= Solo assignment = Team assignment
Class 1 (Mar. 31) — | Introduction |
Class 2 (Apr. 2) — | Text in the Digital Age (1) -- What Is Text Anyway? |
Class 3 (Apr. 7) |
Text in the Digital Age (2) -- How is Text "Encoded" For Computers? |
Course "practicums" are hands-on, small-scale exercises that ask students to experiment at a beginner's level with the tools of the digital humanities. Each practicum should be completed before class, resulting in a "souvenir" of the exercise left on the Student Work site. (General instructions for practicums)
Class 4 (Apr. 9) |
"Distant Reading" -- Why Use Computers to Read a Zillion Texts? |
Class 5 (Apr. 14) | Text Analysis (1) -- How Use Computers to Read One to a Zillion Texts? |
Class 6 (Apr. 16) | Text Analysis (2) -- How to Think Like a Concordance? |
Class 7 (Apr. 21) | Text Analysis (3) -- What is Topic Modeling? |
Class 8 (Apr. 23) | Social Network Analysis (also: Mapping) -- Who "Friends" Whom in Literature? (also: Why Map Literature?) |
* [No class April 28th]
Class 9 (Apr. 30) | Workshop |
"Thought" Essay #1 due. (See Assignments)
In-progress Portfolio preview due. (See Assignments)
Class 10 (May 5) | Workshop |
Class 12 (May 12) | Workshop |
Class 13 (May 14) | Workshop |
* [No class May 19]
Class 14 (May 21) | Workshop |
Class 15 (May 26) | Workshop |
Class 16 (May 28) | Workshop |
Class 17 (June 2) | Workshop |
Collective Class Project due. (See Assignments)
(June 5) Portfolio due. (See Assignments)
(June 8) "Thought" Essay #2 due. (See Assignments)