NYUeVita - Tutorials

Step-by-step tutorials

These tutorials have been created to teach you how to set up your NYUeVita account and maximize your e-portfolio building experience.

• Learn how to set up your NYUeVita account (slideshow)
  
  NYUeVita is your own personal online database where you can document and archive your outstanding academic and co-curricular experiences at NYU in a professional, organized format.
  
  You can start creating your NYUeVita account by logging in through your NYU Home account. When you first log into NYUeVita, you are going to have to agree to our integrity statement. Then you will get to the NYUeVita homepage. To start entering content into your NYUeVita accou"nt, click on "Start Here" under 1. Here, you can create a profile. Please note, you do not need to complete any of the fields in NYUeVita if there is not a red star next to the field. So, on your profile, you actually do not need to enter in anything if you do not want to.
  
  Additionally, you can add customized fields to your profile by clicking on "Add item."
  After you complete your profile, you can start entering your experiences. Click on either "Jobs/Internships," "Courses," "Service/Volunteerism, or "Memberships/Activities." Select the "Add" button, and start documenting your experiences.
  
  Once you have entered your experiences and accomplishments, you can start tracking your growth with the skills matrix. Here, you can actually see a good outline of the skills you have developed.
  
  You can also store and send references, resumes and artifacts through NYU eVita. Please note that in the "Documents/Artifacts" section, you can actually upload anything, including pictures, powerpoint presentations, and videos.
  
  Once you have all your content in your NYU eVita account, you can build portfolios and send them to employers, scholarship programs, services organizations, and graduate and professional schools.
  
  
• Learn how to build an e-portfolio (slideshow)
  
  Log into your NYUeVita account and go to "2. Build Portfolios." Click on "Add Portfolio." Here, you will have to complete the general information about your portfolio such as title, access code and description.
  Then you will go to the "Profile" section. You cannot edit this section, so you will click "Save and Continue," moving onto the next section.
  
  Here, in Step 3, you can select skills you would like to focus on. The system will filter all of your data accordingly. Then, you can select which experiences you would like to include in your portfolio, and click "Save and Continue."
  
  In Step 4, you can decide if you want to include any references.
  
  In Step 5, you can include documents and artifacts. These can include writing samples, artwork, and even videos.
  
  In Step 6 you have the option of including a resume.
  
  In Step 7, you can actually upload a customized header if you choose to.
  
  In Step 8, you can view your portfolio before you send it out.
  
  If you like your portfolio, you can click on Step 9 to send your portfolio. Here, you can select if you would like to send it as a PDF version attached to the email invitation, or just as the email invitation. The email invitation has instructions on how a recipient can actually log onto the system to see your portfolio.
  
  Now you can send your invitation. Here, you can either send another invitation or go back to your homepage.
  
  Once you build a few portfolios, you can skip Step 2 and go straight to Step 3, "Share with Invitees." Here, you can select which portfolio you would like to share, and skip straight to the "Send Portfolio" step.