Learning Objectives

•Create a Behance profile.
•Connect with the world’s top creatives, including students and faculty, on Behance.
•Share works in progress to get feedback on unfinished work.
•Create a Behance Portfolio.

Join the Student Show community on Behance

1. Visit studentshow.com
2. If you have an account with Behance, click “Login” and register for Student Show.
3. Once you’ve joined, you can upload work directly from studentshow.com, or you can upload work from Behance and then push the work from the Project Settings Menu.

Reference Article:

12 Ways to Get the Most From Behance

Creating a Behance Portfolio

Overview

Behance is an online platform built to help creatives showcase and discover the world’s best work. With deep integration into Adobe’s desktop and mobile apps, Behance enables members to quickly share their work and collaborate with team members at the click of a button. This lesson will help familiarize you with Behance and the different ways you can use the platform.

Requirements

Create a Behance Account
All Profile Information is Complete
Search and Explore: Appreciate and Follow 5 Peoples Projects
Discover: Follow 2 Schools
Add at least (5) of your best Portfolio Pieces. Be sure to include:
- Name Your Project
- Description of Project
- At least 5 tags (keywords)
- Creative Fields
- Tools (Software used)
- License
- 1 or more Images or video (if it is a website it should be many images)
Register to the Student Show Community

Follow the Instructions below to fulfill the requirements

Instructions:

STEP ONE: Inspire and Explore

View the following video to learn the basics:

At its core, Behance is a platform for sharing work, getting noticed, and connecting with the creative community. The video that follows gives a good overview of the features of Behance:

Behance is an amazing source of inspiration for any creative educator or student. It’s almost impossible not to stumble across something exciting, interesting, or compelling while exploring the site.

Let’s get started by looking at some examples of creative work educators have shared in Behance.

Choose one or more of the following links to explore:

Adobe Education Leader — Student projects shared by Adobe Education Leaders from across the globe.
Adobe Youth Voices — A collection of work created by young people involved in our worldwide Adobe Youth Voices program.
Behance Student Show — A curated gallery of work created by undergraduate and graduate students.
Custom Creative Networks — Behance can be used as your school’s online portfolio solution. For a great example, check out this amazing collection of work being developed at RISD.
Explore all school-curated galleries.
Student Collections — Educators can use the Collections functionality to gather student work from different classes and projects. Take a look at how Aaron Roberts, an Adobe Education Leader from Ohio, uses Collections to organize and share student work for his classes.

STEP 2: Create

Follow the steps below to create and customize your own Behance profile, and consider how you can use Behance to enhance your own professional creative endeavors.

1. Set up an Account

Go to: https://www.behance.net
Click the “SIGN UP” button
Create a Behance account following the steps on the screen.

2. Customize your Behance profile

Create your Behance profile by:
- Adding a Picture
- Include your Basic Information
- Adding Web Media Links (Social Media Accounts)
- About Me Section

STEP 3: Build Your Network

Social networks are only as strong as your connections. On Behance, the way to grow your network is through interacting with other creatives.

One great way to find amazing work is through a search:

Go to behance.net
Click “Discover”
Select “Search and Explore”
Search by location, product used, school, or another option

When you find work that interests you, be sure to do the following:

Appreciate the work by clicking the “Thumbs up” button.
Follow users who inspire you.
Provide constructive feedback as you’re able.

STEP 4: Build Your Portfolio

Now that you have a profile and have started to build your Behance network, it’s time to start sharing your creative work.

Watch this brief video to learn how to upload a project:

Keep in mind, there are two ways to upload work to Behance:

Upload a work in progress (WIP), an unfinished project on which you’d like to gather feedback.
Upload a finished project to your portfolio to show off your creative skill.

Assessment

You will be graded using the Rubric below:

Criteria	4	3	2	1-0
Create Account	Student Created a Behance Account and joined the Student Show Community on Behance.			Student did not create a Behance Account or join the Student Show Community.
Profile	Students profile on Behance is complete, accurate, and expanded	Students profile on Behance is complete and accurate. Could use more information.	Students profile on Behance is incomplete complete or inaccurate-Missing one or two items.	Students profile on Behance is missing many components or incomplete
Work	5 or more of your best work are showcased with images/video.	4 of your work are showcased with images/video.	3 of your work are showcased with images/video.	2 or less of your work are showcased with images/video.
Artifacts	All of your work is named, described, tagged, fielded, and licensed completely.	Most of your work is named, described, tagged, fielded, and licensed completely.	Some of your work is named, described, tagged, fielded, and licensed completely.	None of your work is named, described, tagged, fielded, and licensed completely.
Explored	You followed at least 2 schools, and appreciated at least 3 people’s projects.	You followed at least 1 schools, and appreciated at least 2 peoples projects.	You followed at least 1 schools, and appreciated at least 1 persons projects.	You followed 0 schools, and appreciated at least 0 peoples projects.
Work Ethic	You followed all instructions. Conversations are primarily focused on the project and things needed to get the work done and are held in a manner that typically does not disrupt others.	You followed most instructions. Conversations are primarily focused on the project and things needed to get the work done and are held in a manner that typically does not disrupt others.	You followed some instructions. Conversations were not focused on the project and things needed to get the work done. You typically disrupted others.	You followed some instructions. Conversations were not focused on the project and things needed to get the work done. You disrupted others.