Dos and Don'ts for ePortfolios

use your electronic portfolio as a personal Web page that includes information other than professional and academic material.
use your electronic portfolio as an official record of your academic record, which is only available through means designated by the Office of the Registrar.
use your electronic portfolio as a place to store all your academic work in an electronic format.
place your home address, phone number or non-college email address (unless you wish to be contacted in those venues).
use other students' and professors' contact information (address, phone, email) unless permission is given.
use other students' and professors' work unless permission is given.
use images, animated flash, sound files or the likes of any sort from other sources without checking the conditions of usage or license agreements.

put your email or a link to contact you on every page.
review whether your text, background and images make the page hard to read.
put your last date of revision so viewers can ascertain current status.
test your links before you post them.
edit everything with a critical eye; do not just rely on spelling and grammar checks via the computer.
view your portfolio using more than one browser to ensure it is readable in both Explorer and FireFox.
have a peer review your portfolio.