| Week Starts |
Topic |
Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines |
Due Date |
Possible
Points |
| 24 August |
Unit 1: Introductions |
Introduction
paragraph, Syllabus quiz and Blackboard post |
8 am
27 August |
15 |
| Unit 2: The Local Digital History Scene |
Blog creation
Blog post |
8 am
31 August
|
20+10 |
| 31 August |
Unit 3: The Multi-Talented Blog |
Blog post
Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (1 September)
|
8 am
3 September |
10 |
| Unit 4: The Evolution of the Digital Web |
Blog post |
8 am
7 September |
10 |
| 7 September |
Unit 5: Building a Web Culture (Style Design Standards and HTML 5) |
Blog post |
8 am
10 September |
10 |
| Unit 6: Midterm Exam |
Midterm Exam |
8 am
14 September |
125 |
14
September
|
Unit 7: Copyright and the Web |
Blog post |
8 am
17 September
|
10 |
| Unit 8: Digitizing and Sourcing Images and Text (and Video) |
Blog post (St. Petersburg map assignments are optional this week.) |
8 am
21 September |
10 |
| 21 September
|
Unit 9: The Information Age |
Project Proposal and
Blog post
Last Withdrawal Date (26 September) |
8 am
24 September |
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
28 September |
10 |
| 28 September
|
Unit 11: Final Exam |
Final
exam |
8 am
1 October |
150 |
| Unit 12: Digital Online Archives |
Blog post |
8 am
5 October |
10 |
| 5 October
|
Unit 13: Data Visualization |
Blog post (Digital Visualization assignment is optional this week.) |
8 am
8 October |
10 |
| Unit 14: Big Picture, User Participation Projects and Crowd-Sourcing |
Blog post (Historical Transcription assignment is optional this week.) |
8 am
12 October |
10 |
| 12 October |
Unit 15: There are three possibilities for this unit. |
Option 1: GIS and History (Reston Historical Map assignment is optional.)
Blog post |
8 am
15 October |
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 (18 October) |
8 am
18 October |
200+20 |
| |
|
TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS |
|
1,000 |