| Week Starts |
Topic |
Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines |
Due Date |
Possible
Points |
| 14 March |
Unit 1: Introductions |
Introduction
paragraph, Syllabus quiz and Blackboard post |
8 am
17 March |
15 |
| Unit 2: The Local Digital History Scene |
Blog creation and blog post |
8 am
21 March |
20+10 |
| 21 March |
Unit 3: The Multi-Talented Blog (Social Media) |
Blog post
Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (22 March)
|
8 am
24 March |
10 |
| Unit 4: The Evolution of the Digital Web |
Blog post |
8 am
28 March |
10 |
| 28 March |
Unit 5: Building a Web Culture (Style Design Standards and HTML 5) |
Blog post |
8 am
31 March |
10 |
| Unit 6: Midterm Exam |
Midterm Exam |
8 am
4 April |
125 |
| 4 April |
Unit 7: Copyright and the Web |
Blog post |
8 am
7 April
|
10 |
| Unit 8: Digitizing and Sourcing Images and Text (and Video) |
Blog post (St. Petersburg map assignments are optional this week.) |
8 am
11 April |
10 |
| 11 April |
Unit 9: The Information Age |
Project proposal and blog post
Last Withdrawal Date (16 April) |
8 am
14 April |
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
18 April |
10 |
| 18 April |
Unit 11: Final Exam |
Final
exam |
8 am
21 April |
150 |
| Unit 12: Digital Online Archives |
Blog post |
8 am
25 April |
10 |
| 25 April |
Unit 13: Data Visualization |
Blog post (Digital Visualization assignment is optional this week.) |
8 am
28 April |
10 |
| Unit 14: Big Picture, User Participation Projects and Crowd-Sourcing (Genealogy) |
Blog post (Historical Transcription assignment is optional this week.) |
8 am
2 May |
10 |
| 2 May |
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 May |
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 May) |
8 am
8 May |
200+20 |
| |
|
TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS |
|
1,000 |