| 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
5 January |
15 |
| Unit 2: The Local Digital History Scene |
Blog creation
Blog post |
8 am
19 January |
20+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 and
Blog post
Last Withdrawal Date (14 February) |
8 am
12 February |
50+10 |
| 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 and
Reflective paragraph
Course End Date (8 March) |
8 March |
200+20 |
| |
|
TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS |
|
1,000 |