HIS 218 (Summer 2015)
8 Week Course Assignment Schedule
15 June 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
15 June Unit 1: Introductions Introduction paragraph, Syllabus quiz and Blackboard post 8 am
18 June
15
Unit 2: The Local Digital History Scene Blog creation and
Blog post
8 am
22 June
20+10
21 June Unit 3: The Multi-Talented Blog

Blog post
Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (23 June)


8 am
25 June
10
Unit 4: The Evolution of the Digital Web Blog post 29 June 10
28 June Unit 5: Building a Web Culture (Style Design Standards and HTML 5) Blog post 8 am
2 July
10
Unit 6: Midterm Exam Midterm Exam 8 am
6 July
125
5 July Unit 7: Copyright and the Web Blog post 8 am
9 July
10
Unit 8: Digitizing and Sourcing Images and Text (and Video) Blog post (St. Petersburg map assignments are optional this week.) 8 am
13 July
10
12 July Unit 9: The Information Age Project proposal and
Blog post
Last Withdrawal Date (18 July)
8 am
16 July
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
20 July
10
19 July Unit 11: Final Exam Final exam 8 am
23 July
150
Unit 12: Digital Online Archives Blog post 8 am
27 July
10
26 July Unit 13: Data Visualization Blog post (Digital Visualization assignment is optional this week.) 8 am
30 July
10
Unit 14: Big Picture, User Participation Projects and Crowd-Sourcing Blog post (Historical Transcription assignment is optional this week.) 8 am
3 August
10
2 August Unit 15: There are three possibilities for this unit. Option 1: GIS and History (Reston Historical Map assignment is optional.)
Blog post
8 am
6 August
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 (9 August)
9 August 200+20
    TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS   1,000

 

 

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