidance and could be used more effectively. The results of this evaluation are intended to lay the groundwork for future research and development of digital portfolio design guidelines.
Subject
Communication of technical information
Technology
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