Portfolio Purpose
There are 2 types of portfolios:
- A working portfolio is a complete collection of your work. It is an accumulation - or holding area - for items you may need when you create a presentation portfolio.
You build a working portfolio gradually, adding to it as you produce designs and projects in your academic program or career. It can include planning materials, student-made artifacts, video and audiotapes, multimedia projects, etc.
- A presentation portfolio is a selectively edited display of your abilities and best efforts to impress a particular audience. Its purpose is to demonstrate that your skills meet and/or exceed the needs of that target audience.
You build a presentation portfolio from the evidence of your skills that you have previously stored in your working portfolio. Because a presentation portfolio is customized for a specific audience (such as a potential employer) and purpose (a particular job opening), you will create many different presentation portfolios during your career.