Make Your Own Video Portfolio or Video Resume

It’s Easier Than You Think

Montana Toolkit for Self-Determination

Sponsored by The Montana Council on Developmental Disabilities

Start With Pictures of Yourself

• With family and friends

• Showing you doing the things you love to do

Or With Movies or Videos

• You can use a short video to introduce yourself

Or a Video to Show You Performing a Task

• People can look at you doing something you could do for work

Add Some Interesting Facts About Yourself

• What you want to do for work

• Any past work experience

• Any hobbies you have

• Anything you are interested in or like to do

• What you and your family like to do together

Joe West

• Strengths:• Learns things quickly when shown• Understands the value of work and money• Likes to work outside• Abilities:• Can plant and care for flowers and trees• Able to schedule and carry out some

tasks, interdependently

Joe West

• Past Experiences:

• 2005-2007 Plant and care for flowers for local garden center

• 2005-2008 Worked part-time for parks department during summer

Putting It All Together

• You and your family and friends can use a computer program like Windows Movie Maker to make your video

• First, select the pictures and videos that you want to show and put them on the “video” line

Add Your Voice

• Click the red button on the “voice” line under the picture you want to talk about

• You will be recorded until you click the button again

• Make sure that what you recorded is right under the picture

Now to Finish Your Video

• When you have everything the way that you want to see it:

• Click on “make movie” and just follow any instructions