HIS 218 (Summer 2021)
8 Week Course Assignment Schedule
18 May Start Date

Week Starts

Topic

Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines

Due Date

Possible Points

17 May

Unit 1: Introductions

Introduction paragraph, Extra credit syllabus quiz and Canvas post

Midnight
20 May

10+5

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

Blog creation and post

Midnight
23 May

10+5

24 May

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

Blog post
Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (25 May)

Midnight
27 May

5

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

Blog post

Midnight
30 May

5

31 May

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

Blog post

Midnight
3 June

5

Unit 6: Copyright and the Web

Midterm Exam

Midnight
6 June

125

7 June

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

Online Exhibit assignment

Midnight
10 June

5

Unit 8: Digital Online Archives

Pinterest board assignment

Midnight
13 June

150

14 June

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

Blog posts

Midnight
17 June

5+5

Unit 10: Final Exam

Final exam
Last Withdrawal Date (19 June)

Midnight
20 June

125

21 June

Unit 11: GIS and History

Story map assignment

Midnight
24 June

150

Unit 12: Data Visualization

Blog posts

Midnight
27 June

5+5

28 June

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

Timeline assignment

Midnight
1 July

150

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

Blog posts

Midnight
4 July

5+5

5 July

Unit 15: Data Mining and Text Mining

Final assignment

Midnight
8 July

100

Unit 16: Course Review

Reflective paragraph

Midnight
10 July

20

Blog posts
Course End Date (11 July)

5+5

TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS

1,000