Grades are recorded in the gradebook in Canvas. For an explanation of the critical course deadlines, highlighted on the schedule in bold, please see the course syllabus in Canvas.
| Week Starts | Topic | Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines | Due Date | Possible Points |
| 19 August | Unit 1: Introductions | Formal introduction paragraph, Syllabus quiz and Canvas introduction discussion post | Midnight Thursday 22 August |
15 |
Unit 2, Part A, The Local Digital History Scene |
Blog creation and post | Midnight Sunday 25 August |
20 | |
| Unit 2, Part B, The Evolution of the Digital Web | Blog post | 10 | ||
| 26 August | Unit 3: The Multi-Talented Blog (Social Media) | Blog post and comment |
Midnight Thursday 29 August |
10 |
| Unit 4: Building a Web Culture (Style Design Standards and HTML 5) | Blog post and comment | Midnight Sunday 1 September |
10 | |
| 2 September | Unit 5: Copyright and the Web | Blog post and comment | Midnight Thursday 5 September |
10 |
| Unit 6: Midterm Exam | Midterm Exam | Midnight Sunday 8 September |
125 | |
| 9 September | 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 12 September |
10 |
| Unit 8: The Information Age | Project Proposal and Blog Post and comment |
Midnight Sunday 15 September |
50 + 10 | |
| 16 September | 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 19 September |
10 |
| Unit 10: Final Exam | Final
exam Last Withdrawal Date (21 September) |
Midnight Sunday 22 September |
150 | |
| 23 September | Unit 11: Digital Online Archives | Blog post and comment |
Midnight Thursday 26 September |
10 |
| Unit 12: Data Visualization | Blog post and comment (Data Visualization assignment, 150 points, is available in this unit.) |
Midnight Sunday 29 September |
10 | |
| 30 September | Unit 13: Project Presentation for Review | Final Project Due and Canvas Project Discussion post | Midnight Thursday 3 October |
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 6 October |
10 | |
| Option 2: Tools, Tools and Tools, What Exactly Are tools? Blog post and comment (Timeline assignment, 150 points, is available in this unit.) |
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| Option 3: Data Mining and Text Mining Blog post and comment (Historical Translation assignment, 150 points, is available in this unit.) |
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| 7 October | 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 10 October |
10 |
| Unit 16 Project Completion and Course Review | Final Final Project, Reflective paragraph and Canvas Suggestion Discussion post Course End Date (13 October) |
Midnight Sunday 13 October |
20+5 | |
| TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS | 1,000 |
Course grades are based on the following scale:
- 1,010-900: A
- 899-800: B
- 799-700: C
- 699-600: D
- 599-000: F