Archiving and Delivery of Student Portfolios

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Dirk Matthews
Assistant Director, Portfolio Center
Columbia College Chicago

One of the challenges facing institutions of higher education is archiving student work while assisting students in the creation of electronic portfolios. The Portfolio Center of Columbia College Chicago uses a digital archiving system compatible with a web publishing system that creates standalone student websites for display of student work. The web publishing system also generates XML files of student portfolios and metadata for archival purposes. Since 2004, the Portfolio Center has assisted graduating seniors prepare their work for portfolios and reels that will help them secure post-graduate opportunities in their field of study.

The presentation will discuss the development of the system, outline current methods used for archiving and web publishing, and discuss future goals.

 

Dirk Matthews
Dir Matthews enrolled at Columbia College Chicago to study photography, but wound up studying film, concentrating in cinematography. I freelanced for 5 years after that, but I gave up the glamour for counselor training. I received my Certified Addictions Counselor certification from the state of Arizona. It wasn't long, however, before I smacked myself on the forehead and said, I've got to get back into image making! So I returned to Chicago, where I now freelance and teach in the Film Department as an adjunct faculty member. All of this, of course, when I'm not working in the Portfolio Center. Some of my more notable freelance jobs are camera for an ABC special America the Beautiful, and the HD concert film The First Waltz. My job in the Portfolio Center is to coordinate the archives. Outside of work, I am a freelance videographer, a photographer, and run a small dessert business with my wife. My images have been shown at the Tucson International Film Festival and Columbia College Chicago.