HIS 218 (Spring 2015)
8 Week Course Assignment Schedule
12 January Start Date

 
Grades are recorded in the gradebook in Blackboard. For an explanation of the critical course deadlines, highlighted on the schedule in bold, please see the course syllabus.
 
Week Starts Topic Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines Due Date Possible
Points
12 January Unit 1: Introductions Introduction Paragraph, Syllabus Quiz and Blackboard Post 8 am
15 January
15
Unit 2: The Local Digital History Scene Blog post 8 am
19 January
10
18 January Unit 3: The Multi-Talented Blog

Blog post
Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (20 January)


8 am
22 January
10
Unit 4: The Evolution of the Digital Web Blog post 8 am
26 January
10
25 January Unit 5: Building a Web Culture (Style Design Standards and HTML 5) Blog post 8 am
29 January
10
Unit 6: Midterm Exam Midterm Exam 8 am
2 February
125
1
February
Unit 7: Copyright and the Web Blog post 8 am
5 February
10
Unit 8: Digitizing and Sourcing Images and Text (and Video) Blog post (St. Petersburg map assignments are optional this week.) 8 am
9 February
10
8
February
Unit 9: The Information Age Project Proposal
Last Withdrawal Date (14 February)
8 am
12 February
50
Unit 10: What Is Real and Not Real in the Digital and Real Worlds Blog post (Slatington News assignment is optional this week.) 8 am
16 February
10
15
February
Unit 11: Final Exam Final exam 8 am
19 February
150
Unit 12: Digital Online Archives Blog post 8 am
23 February
10
22
February
Unit 13: Data Visualization Blog post (Digital Visualization assignment is optional this week.) 8 am
26 February
10
Unit 14: Big Picture, User Participation Projects and Crowd-Sourcing Blog post (Historical Transcription assignment is optional this week.) 8 am
2 March
10
1
March
Unit 15: There are three possibilities for this unit. Option 1: GIS and History (Reston Historical Map assignment is optional.)
Blog post
8 am
5 March
10
Option 2: Tools, Tools and Tools, What Exactly Are tools? (Timeline assignment is optional.)
Blog post
Option 3: Data Mining and Text Mining (Historical Translation assignment is optional.)
Blog post
Unit 16: Project Presentation and Review Final Project
Course End Date (8 March)
8 March 250
    TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS   1,000

 

 

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