{"id":5976,"date":"2020-04-13T19:40:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T19:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=5976"},"modified":"2020-04-13T19:40:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T19:40:39","slug":"portfolio-defense-for-digital-communications-majors-to-take-place-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2020\/04\/13\/portfolio-defense-for-digital-communications-majors-to-take-place-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Portfolio defense for digital communications majors to take place online"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\">\n<p>By Kayleigh Johnson \u201822, staff writer&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every spring, digital communications students take part in the major\u2019s rite of passage\u2014 portfolio defense.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These students, typically sophomores, must code their own&nbsp;online&nbsp;portfolios&nbsp;that&nbsp;showcase&nbsp;the work they have done in the major over their time at LVC. They then present their websites at the end of the spring semester for review by the department. Students must pass portfolio defense in order to graduate with their digital communications degree.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This defense is typically held in the basement of Chapel, with professors and students alike as spectators. This year, portfolio will be held via&nbsp;Webex.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI honestly think presenting online will help relieve some of the stress of defending my portfolio,\u201d Alyssa Matheus, a sophomore digital communications major, said. \u201cPlus, it gives me practice&nbsp;with pitching and interviewing via video&nbsp;call, which I will probably encounter when I am working in this field after graduation.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision to forge ahead with portfolio despite the move to online classes was not reached easily.&nbsp;However, students in this major are more equipped than most to handle a presentation in this manner.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDigital\u00a0communications\u00a0and\u00a0interaction design\u00a0are majors that are specifically focused on solving problems and creativity,\u201d Dr. Jeff Ritchie, digital communications department\u00a0chair, said.\u00a0\u201cThey are uniquely prepared to make such a move.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Portfolio defense will take place on Tuesday, April&nbsp;14,&nbsp;and Thursday, April 16,&nbsp;from 6- 9&nbsp;p.m.&nbsp;Approximately&nbsp;30&nbsp;students will present their work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Kayleigh Johnson \u201822, staff writer&nbsp; Every spring, digital communications students take part in the major\u2019s rite of passage\u2014 portfolio defense.&nbsp; These students, typically sophomores, must code their own&nbsp;online&nbsp;portfolios&nbsp;that&nbsp;showcase&nbsp;the work they have done in the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2020\/04\/13\/portfolio-defense-for-digital-communications-majors-to-take-place-online\/\" title=\"Portfolio defense for digital communications majors to take place online\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}