Taught at The University of Pennsylvania’s Dream Lab: A Digital Humanities Training Institute
DAY 1 • Understanding Digital Humanities, Ethics & Literacy, and Gathering Humanities Data
| 9:00-10:00am | Dream Lab Check In |
| 10:00-10:45am | All-Dream Lab Welcome |
| 11:00 – 11:30am | Introductions to each other and this course |
| 11:30am-12pm | Intro to DH and methodologies [Kayla Abner] |
| 12:00-1:30pm | LUNCH! |
| 1:30-2:30pm | Humanity in digital humanities • Data Literacy & Ethics • Activity: examining a few DH projects [Lauren Cooper] |
| 2:30-3:00pm | Gathering data and documentation • Activity: creating data documentation via dinosaurs [Kayla Abner] |
| 3:00-3:30pm | BREAK |
| 3:30-5pm | Finishing up data learning • Activity: Web scraping with XPath • Activity: Find and evaluate data [Kayla Abner] |
| 5:15pm-7pm | Dream Lab Keynote: Shannon Mattern and Opening Reception • Class of 1978 Pavilion, (6th Floor, Van Pelt Library) |
DAY 2 • Tuesday – Digital Publishing, Mapping, and Sharing DH Work
| 9:00-10:00am | Drop-in office hours, coffee |
| 10:00am-11:10am | Digital Publishing – Part I: Platforms and Web Hosts • Activity: WordPress Editors [Lauren Cooper] |
| 11:10am-12:00pm | Digital Publishing – Part II: Accessibility, Usability, & Findability • Activity: Google Analytics [Lauren Cooper] |
| 12:00-1:30pm | LUNCH! |
| 1:30-2:30pm | In-depth with digital exhibits, digital storytelling, and websites • Activity: hands-on with TimelineJS for digital storytelling [Kayla Abner] |
| 2:30-3:00pm | GIS / Digital Mapping Part 1 [Kayla Abner] |
| 3:00-3:30pm | BREAK |
| 3:30-4:00pm | GIS / Digital Mapping Part 2 • Activity: Building maps in Palladio and StoryMapJS [Kayla Abner] |
| 4:00-4:40pm | Sharing DH work, building an online presence, and building a community of DH practitioners • Activity: finding fellow scholars in your field on social media OR wireframing out a personal website |
| 4:40-5:00pm | Activity: building our Showcase website |
| 5:15 – 7:00pm | [Optional] All-Dream Lab Ice Cream Social – Game Night Class of 1978 Pavilion, (6th Floor, Van Pelt Library) |
DAY 3 • Wednesday – Preservation, Funding, Text Mining, Data Visualization
| 9:00-10:00am | Drop-in office hours, coffee |
| 10:00-11:00am | Digital Publishing – Part III & IV: Maintenance and Caretaking, Methods and Tools • Activity: The Socio-Technical Sustainability Roadmap [Lauren Cooper] |
| 11:00-12:00pm | Funding and Grants Demystified • Activity: Reading a grant requirements document [Lauren Cooper] |
| 12:00-1:30pm | LUNCH! |
| 1:30-2:30pm | Text Mining Tools and Methods • Activity: hands-on with Voyant for text mining [Kayla Abner] |
| 2:30-3:00pm | Data Visualization Part 1 • Activity: The Trifecta Checkup for data visualization [Kayla Abner] |
| 3:00-3:30pm | BREAK |
| 3:30-4:00pm | Data Visualization Part 2 • Activity: Build a network graph in Palladio |
| 4:00-5:00pm | Activity: Showcase Work Time |
| 5:15-7:00pm | [Optional] Field trip to a roof-top park, a 20 minute walk from the library (weather permitting) |
DAY 4 • Thursday – Project Management and Wrap-up
| 9:00-10:00am | Drop-in office hours, coffee |
| 10:00am-12:00pm | Project Management • Activity: Samples of project planning [Lauren Cooper] |
| 12:00-1:00pm | LUNCH! |
| 1:30-2:00pm | Wrap Up & Close Out • Assessment and DH Discussion |
| 2:00-3:00pm | Showcase Project Work |
| 3:00-3:30pm | BREAK |
| 3:30-5:00pm | DH Showcase Hour (and a half)! |
