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 |