Build your Digital Portfolio with Wix
In the modern professional landscape, sharing your work and demonstrating your abilities is essential to networking, building your personal brand, and securing a position. For this reason, it is necessary that you develop a digital portfolio to showcase your work from projects you created inside and outside the classroom. To share a digital portfolio easily, you will need to host it on a website; here is where Wix comes in. Wix is a website builder which requires no coding skills or experience and offers intuitive tools to create a polished and dynamic digital portfolio.
Wix Learn
Wix Learn is a free resource for students and professionals looking to learn anything from the basic components of creating a website/digital portfolio using the Wix platform to mastering more advanced skills for experienced users. The video library hosts a comprehensive catalog of courses, individual tutorials, and pre-recorded webinars. As a starting place, check out the “Build your website with the Wix Editor” course to familiarize yourself with the essentials in just over one hour! Check out the curated list of courses and tutorials below to help you build an impactful digital portfolio.
Suggested Courses and Tutorials
- Build your website with the Wix Editor
- Accessibility 101: Build Your Accessible Website
- Get started with the CMS (Content Management System)
- CMS: What is a Collection?
- CMS: What is a Preset?
- How to link an element in the Wix Editor
- How to customize your site themes
- Design your website with advanced features
Wix Spring 2024 Webinars & One-Year Free Premium Subscription
For the Spring 2024 semester, Wix has invited Villanova students to attend their webinar series. Topics covered include building your portfolio, showcasing projects, leveraging a website for your business or side hustle, and utilizing their new AI features! Any student who attends at least one session will receive a free one-year Wix premium plan. Below, you can review a brief overview of each webinar, the dates and times each session is available, and registration links.
Build Your Portfolio with Wix
Join Wix staff to learn more about creating your online portfolio website. We’ll cover how to plan a website, how to use the Wix platform, and explore professional design features. Sign up to discover the basics in creating a Wix website as well as features to take your portfolio to the next level. And… a one-year FREE Wix premium plan to all attendees!
- February 22 || 12–1 PM EST – Register
- March 7 || 4–5 PM EST – Register
- April 16 || 4–5 PM EST – Register
Brand Yourself Better: Advanced Portfolio Strategies for Success
Refine your personal brand with advanced portfolio strategies. Discover how to align your portfolio with your career goals, create a distinctive brand, and position yourself for success in networking and interviews. And… a one-year FREE Wix premium plan to all attendees!
After this session you will be able to: Showcase your skills on a dedicated project page, use your portfolio in professional networking and interview situation, and promote your portfolio and your professional brand across your channels.
- February 28 || 3–4 PM EST – Register
Get Career-Ready with an AI-Enhanced Portfolio
With the acceleration of AI, you might be wondering how to prepare yourself for the future of work and stand out in the competitive job market? Join Wix Higher Education to learn how you can use AI tools to create a well-designed website portfolio and how you can leverage AI to give you a competitive advantage in your job search. And you’ll receive… a one-year FREE Wix premium plan!
- March 14 || 12–1 PM EST – Register