HIS 218 (Fall 2021)
7 Week Course Assignment Schedule
23 August Start Date

Week Starts

Topic

Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines

Due Date

Possible Points

23 August

Unit 1: Introductions

Introduction paragraph, Extra credit syllabus quiz and Canvas post

Midnight
26 August

10+5

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

Blog creation and post

Midnight
26 August

20+5

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

Blog post

Midnight
29 August

5

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

Blog post

Midnight
29 August

5

30 August

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

Blog post
Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (30 August)

Midnight
2 September

5

Unit 6: Copyright and the Web

Midterm Exam

Midnight
5 September

125

6 September

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

Online Exhibit assignment

Midnight
9 September

150

Unit 8: Digital Online Archives

Pinterest board assignment

Midnight
12 September

100

13 September

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

Blog posts

Midnight
16 September

5+5

Unit 10: Final Exam

Final exam

Midnight
19 September

125

20 September

Unit 11: GIS and History

Story map assignment
Last Withdrawal Date (21 September)

Midnight
23 September

150

Unit 12: Data Visualization

Blog posts

Midnight
26 September

5+5

27 September

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

Timeline assignment

Midnight
30 September

150

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

Blog posts

Midnight
3 October

5+5

4 October

Unit 15: Data Mining and Text Mining

Final assignment

Midnight
7 October

100

Unit 16: Course Review

Reflective paragraph

Midnight
10 October

20

Blog posts
Course End Date (10 October)

5+5

TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS

1,000