{"id":37,"date":"2017-08-22T20:39:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T20:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2017-08-22T20:39:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T20:39:30","slug":"assignments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/assignments\/","title":{"rendered":"Assignments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In-class participation (22%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>objective: orally articulate arguments\/ideas and collaboratively engage with course materials and themes<\/li>\n<li>how: participation in all class sessions in a positive and productive manner through\u2026\n<ol>\n<li>on-time arrival: tardiness for more than two sessions will result in grade deduction<\/li>\n<li>attendance: beyond ONE unexcused absence, absences that are not approved by the instructor will result in a grade of zero for that day and for any assignment completed on that day\u2019s class<\/li>\n<li>consistent attention to lectures<\/li>\n<li>engagement in discussions<\/li>\n<li>completion of in-class assignments\/quizzes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Media Team (8%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>objective: link the course to the larger field of digital history by gathering relevant news stories and publicizing the course\u2019s activities<\/li>\n<li>due: each group will be assigned a period of time to serve as the Media Team<\/li>\n<li>how: delegate the following duties among your group\u2019s members (full guidelines are posted in the course\u2019s Google folder):\n<ol>\n<li>Publicize course activity using Twitter and other social media<\/li>\n<li>Take turns blogging critical reflections (~200 words) after each class<\/li>\n<li>Tweet about digital humanities news<\/li>\n<li>Orally present to the class digital humanities news on a weekly basis<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Google Docs Tasks (8%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>objective: individually apply and reflect on concepts addressed in class<\/li>\n<li>due: by the START of the class for which Task is assigned (marked \u201cTask\u201d in Schedule)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Scranton Paper (10%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>objective: make a historical argument based on original research in digital archives<\/li>\n<li>due: 9pm Friday, September 29, in Google Drive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Project Presentations (5% + 5% + 10% = 20%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>objective: engage peers in your work by orally articulating research and results, as well as responding to questions and comments<\/li>\n<li>due: in class Wednesday, September 27; Wednesday, November 1;<\/li>\n<li>Guidelines will be distributed at least one week prior to the first date of each presentation. Both presentations will include in-group practice runs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Midcourse Reflection (2%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>objective: assess your progress and future growth in the course<\/li>\n<li>due: 9pm Friday, October 6, in Google Drive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Final Project Proposal (5%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>objective: explain scope and purpose of final project<\/li>\n<li>due: 9pm Friday, November 3, in Google Drive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Clio Contribution (5%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>objective: use a digital tool to present historical findings to the general public<\/li>\n<li>due: 9pm Friday, November 17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Final Project (20%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>objective: demonstrate an understanding of course concepts and methods through the creation of a digital historical project<\/li>\n<li>due: 9pm Friday, December 8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In-class participation (22%) objective: orally articulate arguments\/ideas and collaboratively engage with course materials and themes how: participation in all class sessions in a positive and productive manner through\u2026 on-time arrival: tardiness for more than two sessions will result in grade deduction attendance: beyond ONE unexcused absence, absences that are not approved by the instructor will &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/assignments\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Assignments&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/hist190\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}