HIS 218 (Fall 2016)
8 Week Course Assignment Schedule
17 October Start Date

 
Grades are recorded in the gradebook in Blackboard. For an explanation of the critical course deadlines, highlighted on the schedule in bold, please see the course syllabus.
 
Week Starts Topic Required Assignments and Critical Course Deadlines Due Date Possible
Points
17 October Unit 1: Introductions Introduction paragraph, Syllabus quiz and Blackboard post 8 am
20 October
15
Unit 2: The Local Digital History Scene Blog creation
Blog post
8 am
24 October
20+10
24 October Unit 3: The Multi-Talented Blog

Blog post
Last Refund Date/First Assignment Due Date Deadline (25 October)


8 am
27 October
10
Unit 4: The Evolution of the Digital Web Blog post 8 am
31 October
10
31 October Unit 5: Building a Web Culture (Style Design Standards and HTML 5) Blog post 8 am
3 November
10
Unit 6: Midterm Exam Midterm Exam 8 am
7 November
125
7 November Unit 7: Copyright and the Web Blog post 8 am
10 November
10
Unit 8: Digitizing and Sourcing Images and Text (and Video) Blog post (St. Petersburg map assignments are optional this week.) 8 am
14 November
10
14 November Unit 9: The Information Age Project Proposal and
Blog post
Last Withdrawal Date (19 November)
8 am
17 November
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
21 November
10
21 November Unit 11: Final Exam Final exam 8 am
24 November
150
Unit 12: Digital Online Archives Blog post 8 am
28 November
10
28 November Unit 13: Data Visualization Blog post (Digital Visualization assignment is optional this week.) 8 am
1 December
10
Unit 14: Big Picture, User Participation Projects and Crowd-Sourcing Blog post (Historical Transcription assignment is optional this week.) 8 am
5 December
10
5 December Unit 15: There are three possibilities for this unit. Option 1: GIS and History (Reston Historical Map assignment is optional.)
Blog post
8 am
8 December
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 (11 December)
8 am
11 December
200+20
    TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS   1,000

 

 

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