Fall 2024: Classes meet M W F 1:25 - 2:15pm in Burke 14
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Quick links to digital resources
- Canvas: http://canvas.psu.edu To submit homework assignments and exams and read private course announcements
- introDH-Hub: https://github.com/newtfire/introDH-Hub Class GitHub Repository and Issues Board
- oXygen XML Editor: for coding of all kinds, used in multiple DIGIT courses for text archiving, analysis, and web projects
- Wordpress (via PSU): Penn State resource for creating a website
- TimeMapper: Web-based tool for plotting and visualizing events in time and space based on spreadsheet data.
- ArcGIS StoryMaps: software supporting design of visual stories about places, combining text with data patterns, maps, and multimedia.
- Google Sheets: Web-based spreadsheet software designed for interactive sharing.
- Voyant Tools and Antconc Free
concordance and indexing tools supporting
distant reading
analysis of texts. - Kumu.io: Concept mapping and network tool
- itch.io: Source of indie games, a selection of which will be made available for critique.
- Course Home Website: https://newtfire.org/courses/introDH/ Home of our syllabus and schedule.
Week 1 | Class topics | Do before class |
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M 08-26 |
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W 08-28 |
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Read The Digital Humanities Manifesto 2.0 and check out who wrote it |
F 08-30 |
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Set up Hypothes.is account and complete first annotation assignment. Re-read up close (text and image) and annotate with Hypothes.is (Detailed guidance posted on Canvas): The Digital Humanities Manifesto 2.0 Context/Metadata: ~2009. |
Week 2 | Class topics | Do before class |
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M 09-02 |
Labor Day Holiday: No classes. | ... |
W 09-04 |
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Read and annotate with Hypothes.is:
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F 09-06 |
Discussion / hands-on exercise on Dear Data. Launch the longer-range assignment on personal data collection and visualization |
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Week 3 | Class topics | Do before class |
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M 09-09 |
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W 09-11 |
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F 09-13 |
Learning the code syntax of eXtensible Markup Language: elements and attributes. XML and HTML | XML Markup Exercise 1 |
Week 4 | Class topics | Do before class |
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M 09-16 |
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W 09-18 |
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F 09-20 |
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Week 5 | Class topics | Do before class |
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M 09-23 |
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W 09-25 |
Git at command line: getting git in your fingers: Terms and concepts: local vs. remote
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GitHub Exercise 2: launch the website and GitHub Pages on your repo! |
F 09-27 |
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Week 6 | Class topics | Do before class |
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M 09-30 |
HTML / CSS, mindful file management, and publishing a website |
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W 10-02 |
Website Development Lab: Spotlight on CSS
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Website development for Comparative Web Development Assignment |
F 10-04 |
Class meets at the VARIA Lab: Orientation to Scaniverse |
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Week 7 | Class topics | Do before class |
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M 10-07 |
DIGIT program welcomes Special guest: Service Design workshop Dr. B is attending the TEI Conference in Buenos Aires this week | ... |
W 10-09 |
TBD: [VARIA activity, User Experience Workshop Part 2] | UX workshop assignment |
F 10-11 |
Web production work day: git/GitHub, HTML CSS | GitHub Pages Comparative Web Development Assignment Milestone due |
Week 8 | Class topics | Do before class |
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M 10-14 |
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Website development for Comparative Web Development Assignment |
W 10-16 |
Website debugging lab | Comparative Web Development Assignment Milestone: Wordpress site: set up styling and pages, image content from your GitHub Pages site |
F 10-18 |
Website Accessibility Readings and Workshop | Review the following readings: Apply two things you learn from them to your design of one of your websites (and comment in Canvas on what you are doing or want to do to apply them to your site):
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Week 9 | Class topics | Do before class |
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M 10-21 |
Introduce the Text Analysis unit. Natural Language Processing (NLP): central to the AI (Large Language Models) technology of our time |
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W 10-23 |
Comparative Web Development Assignment checklist / review. Voyant Tools exercise
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Comparative Web Development Assignment due: Check:
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F 10-25 |
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Corpus analysis exercise |
Week 10 | Class topics | Do before class |
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M 10-28 |
No class meeting. Work on identifying text corpora for the Corpus Analysis Project Dr. B is guest-lecturing at U. Tennessee Knoxville |
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W 10-30 |
Comparative analysis with natural language processing (NLP) tools: Exploring bases for comparison |
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F 11-01 |
Ethics in Natural Language Processing and AI: (Read and annotate with Hypothes.is):
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Week 11 | Class topics | Do before class |
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M 11-04 |
In Class Comparison Exercise with Large Language Models (LLMs) | ... |
W 11-06 |
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F 11-08 |
Review / consultation workshop of Corpus Analysis Project drafts/findings | Rough draft installment of Corpus Analysis Project. Screenshots: images with figure and figcaption |
Week 12 | Class topics | Do before class |
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M 11-11 |
Introducing Time/Space Mapping unit: View and discuss Europe Time Machine project | |
W 11-13 |
Orientation to TimeMapper or Arc StoryMaps. GIS and web technologies | Corpus Analysis Project due |
F 11-15 |
Workshopping Time/Space mapping projects. | Starter exercise for time/space mapping |
Week 13 | Class topics | Do before class |
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M 11-18 |
Mapping and telling history: Discussion / Workshop with Land-Grab Universitiesmaps and data. |
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W 11-20 |
Workshopping Time/Space mapping projects. Including Time/Space map on your website | Milestone: partial draft of Time/Space Mapping project |
F 11-22 |
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Complete TimeMapper project post to your website (by the end of the day) |
Week 14 | Class topics | Do before class |
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Sun 11-24 to Sat 11-30 |
Thanksgiving Holiday | Have a peaceful and productive week! |
Week 15 | Class topics | Do before class |
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M 12-02 |
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W 12-04 |
Network analysis: Kumu Networks and organization / visualization options. Game Analysis. |
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F 12-06 |
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Game Analysis Project Milestone:
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Week 16 | Class topics | Do before class |
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M 12-09 |
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Game Analysis Project Milestone: Network visualization exercise |
W 12-11 |
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Readings / Canvas discussion or annotation:
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F 12-13 |
Last day! DIGIT Works event | ... |
T 12-17 |
Final assignment: Game Analysis Project due by 11:59pm |