Post discussion comments or questions to readings channel on Slack:.Jennifer Hijazi, “Is Instagram killing our museum culture or reinventing it?” PBS, November 17, 2017.Julia Falkowski, “Custom collections content and generous interfaces” Museums and the Web 2016.Annotate in Hypothes.is: Post discussion comments or questions to readings channel on Slack:.Understanding metadata and creating items in Omeka.Post 1-2 questions, comments, or reactions to the following reading on the #readings Slack channel: Samantha Thompson, “Why Don’t Archivists Digitize Everything?” May 31, 2017.
Replaced above reading with: follow these instructions to Install Omeka Classic through your Reclaim Hosting account.Lara Putnam, “The Transnational and the Text-Searchable: Digitized Sources and the Shadows They Cast,” The American Historical Review, Volume 121, Issue 2, 1 April 2016, pp.Q&A with Caroline Klibanoff, Program Manager for Made by Us at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.Post the URL of your site to the #assignments channel in Slack. Add some kind of landing or About page with a short bio and interests. Finalize a Wordpress theme and its layout for your sandbox site.Jessica Marie Johnson, “Markup Bodies: Black Studies and Slavery Studies at the Digital Crossroads” Social Text, Vol.Sheila Brennan, “Digital History” The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook (June 4, 2019).Student Zoom Presentations and peer feedbackĭigital Hygiene assignment due 2/8-2/21 Mon., Feb.Prepare to present your Zoom Presentation.Either: make a LinkedIn Page and connect with Professor Blevins OR write an email to him explaining why you don’t wish to do so.Select a topic for your Zoom presentation and describe it in 1-2 sentences on the Slack #presentations channel.Follow these instructions to install a Wordpress site in a “sandbox” directory on Reclaim Hosting.Ian Bogost, “The Age of Privacy Nihilism is Here” The Atlantic (August 23, 2018).Hands-On: Creating a “Sandbox” on Reclaim Hosting.File types, folder structures, servers, and navigating Reclaim Hosting.Make sure you have a Google Account that you are willing to use for this class.Register for a personal account and domain name with Reclaim Hosting (Cost: $30 - this will be the only thing I will ask you to pay for during the semester (I hope)).Audrey Watters, “The Web We Need to Give Students” BRIGHT Magazine (July 15, 2015).
Scott Weingart, “The Route of a Text Message, a Love Story” Vice (February 22, 2019).27: Computers and Files and Servers, Oh My!
What Should Professors Use Instead?” The Chronicle of Higher Education (July 19, 2019)