Week Starts |
Topic |
Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines |
Due Date |
Possible
Points |
20 May |
Unit 1: Introductions |
Formal introduction
paragraph, Syllabus quiz and Canvas introduction discussion post |
Midnight
Thursday
23 May |
15 |
Unit 2, Part A, The Local Digital History Scene |
Blog creation and post |
Midnight
Sunday
26 May |
20 |
Unit 2, Part B, The Evolution of the Digital Web |
Blog post |
10 |
27 May |
Unit 3: The Multi-Talented Blog (Social Media) |
Blog post and comment
Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (28 May)
|
Midnight
Thursday
30 May |
10 |
Unit 4: Building a Web Culture (Style Design Standards and HTML 5) |
Blog post and comment |
Midnight
Sunday
2 June |
10 |
3 June |
Unit 5: Copyright and the Web |
Blog post and comment |
Midnight
Thursday
6 June |
10 |
Unit 6: Midterm Exam |
Midterm Exam |
Midnight
Sunday
9 June |
125 |
10 June |
Unit 7: Digitizing and Sourcing Images and Text (and Video) |
Blog post and comment
(St. Petersburg map assignments are available in this unit.) |
Midnight
Thursday
13 June
|
10 |
Unit 8: The Information Age |
Project Proposal and
Blog Post and comment |
Midnight
Sunday
16 June |
50 + 10 |
17 June |
Unit 9: What Is Real and Not Real in the Digital and Real Worlds |
Blog post and comment
(Slatington News assignment, 100 points, is available in this unit.)
|
Midnight
Thursday
20 June |
10 |
Unit 10: Final Exam |
Final
exam
Last Withdrawal Date (22 June) |
Midnight
Sunday
23 June |
150 |
24 June |
Unit 11: Digital Online Archives |
Blog post and comment
(Pinterest board assignment, 100 points, is available in this unit.) |
Midnight
Thursday
27 June |
10 |
Unit 12: Data Visualization |
Blog post and comment
(Data Visualization assignment, 150 points, is available in this unit.) |
Midnight
Sunday
30 June |
10 |
1 July |
Unit 13: Project Presentation for Review |
Final Project Due and Canvas Project Discussion post |
Midnight
Thursday
4 July |
200+5 |
Unit 14: There are three possibilities for this unit. |
Option 1: GIS and History
Blog post and comment
(Reston Historical Map, 100 points, and Story Map, 150 points, assignments are available in this unit.) |
Midnight
Sunday
7 July |
10 |
Option 2: Tools, Tools and Tools, What Exactly Are tools?
Blog post and comment
(Timeline assignment, 150 points, is available in this unit.) |
Option 3: Data Mining and Text Mining
Blog post and comment
(Historical Translation assignment, 150 points, is available in this unit.) |
8 July |
Unit 15: Big Picture, User Participation Projects and Crowd-Sourcing (Genealogy) |
Blog post and comment
(Historical Transcription assignment, 150 points, is available in this unit.) |
Midnight
Thursday
11 July |
10 |
Unit 16 Project Completion and Course Review |
Final Final Project, Reflective paragraph and Canvas Suggestion Discussion post
Course End Date (14 July) |
Midnight
Sunday
14 July |
20+5 |
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TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS |
|
1,000 |