| Week Starts |
Topic |
Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines |
Due Date |
Possible
Points |
| 22 August |
Unit 1: Introductions |
Introduction
paragraph, Syllabus quiz and Blackboard post |
8 am
25 August |
15 |
| Unit 2: The Local Digital History Scene |
Blog creation
Blog post |
8 am
29 August
|
20+10 |
| 29 August |
Unit 3: The Multi-Talented Blog |
Blog post
Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (30 August)
|
8 am
1 September |
10 |
| Unit 4: The Evolution of the Digital Web |
Blog post |
8 am
5 September |
10 |
| 5 September |
Unit 5: Building a Web Culture (Style Design Standards and HTML 5) |
Blog post |
8 am
8 September |
10 |
| Unit 6: Midterm Exam |
Midterm Exam |
8 am
12 September |
125 |
12
September
|
Unit 7: Copyright and the Web |
Blog post |
8 am
15 September
|
10 |
| Unit 8: Digitizing and Sourcing Images and Text (and Video) |
Project Proposal and Blog post (St. Petersburg map assignments are optional this week.) |
8 am
19 September |
50+10 |
| 19 September
|
Unit 9: The Information Age |
Blog post
|
8 am
22 September |
10 |
| Unit 10: What Is Real and Not Real in the Digital and Real Worlds |
Blog post (Slatington News assignment is optional this week.)
Last Withdrawal Date (24 September) |
8 am
26 September |
10 |
| 26 September
|
Unit 11: Final Exam |
Final
exam |
8 am
29 September |
150 |
| Unit 12: Digital Online Archives |
Blog post |
8 am
3 October |
10 |
| 3 October
|
Unit 13: Data Visualization |
Blog post (Digital Visualization assignment is optional this week.) |
8 am
6 October |
10 |
| Unit 14: Big Picture, User Participation Projects and Crowd-Sourcing |
Blog post (Historical Transcription assignment is optional this week.) |
8 am
10 October |
10 |
| 10 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
13 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 (16 October) |
8 am
16 October |
200+20 |
| |
|
TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS |
|
1,000 |