Opportunities to earn extra credit will be offered throughout the semester. These may include additional tutorials, workshop attendance, attending a digital humanities related lecture, etc. Opportunities will be made visible in the #general channel of Slack and the Events page of the DH@MSU website (digitalhumanities.msu.edu/calendar/events). A few opportunities will be listed here.
In order to earn extra credit, you must attend one of these events (or another one that you get approval for in advance) and write up 4-5 sentences elaborating on something you learned during the event. Direct message your write up to me in Slack.
Each extra credit activity you do will add 0.5% to your overall grade for the semester. You may earn up to 3% total in extra credit.
Ideas for extra credit opportunities for Fall 2022
- Do a DH Tutorial
- Select a tutorial from Miriam Posner’s website (http://miriamposner.com/blog/tutorials-ive-written/) and do it. When you have finished, message me in Slack with 2 screenshots from your progress during the lesson, and share your experience of what you learned (and/or struggled with) in at least 4 sentences.
- Programming Historian Lesson
- Explore the lessons available at Programming Historian (https://programminghistorian.org/en/lessons/) and go through one of them, following along with the lesson. When you have finished, message me in Slack with 2 screenshots from your progress during the lesson, and share your experience of what you learned (and/or struggled with) in at least 4 sentences.
- Note: Some of these lessons are relatively advanced and might involve coding.
- Attend DH-related virtual events
- MSU and non-MSU
- Watch DH lectures and presentations
- From the Global Digital Humanities Symposium (make sure to watch at least 30 minutes worth of ‘content’ – so, 2 15 min presentations, or, say, 4 lightning talks)
One of the Distinguished Lectures given at MSU over the past few years - From the Building Digital Humanities Conference (from Nov 2022) – recordings of panels are linked next to the panel info in the program
- A lecture about visualization from Johanna Drucker as part of the Susan Hockey Lecture Series as University College London
- Other options are available – if you find something you want to watch, message me in Slack, and I can give you the go-ahead.
- From the Global Digital Humanities Symposium (make sure to watch at least 30 minutes worth of ‘content’ – so, 2 15 min presentations, or, say, 4 lightning talks)
- Co-Work & Extra Help Time for Final Projects
- Meeting with MSU Libraries Reference Services
- Go to the reference desk at the Main Library (it’s around the corner from the Circulation Desk) or get in touch with a librarian via email or chat and get help from a librarian in conducting research for your final project. They will be adept at helping you to find scholarly sources which are key for background and context on your topics.
- Note, you can also setup an appointment with a librarian who has a specialty in the area of research you are exploring instead of just going to the Reference Desk and speaking to whoever happens to be there at the moment.
- After you meet with the librarian, message me in Slack, explaining what sources you found with the librarian and in ~4 sentences (or more) what new research strategies you learned.