In-class (January 16) – Course Welcome:
We will begin our first class with introductions, a review of the syllabus, and overviews of the technologies you will need for this course.
- Review Course Website
- Take the Discovery Survey
- Setting up a domain with Reclaim Hosting
- Purchase a Personal Plan ($30 for the hosting and $15 for the domain registration) from Reclaim Hosting **
- Icebreaker
- Post an image that best expresses “history” to you.
- If you are having trouble accessing Slack, here is a direct link invitation
Resources:
To complete by January 18:
- Register your domain on via Reclaim Hosting
- Post your Icebreaker on Slack
- Post an image that best expresses “history” to you.
- Reply to one image with any comment you wish (in a thread)
- Read: Ray Bradbury, “The Veldt” (About the Book); Ray Bradbury, “There Will Come Soft Rains”
- Take the Discovery Survey
- To be completed by January 31
In-class (January 18) – Workshop on Building your Web Presence:
As a class, we will create a set of community agreements and norms for operating throughout the semester.
- What is WordPress?
- WordPress is a name for a popular online content management system. More precisely, it is an open-source content management system. What do the terms “open-source” and “content management system” (CMS) stand for?
- Open-source means that you can modify any file in the WordPress package and use it however you want. A content management system is software built to streamline the management of content with minimal technical knowledge. In this case, we are talking about the content of a website – web pages, tables, images, animations, forms, and so on. A CMS lets you build and manage your site at the same time.
- Installing Word Press from Reclaim Hosting (here is a visual step-by-step if you hit a hiccup on moving from registering your domain on Reclaim to getting WordPress up and running)
Resources:
- Setting Up WordPress
- Understanding the Dashboard
- Post versus Page
- Creating a Post
- Guidance for Blogging and Writing Assignments
Action Items (due by Noon on January 23):
- If you haven’t done so yet:
- Make sure that your domain is set up via Reclaim Hosting
- How-To: Reclaim Hosting
- Install WordPress from Reclaim Hosting
- Installing Word Press from Reclaim Hosting (here is a visual step-by-step if you hit a hiccup on moving from registering your domain on Reclaim to getting WordPress up and running) If you prefer a video tutorial, use this: How to install WordPress (YouTube video)
- Post your Icebreaker on Slack
- Post an image that best expresses “history” to you.
- Reply to one image with any comment you wish (in a thread)
- Make sure that your domain is set up via Reclaim Hosting
- Take the Discovery Survey
- Send a message on Slack with the address to your website. Use the #website channel to post your website address
- Work on creating your initial blog post, responding to either of the Ray Bradbury stories (your impressions, thoughts, questions, etc.) or comparing the two.
- Remember that your posts should include 2 discussion questions, prompts, and/or activities that relate to the blog assignment so that you can come to class prepared to speak about the readings, including about specific quotes or sections that you found especially inspiring, challenging, or surprising.
- Post the link to your blog on Blackboard.
After Class (for class on January 23):
- Read: The Digital in the Humanities: An Interview with Sharon M. Leon
- Susan Hockey, The History of Humanities Computing, in “Companion to Digital Humanities”
- Read: Moya Z. Bailey, All the Digital Humanists Are White, All the Nerds Are Men, but Some of Us Are Brave
- Read: towards understanding DH values: Debates in Digital Humanities
- Megan O’Neil, “Confronting the Myth of the ‘Digital Native’,” Chronicle of Higher Education, April 21, 2014.
- Nicholas Carr, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”
- Watch: “A Vision of Student’s Today”
