Giving students the ability to create their own web pages encourages all students to become more actively involved in, and more responsible for, achieving their own educational goals and the goals of the college. Students also benefit by:

• Sharing examples of work with potential employers.
• Mastering transferable information technology skills.
• Demonstrating knowledge, skills and attributes gained beyond the classroom.
• Improving their marketability to prospective employers.
• Giving students credibility and a sense of accomplishment.
• Demonstrating dynamic evidence the student is up-to-date and current with technology.
• Allowing students to make connections between courses, and between school, work and home.
• Developing portfolio skills for use in professional development.
• Helping beginning and experienced web publishers alike present a powerful, professional looking, career e-portfolio.
• Providing a system that works well regardless of the student's current computer or software.
• Advanced web design features give students everything they need to design and publish professional looking pages.
• Serving as an endorsement by the college.
• Helping expand the capabilities of a student's communication skills in a marketplace that put more and more emphasis on multi-media communication.
• Offering students the opportunity to think reflectively about their writing assignments and career objectives.
• Helping move students from paper-based materials to web-based portfolios.
• More easily presenting academic information to faculty and advisors.
• Creating pages for use in online and virtual presentations.
• Creating, editing and refining professional resumes and portfolios.
• Giving students a means to demonstrate how they have met the established standards set by the institution.