Course Schedule
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The official syllabus is available in Webcourses.*
Sample Work (links to class projects)
Week 1: Welcome! (August 18-21)
- Read/watch/listen to everything in the Welcome! module
- Complete Academic Activity Verification by 11:59pm Thursday, August 21
Week 2: GitHub Digital Portfolio (August 22-28)
- Read Drucker Ch. 1: (DH overview)
- Read Ratto article (What is critical making)
- Read/watch/listen to everything listed under the “Learn” heading in the module
- Post your working GitHub portfolio link by 11:59pm Tuesday, August 26
- Post 2 substantive replies by 11:59pm Thursday, August 28
Week 3: Research Basics (August 29-September 4)
- Read/watch/listen to everything listed under the “Learn” heading in the module
- Post your Scavenger Hunt by 11:59pm Tuesday, September 2
- Complete at least one other Scavenger Hunt by 11:59pm Thursday, September 4
Week 4: Distant Reading (September 5-11)
- Read Rambsy article (Text-mining short fiction)
- Read Drucker Ch. 7 (Data mining & analysis)
- Read/watch/listen to everything listed under the “Learn” heading in the module
- Post your Distant Reading Exercise by 11:59pm Tuesday, September 9
- Post 2 substantive replies by 11:59pm Thursday, September 11
Week 5: Digital Narratives Part 1 (September 12-18)
- Read Drucker Ch. 6 (information visualization)
- Read Johnson & Salter Ch. 5 (Hypertext)
- Read/watch/listen to everything listed under the “Learn” heading in the module
- Post your Storyboard for your Digital Narrative by 11:59pm Tuesday, September 16
- Post 2 substantive replies by 11:59pm Thursday, September 18
Week 6: Digital Narratives Part 2 (September 19-25)
- Read Burdick et al. Ch. 1 (What is DH) and Ch. 2 (DH methods & genres)
- Read Johnson & Salter Ch. 6 (Game)
- Read/watch/listen to everything listed under the “Learn” heading in the module
- Post your Digital Narrative by 11:59pm Tuesday, September 23
- Post 2 substantive replies by 11:59pm Thursday, September 25
Week 7: Generative Text Part 1 (September 26-October 2)
- Read Johnson & Salter Ch. 7 (Bots)
- Read/watch/listen to everything listed under the “Learn” heading in the module
- Post your Tracery project by 11:59pm Tuesday, September 30
- Post 2 substantive replies by 11:59pm Thursday, October 2
Week 8: Generative Text Part 2 (October 3-9)
- Read Sarah Roberts, “Your AI is Human” (PDF posted in Webcourse)
- Read/watch/listen to everything listed under the “Learn” heading in the module
- Post your Chatbot analysis exercise by 11:59pm Tuesday, October 7
- Post 2 substantive replies focusing on Chatbot analysis by 11:59pm Thursday, October 9
Week 9: AI Chatbots (October 10-16)
- Read/watch/listen to everything listed under the “Learn” heading in the module
- Post your Chatbot by 11:59pm Tuesday, October 14
- Post 2 substantive replies by 11:59pm Thursday, October 16
Week 10: Research Proposal (October 17-23)
- Read Drucker Ch. 10 (Interfaces)
- Read/watch/listen to everything listed under the “Learn” heading in the module
- Post your Research Proposal by 11:59pm Tuesday, October 21
- Post 2 substantive replies by 11:59pm Thursday, October 23
- Extra Credit: Submit your proposal to the Student Research Showcase by 11:59pm Thursday, October 31
Week 11: Annotated Bibliography (October 24-30)
- Read/watch/listen to everything listed under the “Learn” heading in the module
- Optional: Read Drucker Ch. 12 (Project Design/IP) and Coda
- Post your Annotated Bibliography by 11:59pm Tuesday, October 28
- Post 2 peer reviews by 11:59pm Thursday, October 30
Week 12: Abstract (October 31-November 6)
- Read/watch/listen to everything listed under the “Learn” heading in the module
- Optional: Read Burdick Ch. 4: Provocations
- Post your Abstract by 11:59pm Tuesday, November 4
- Post 2 peer reviews by 11:59pm Thursday, November 6
Week 13: Digital Research Project (November 7-13)
- Readings: Revisit resources in prior modules as needed
- Post your Digital Research Project by 11:59pm Tuesday, November 11
- Post 2 substantive replies by 11:59pm Thursday, November 13
Week 14: Research Project Video (November 14-20)
- Read/watch/listen to everything listed under the “Learn” heading in the module
- Post your Research Project Video by 11:59pm Tuesday, November 18
- Post 2 substantive replies by 11:59pm Thursday, November 20
Week 15: Last Week of Classes (November 21-25)
- View additional classmates’ videos
- Start your Final Reflection Assignment
Final Due December 4
- Revisit your GitHub Portfolio to see how far you’ve come!
- Submit Final Reflection Assignment (this acts as your Final Exam for the course) by 11:59pm Thursday, December 4