Grades are recorded in the gradebook in Canvas. 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 |
| 13 January | Unit 1: Introductions | Introduction paragraph, Syllabus quiz and Canvas post | MIdnight 16 January |
15 |
Unit 2, Part A, The Local Digital History Scene |
Blog creation | MIdnight 19 January |
20 | |
| Unit 2, Part B, The Evolution of the Digital Web | Blog post | 10 | ||
| 20 January | Unit 3: The Multi-Talented Blog (Social Media) | Blog post |
MIdnight 23 January |
10 |
| Unit 4: Building a Web Culture (Style Design Standards and HTML 5) | Blog post | MIdnight 26 January |
10 | |
| 27 January | Unit 5: Copyright and the Web | Blog post | MIdnight 30 January |
10 |
| Unit 6: Midterm Exam | Midterm Exam | Midnight 2 February |
125 | |
| 3 February | Unit 7: Digitizing and Sourcing Images and Text (and Video) | Blog post (St. Petersburg map assignments are optional this week.) | MIdnight 6 February |
10 |
| Unit 8: The Information Age (Some Local History Resources) | Project Proposal and Blog Post | MIdnight 9 February |
50 + 10 | |
| 10 February | Unit 9: What Is Real and Not Real in the Digital and Real Worlds | Blog post (Slatington News assignment is optional this week.) |
MIdnight 13 February |
10 |
| Unit 10: Final Exam | Final
exam Last Withdrawal Date (15 February) |
Midnight 16 February |
150 | |
| 17 February | Unit 11: Digital Online Archives | Blog post (Pinterest board assignment is optional this week.) | MIdnight 20 February |
10 |
| Unit 12: Data Visualization | Blog post (Data Visualization assignment is optional this week.) | MIdnight 23 February |
10 | |
| 24 February | Unit 13: Big Picture, User Participation Projects and Crowd-Sourcing (Genealogy) | Blog post (Historical Transcription assignment is optional this week.) | MIdnight 27 February |
10 |
| Unit 14: There are three possibilities for this unit. | Option 1: GIS and History (Reston Historical Map assignment is optional.) Blog post |
MIdnight 1 March |
10 | |
| Option 2: Tools, Tools and Tools, What Exactly Are tools? (Timeline assignment is optional.) Blog post |
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| Option 3: Data Mining and Text Mining (Historical Translation assignment is optional.) Blog post |
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| 2 March | Unit 15: Project Presentation for Review | Final Project Due and Canvas posting | MIdnight 5 March |
200+5 |
| Unit 16 Project Completion and Course Review | Final Final Project, Reflective paragraph and Canvas posting Course End Date (8 March) |
MIdnight 8 March |
20+5 | |
| TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS | 1,000 |
Course grades are based on the following scale:
- 1,000-900: A
- 899-800: B
- 799-700: C
- 699-600: D
- 599-000: F