The next step is deciding where you would like to add video in your portfolio. It all depends on how many videos you would like to make. There are many choices here.

You may want to have one on your home page as an introduction to your portfolio. Perhaps another displaying a demonstration could be placed on one of your pages listing a link to your papers and other work. You may also want to have a link to a video resume at the top of your resume page. You could even have a link to your video references on your home page and on your resume page. And for fun, you may have one on a personal page about you of a video from a family vacation. There are many possibilities here too.

Location is Everything...

Here are some examples of videos placed in portfolios:

Example #1: Precille Boisvert's professional electronic portfolio has a variety of features that catch your attention when the page is loaded. Her video can be found on her Introduction page which is linked from her home page. Precille displays a list of items that can be located on each of her links from her home page allowing the user to see there is a video available. Precille notes that you will need QuickTime player to view her video and provides a link to the site where this can be obtained.

Example #2: Elisa E. Beshero-Bondar's portfolio includes a digital video demonstration of her teaching a college level course. The video is strategically placed on a page where she is able to show an example of her teaching. The portfolio, has a link titled Teaching with Technology where her digital clip can be located. The clip is embedded within a page with information about the course, the discussions taking place and the technology used when creating the clip.

Example #3: Christine James's portfolio, uses a small demonstration video. The video can be located on her Teaching Philosophy page where it is embedded above a description of Christine's teaching philosophy.

Now that we have completed Video in Electronic Portfolios lets go on to Video and Web pages.