IN India Master's Degree
Portfolio and Client Presentation
Present work so the decision goes your way.
What the course covers
8 modules, 32 topics. Open any one to see what sits inside it.
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- 1.1 Who reads it, and for how long
- 1.2 A portfolio for a job, a client, or a brief
- 1.3 Quality over quantity
- 1.4 Auditing what you already have
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- 2.1 Selecting projects that prove range
- 2.2 Cutting work you are attached to
- 2.3 Student and self-initiated work
- 2.4 Confidential work you cannot show
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- 3.1 Problem, process, outcome
- 3.2 Showing the thinking, not only the artefact
- 3.3 Your specific contribution to a team project
- 3.4 Evidence that it worked
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- 4.1 Mockups and images in context
- 4.2 Sequence and pacing down a page
- 4.3 Writing that supports the images
- 4.4 Consistency from project to project
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- 5.1 A website portfolio
- 5.2 PDF and deck portfolios
- 5.3 Platform profiles
- 5.4 Physical portfolios, where they still matter
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- 6.1 Structuring a walkthrough
- 6.2 Talking about your own work without apologising
- 6.3 Timing, and reading the room
- 6.4 Interview and pitch formats
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- 7.1 Presenting concepts, not options to be picked apart
- 7.2 Framing a design decision with its rationale
- 7.3 Receiving and interpreting client feedback
- 7.4 Defending a decision, and knowing when to yield
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- 8.1 Follow-up and written summaries
- 8.2 Negotiating scope and revisions
- 8.3 Keeping the portfolio current
- 8.4 Building a reputation over time
What you will be able to do
By the end of this course you will be able to explain and apply:
- Who reads it, and for how long
- Selecting projects that prove range
- Problem, process, outcome
- Mockups and images in context
- Structuring a walkthrough
- Follow-up and written summaries
Why take it
Who it is for
Designed for
- Master's Degree students in India
- Studying: M.Des, MFA, M.Arch
- Recent graduates strengthening a CV
- Anyone working in this field without a formal qualification
What you need
- No prior course needed
- A phone, tablet or computer
- About two hours in total
- Each of the five courses stands alone
Questions
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About two hours in total — eight modules of roughly fifteen minutes. You can do it in one sitting or spread it across a week. Your place is saved either way.
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No. There is no prerequisite course and no software to install. A phone, tablet or computer with an internet connection is enough.
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Yes. This course is placed at Master's Degree for India, and the content is written for that level. If you are at a different stage, change your level at the top of the page and the courses will change with it.
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A certificate for the course, carrying an ID that your college or an employer can check on our verification page. You keep access to the material afterwards.
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Yes — ₹450 for this course on its own, or ₹1,450 for all five in this set, which works out cheaper if you want more than one.
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There is a short quiz at the end of each module so you can check what stuck. It is not timed and you can retake it.
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Change your country using the picker at the top. Level names, degree names and prices all switch to that country, and the courses adjust to its education system.
Wording shown for India. Pick a different country at the top and the terms, currency and programme names change with it.