Overview

Creating Digital History has a lot of goals, and in order to give you hands on experience creating and writing historical content there will be a number of projects throughout the semester. To keep them straight, here is the master chart. If you notice any discrepancies with the syllabus or the assignment pages, please let me know!

Grades will be lowered if work is submitted late without arranging with me before the due date.

Week GV Blog (10%) Historical Question Essay (10%) Digital Archive (30%) Evernote (15%) Web Exhibit (25%) Participate (10%)
1 (9/8) Join the blog Join the wiki and create student page join GVHDA download EverNote and create a shared folder - -
2 (9/15) post bio research - take notes - forum posts due
3 (9/22) - post general topic take notes - forum posts due
4 (9/29) - post draft essay and present in class gather items take notes - forum posts due
5 (10/6) First post due - post one item to Omeka take notes research exhibit -
6 (10/13) promote your post - gather and post items research exhibit rate posts, comment
7 (10/20) - - take notes research exhibit -
8 (10/27) - - - - research/drafting exhibit -
9 (11/10) - 20 items due take notes research/drafting exhibit -
10 (11/3) second post due - review and correct metadata take notes research/writing rate posts, comment
11 (11/10) promote your post - take notes forum posts due
12 (11/24) - final essay due - post reflection on EverNote mount draft sections and pages (no content required) forum posts due
13 (12/1) - - - draft three pages and be prepared to discuss; get peer review assignment
14 (12/8) - - all permissions must be secured and recorded. all items must be "public". Evernote Notebook due post comments about your peer review on the student's wiki page -
15 (12/15) - - - - exhibit due Dec. 18 (midnight); exhibit must be set to Public -
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