HIS 218 (Spring 2021)
8 Week Course Assignment Schedule
11 January Start Date

Week Starts

Topic

Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines

Due Date

Possible Points

11 January

Unit 1: Introductions

Introduction paragraph, Canvas post and Syllabus quiz

Midnight
14 January

10+5

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

Blog creation and post

Midnight
17 January

10+5

18 January

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

Blog post
Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (19 January)

Midnight
21 January

5

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

Blog post

Midnight
24 January

5

25 January

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

Blog post

Midnight
28 January

5

Unit 6: Copyright and the Web

Midterm exam

Midnight
31 January

125

1 February

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

Online Exhibit assignment

Midnight
4 February

150

Unit 8: Digital Online Archives

Pinterest Board assignment

Midnight
7 February

100

8 February

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

Blog posts

Midnight
11 February

5+5

Unit 10: Final Exam

Final exam
Last Withdrawal Date (13 February)

Midnight
14 February

125

15 February

Unit 11: GIS and History

Story Map assignment

Midnight
18 February

150

Unit 12: Data Visualization

Blog posts

Midnight
21 February

5+5

22 February

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

Timeline assignment

Midnight
25 February

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

Midnight
28 February

5+5

1 March

Unit 15: Data Mining and Text Mining

Final assignment

Midnight
4 March

100

Unit 16: Course Review

Reflective paragraph (20)

Midnight
7 March

20

TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS

1,000