Readings

• Cohen and Rosenzweig, “Becoming Digital” and “Owning the Past” in Digital History. http://chnm.gmu.edu/digitalhistory
• Erin Kissane, The Elements of Content Strategy (New York: A Book Apart, 2011)–everyone will receive this on Day 1
• Writing History in the Digital Age: Part I: Re-Visioning Historical Writing, http://writinghistory.trincoll.edu/revisioning/
• Paige Morgan, “How to Get your Digital Humanities Project off the Ground,” http://www.paigemorgan.net/how-to-get-a-digital-humanities-project-off-the-ground/

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Activities

http://xkcd.com/773/

Morning (9-12)

• Planning effective digital projects with an introduction to content management platforms, and examples of work.
• Server basics
• HTML basics

Afternoon (1-4)

• Hands-on Session: Critique digital history websites together: focus on
  critical appraisal of digital work
• Hands-on Session: One-click install of Omeka

Homework

• Please fill out a mid-stream survey
• Play around with Omeka, using the Documentation as your guide. Add an item or two at minimum.

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Tools

• Omeka, http://omeka.org
• Scalar, http://scalar.usc.edu/

Reference

• Criteria for reviewing websites, Journal of American History http://www.journalofamericanhistory.org/submit/websitereviews.html
• “Site Planning Tips,” Omeka Documentation
• “When Not to Use Drupal,” Drupal for Humanists, http://drupal.forhumanists.org/book/when-not-use-drupal
• Introduction to HTML, Mozilla Developers Network
• Jeffrey Zeldman, “Understanding Web Design,” A List Apart (November 20, 2007). http://alistapart.com/article/understandingwebdesign
• Steven Krug, “How We Really Use the Web,” Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (2005, 2nd Edition).
• On choosing for your users and your content, Downgrading your Website, CooperHewitt Labs: http://labs.cooperhewitt.org/2014/downgrading-your-website-or-why-we-are-moving-to-wordpress/
• Sample digital history evaluation criteria
• Collaborators’ Bill of Rights

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