There are four major projects to complete in this class, carefully scaffolded and sequenced to build on one another. Since you will sometimes be working on multiple projects simultaneously, this page provides an overview to project deadlines and links to detailed prompts for your major assignments.
Please find links to assignment prompts below.
Project 1 Indexing and Interview Summary (Descriptive Headnote) Authoring
1/17 Assignment Prompt Distributed
1/22 Interviews Assigned, OHMS Accounts distributed and activated
1/24 Draft Transcript Authentication due
2/12 Project 1.1 and Reflective Essay due, Peer Review
2/26 Project 1.1 Instructor Feedback distributed
3/21 Project 1.2 Revised Index including At least 2 Linked Primary documents due
3/28 Instructor Feedback 1.2 Distributed
4/16 Project 1.3 Due
4/30 Project 1.4 Final Index, Interview Summary due
Project 2 Archival Research
2/12 Project 2: Digital Annotated Bibliography Assignment Prompt Distributed
2/19 Meet in King Library UK Special Collections: Introduction to Archival Research Methods
2/21 Workshop: How to Author Metadata and Create Usable Digital Documents in Omeka (meet in King Library)
3/7 Digitized Annotated Bibliography due in Omeka with Metadata due
4/9 Revised Annotated Bibliography due in Omeka with Corrected Metadata
Project 3 Conducting Original Oral History Interview
2/12 Project 3: Original Oral History Interview Assignment Prompt Distributed
2/28 Interviewees Selected and Contacted
3/7 Protocol Introduced, Workshop: How to Interview
3/19 Interview Protocols due to Googledocs
4/2 Oral Histories, Release forms, and Still Images due to Dr. Jan and Kopana Terry
Project 4 Digital Exhibit Creation/Curation in Omeka
2/12 Assignment Prompt Distributed
3/27 Omeka Final Project Workplan due to Googledocs
4/2, 4/4 Meet in Special Collections
4/9 Reflective Essay on Collaborative Interviewing/Research Due
4/11 Omeka Final Project Storyboards due to Googledocs, Peer review
4/16 Instructor Feedback on Storyboards distributed
4/18 Rough Cuts of Final Projects due, Peer Review
4/23 Final Presentation (graded in class)
4/25 Final Presentation at Kentucky Jewish History Symposium 2
4/30 All projects and revisions due by noon
Transcript Authentication
Project 1: Interview Indexing and Index Summary
Indexing Reflection Prompt (Reflective Essay 1)
Peer Review Instructions (General)
Peer Review Instructions (Indexing)
Project 2: Storyboard Poster Peer Review
Project 2: Storyboard Poster Creation and Presentation Reflection
Project 3a:Digital Annotated Bibliography in Omeka
Project 3b: Original Oral History Assignment (scheduling/protocol/conducting)
Project 3C: Original Oral History Interview Sample Protocols
Project 3: Technical Directions for Creating Omeka Annotations
Project 3: Sample Oral History Interview Protocol
Project 3: Reflecting on Interviewing and Archival Research
Project 4: Omeka Digitally Curated Online Exhibit
Project 4: Omeka Exhibit Technical Directions