I had a look at my 'digital CV' I created last year when I applied for jobs and I couldn't help but cringe a little! I had just been introduced to Google sites and I created my first ever site as my Digital CV. I used the drop down menu function and choose a template. It was a pretty good effort for a first timer, but it shows just how much I have learnt.
My 2015 digital CV
My 2016 digital CV
For my 2016 digital CV I wanted everything to be on the same page. I wanted it to look as simplistic as possible, so used HTML to create tables for each of aspects I wanted to include in my CV. I wanted to use more images and less text. I used Google Draw to turn my images into links.
With the help of Dorothy, I created an album of photos to provide a snapshot of my teaching. I did this by creating a Google Presentations and inserting photos onto each slide. Also, on each slide I included left and right arrows, which were hyperlinked to the previous or next slide. You need to publish it to the web and make sure the auto advance settings are on. Once you have created your Presentation, you add it as a Gadget on your Google site. The Gadget you use is 'Slideshow Maker'. Then you follow the steps to add in the slideshow and specify the height and width.
Make your site pretty
I use a few websites to help make my website look good. I like to choose fonts that look interesting and compliment each other. I will always use different fonts for titles and normal text. It can be hard choosing from such a large range of fonts, so I always use 100daysoffonts to help me. Note that this probably shouldn't be shared with students as some of the text used is not appropriate for kids.I also like to choose colour schemes and use a few different sites to help me. Color-hex and coolors are my go to. My favourite is coolors because a) you can adjust the shades b) you can save your colour palette by exporting it and c) you can upload an image and use the colour picker to find the hex-codes for the colours you want!
