HIS 218 (Spring 2022)
8 Week Course Assignment Schedule
18 January Start Date

Week Starts

Topic

Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines

Due Date

Possible Points

18 January

Unit 1: Introductions

Introduction paragraph, Extra credit syllabus quiz and Canvas post

Midnight
20 January

10+5

Unit 2: The Local Digital History Scene and the Evolution of the Web

Blog creation and post

Midnight
20 January

20+5

Unit 3: The Multi-Talented Blog (Social Media)

Blog post

Midnight
23 January

5

Unit 4: Building a Web Culture (Style Design Standards and HTML 5)

Blog post

Midnight
23 January

5

24 January

Unit 5: The Information Age (Some Local History Resources)

Blog post
Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (25 January)

Midnight
27 January

5

Unit 6: Copyright and the Web

Midterm Exam

Midnight
30 January

125

31 January

Unit 7: Digitizing and Sourcing Images and Text (and Video)

Online Exhibit assignment

Midnight
3 February

150

Unit 8: Digital Online Archives

Pinterest board assignment

Midnight
6 February

100

7 February

Unit 9: What Is Real and Not Real in the Digital and Real Worlds

Blog posts

Midnight
10 February

5+5

Unit 10: Final Exam

Final exam

Midnight
13 February

125

14 February

Unit 11: GIS and History

Story map assignment
Last Withdrawal Date (15 February)

Midnight
17 February

150

Unit 12: Data Visualization

Blog posts

Midnight
20 February

5+5

21 February

Unit 13: Tools, Tools and Tools, What Exactly Are tools?

Timeline assignment

Midnight
24 February

150

Unit 14: Big Picture, User Participation Projects and Crowd-Sourcing (Genealogy)

Blog posts

Midnight
27 February

5+5

28 February

Unit 15: Data Mining and Text Mining

Final assignment

Midnight
3 March

100

Unit 16: Course Review

Reflective paragraph

Midnight
6 March

20

Blog posts
Course End Date (6 March)

5+5

TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS

1,000