I am in the process of building my e-learning portfolio. I created a wordpress site and want to add work samples - any tips on the best way to do it? Do I need a plug-in? My samples include storyline and captivate courses, a few screen shots of Blackboard courses, infographics and also links to other webpages. I'd appreciate any advice!
You should be able to add still images and links to WordPress without a plug-in, but this one works well with Articulate content. Hope this helps, and good luck with your portfolio! :)
No worries. It's welcome here as well, just want to be sure you're reaching the audience that may be best able to assist :) Looks like you are getting some assistance.
Thank you Elizabeth!I did get this plug-in and I agree it works great!
I am new to WordPress so maybe I am not asking the right question - I am wondering how I can get my samples to look like small icons with short descriptions to go with it. When the visitor clicks on the icon/ title, I would like them to see more detail and view the actual course. Right now, I have everything on a single page and the user must scroll down to view older samples. Is this a plug-in thing or something else?
I think you need a WordPress theme that supports featured images to do that. I'm pretty sure most of the newer themes do, and you'll know you have that option if you see "featured image" listed on the right when you create a new post. I don't use WordPress often, and remember that it took a bit of doing to figure out how to get the featured image to display. You can see on this (very outdated) page how our featured images appear. I know a number of people use WordPress for their portfolios, so hopefully someone who uses it more regularly will chime in with more info.
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Hi Aarti!
Hopefully your fellow community members will be able to chime in and assist you with this request.
You may find benefit in posting over in our Building Better Courses forum as well since many more design related conversations happen there.
Hi Aarti,
You should be able to add still images and links to WordPress without a plug-in, but this one works well with Articulate content. Hope this helps, and good luck with your portfolio! :)
Hi Leslie!
I wasn't sure which forum this would belong to - thank you for your guidance!
Aarti
No worries. It's welcome here as well, just want to be sure you're reaching the audience that may be best able to assist :) Looks like you are getting some assistance.
Thank you Elizabeth!I did get this plug-in and I agree it works great!
I am new to WordPress so maybe I am not asking the right question - I am wondering how I can get my samples to look like small icons with short descriptions to go with it. When the visitor clicks on the icon/ title, I would like them to see more detail and view the actual course. Right now, I have everything on a single page and the user must scroll down to view older samples. Is this a plug-in thing or something else?
Thanks for your help!
Aarti
I think you need a WordPress theme that supports featured images to do that. I'm pretty sure most of the newer themes do, and you'll know you have that option if you see "featured image" listed on the right when you create a new post. I don't use WordPress often, and remember that it took a bit of doing to figure out how to get the featured image to display. You can see on this (very outdated) page how our featured images appear. I know a number of people use WordPress for their portfolios, so hopefully someone who uses it more regularly will chime in with more info.
Thanks so much! I hadn't noticed the featured image before - I will play around with that. Thanks again for your help :)
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