Category: Assignments
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Digital Knowledge: True Crime in the Archives: transcribing prison records for criminal characters in Australia 1800-1939
This crowdsourcing project through Zooniverse focuses on transcribing the prison records of individuals imprisoned and brought to Australia. Each prisoner had a record that included information on their current and previous convictions, a description of their appearance, occupation, and marital status. I found this project by searching through the zooniverse website, and was able to…
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Digital Knowledge
Find an example of a museum or other cultural heritage institution that is crowdsourcing or otherwise soliciting knowledge from the public. Follow the contribution instructions provided by that institution to participate in that crowdsourcing initiative. To complete this assignment, you will write a reflection in the form of a blog post for the course site.…
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Digital Systems
Write a reflection of about 1,000 words on one of the digital systems that we experimented with in class (besides Omeka S). This could include IIIF and exhibit.so, linked data technologies, or Quire and digital publishing. In your relfection, please address the following: Post this reflection on the course website with the category “Digital Systems.”…
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Digital Objects
For this assignment, you will be using Omeka S to create a small digital collection. You will add and describe 5 objects using Omeka S’s metadata standards (DublinCore, Bibliographic Ontology, and Friend of a Friend). Each item must have a title and description. You must also use one metadata field of your choice to indicate…
