| Week Starts |
Topic |
Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines |
Due Date |
Possible
Points |
| 21 August |
Unit 1: Introductions |
Introduction
paragraph, Syllabus quiz and Canvas post |
8 am
24 August |
15 |
| Unit 2: The Local Digital History Scene |
Blog creation and Blog post |
8 am
28 August
|
20+10 |
| 28 August |
Unit 3: The Multi-Talented Blog |
Blog post
Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (29 August
|
8 am
31 August |
10 |
| Unit 4: The Evolution of the Digital Web |
Blog post |
8 am
4 September |
10 |
| 4 September |
Unit 5: Building a Web Culture (Style Design Standards and HTML 5) |
Blog post |
8 am
7 September |
10 |
| Unit 6: Midterm Exam |
Midterm Exam |
8 am
11 September |
125 |
| 11 September |
Unit 7: Copyright and the Web |
Blog post |
8 am
14 September
|
10 |
| Unit 8: Digitizing and Sourcing Images and Text (and Video) |
Project proposal and Blog post (St. Petersburg map assignments are available in this unit.) |
8 am
18 September |
50+10 |
| 18 September
|
Unit 9: The Information Age |
Blog post
|
8 am
21 September |
10 |
| Unit 10: What Is Real and Not Real in the Digital and Real Worlds |
Blog post (Slatington News assignment is available in this unit.)
Last Withdrawal Date (23 September) |
8 am
25 September |
10 |
| 25 September |
Unit 11: Final Exam |
Final
exam |
8 am
28 September |
150 |
| Unit 12: Digital Online Archives |
Blog post (Pinterest Board assignment is available in this unit.) |
8 am
2 October |
10 |
| 2 October |
Unit 13: Data Visualization |
Project update and Blog post (Digital Visualization assignment is available in this unit.) |
8 am
5 October |
10 |
| Unit 14: Big Picture, User Participation Projects and Crowd-Sourcing |
Blog post (Historical Transcription assignment is available in this unit.) |
8 am
9 October |
10 |
| 9 October |
Unit 15: There are three possibilities for this unit. |
Option 1: GIS and History (Reston Historical Map and the Story Map assignments are available in this unit.)
Blog post |
8 am
12 October |
10 |
Option 2: Tools, Tools and Tools, What Exactly Are tools? (Timeline assignment is available in this unit.)
Blog post |
Option 3: Data Mining and Text Mining (Historical Translation assignment is available in this unit.)
Blog post |
| Unit 16: Project Presentation and Review |
Final project and Reflective paragraph
Course End Date (15 October) |
8 am
15 October |
200+20 |
| |
|
TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS |
|
1,000 |