HIS 218 (Fall 2020)
8 Week Course Assignment Schedule
24 August Start Date

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 HIS 112 course syllabus.

Week Starts Topic Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines Due Date Possible Points
24 August Unit 1: Introductions Introduction paragraph, Extra credit syllabus quiz and Canvas post Midnight
27 August
10+5
Unit 2: The Local Digital History Scene and the Evolution of the Web Blog creation and post Midnight
30 August
20+5
31 August Unit 3: The Multi-Talented Blog (Social Media) Blog post
Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (1 September)
Midnight
3 September
5
Unit 4: Building a Web Culture (Style Design Standards and HTML 5) Blog post Midnight
6 September
5
7 September Unit 5: The Information Age (Some Local History Resources) Blog post Midnight
10 September
5
Unit 6: Copyright and the Web Midterm Exam Midnight
13 September
125
14 September Unit 7: What Is Real and Not Real in the Digital and Real Worlds Blog post Midnight
17 September
5
Unit 8: Digitizing and Sourcing Images and Text (and Video) Online exhibit assignment Midnight
20 September
150
21 September Unit 9: Digital Online Archives Pinterest board assignment Midnight
24 September
100
Unit 10: Final Exam Final exam
Last Withdrawal Date (27 September)
Midnight
27 September
125
28 September Unit 11: Data Visualization Blog post Midnight
1 October
5
Unit 12: GIS and History Story map assignment Midnight
4 October
150
5 October Unit 13: Big Picture, User Participation Projects and Crowd-Sourcing (Genealogy) Blog post Midnight
8 October
5
Unit 14: Tools, Tools and Tools, What Exactly Are tools? Timeline assignment Midnight
11 October
150
12 October Unit 15: Data Mining and Text Mining Blog post Midnight
15 October
5
Unit 16: Final Assignment and Course Review Final Assignment (100), Reflective paragraph (20) and Canvas posting (5)
Course End Date (19 October)
Midnight
18 October
100+20+5
    TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS   1,000

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Course grades are based on the following scale