Instructors: Sheila Brennan and Sharon Leon

Readings

• Cohen, Daniel J., and Roy Rosenzweig. “Exploring the History Web.” In Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. http://chnm.gmu.edu/digitalhistory/exploring/.
• ———. “Introduction.” In Digital History: A Guide to Gathering, Preserving, and Presenting the Past on the Web. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. http://chnm.gmu.edu/digitalhistory/introduction/.
• Posner, Miriam. “Creating Your Web Presence: A Primer for Academics.” ProfHacker, February 14, 2011. http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/creating-your-web-presence-a-primer-for-academics/30458.
• Schonfeld, Roger, and Jennifer Rutner. “Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Historians.” Ithaka S+R, 2012. http://www.sr.ithaka.org/publications/supporting-the-changing-research-practices-of-historians/.
• Thomas, William. “What Is Digital Scholarship? A Typology.” William G. Thomas III, February 28, 2015. http://railroads.unl.edu/blog/?p=1159.

Activities

Morning

• Introductions
• Introduction to the digital humanities and digital history community:
  • Defining and Categorizing Digital History:
    http://history2016.doingdh.org/week-1-monday/digital-history-categories-and-projects/
• Break
• Demo: How the Internet works, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5oe63pOhLI&feature=youtu.be
• Building a professional identity online
• Hands-on Session: Sign up for Reclaim Hosting Coupon: chnm2016s
  • http://reclaimhosting.com
  • How to use Reclaim Hosting http://docs.reclaimhosting.com/

Afternoon

• Introduction to digital communication platforms, discussions of professional communities and connection
• Hands-on Session: Sign up for Twitter
  • #doingdh16
• Hands-on Session: Install WordPress
  • Installing on Reclaim, http://docs.reclaimhosting.com/wordpress
  • WordPress Documentation https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page

Homework

• Write first blog post
• Complete blog collection form: http://goo.gl/forms/5cVH9vBcoByPEait2
• Sign up for a Thinglink account: https://www.thinglink.com/

Extra Material

Additional readings and material are not required, but recommended. They are accessible through a Zotero Group Library. If you already use Zotero, click here to see the group and apply for membership.

Even if you don’t use Zotero, a link to the extra material is included at the bottom of each day’s schedule page: Zotero Folder – Day 1 – Introductions

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