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The Digital Past

History 390 Class Site

  • About
    • Fine Print
  • Syllabus
    • January 23/25—Introductions/ Set Up WordPress Site
    • January 30/February 1—Digital History
    • February 6/8—NO CLASS
    • February 13/15—Digital Research
    • February 20/22—Copyright and Open Access
    • February 27/March 1—Metadata and Omeka
    • March 6/8—Digital Storytelling
    • March 13/15–NO CLASS SPRING BREAK
    • March 20/22—Spatial History
    • March 27/29—Visualizations
    • April 3/5—Building Digital History Projects
    • April 10/12—HTML, Textmining, and WordPress Tutorial
    • April 17/19—Security and Sustainability
    • April 24/26—Final Website Project Presentations
    • May 1/3—Final Website Project Presentations
  • Assignments
    • Midterm Podcasts
      • Midterm Podcast Guidelines
      • Midterm Group Assignments
      • Midterm Proposal Guidelines
    • Final Project Guidelines
      • Final Project Proposal Guidelines
  • Updates
  • Professor Information
  • Slides
  • Tutorial

Month: September 2017

How do I add a license to my blog?

Posted on September 22, 2017February 21, 2018 by amcdivit@masonlive.gmu.edu

For your next assignment, I’ve tasked you all with adding a license to your blogs. I’ve created this tutorial to show you how to do that in WordPress. First, you’ll need to go to your WordPress dashboard and make sure you’re under “My Sites.” Next, click on “customize” next to themes. You’ll be taken to […]

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Midterm Group Assignments

Posted on September 10, 2017February 4, 2018 by amcdivit@masonlive.gmu.edu

Hi all! Your group assignments have been made.  The groups can be found here.  You may also find it by hovering your mouse over Assignments>Midterm Podcasts>click on Midterm Group Assignments. It is your responsibility to add yourself to that group on Slack and to start communicating with each other about the project. Here is a […]

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How do I add links to my blog?

Posted on September 9, 2017February 4, 2018 by amcdivit@masonlive.gmu.edu

Since we often talk about websites in this class, I’ve created this tutorial to show you how to link within your WordPress blog. First, you will create your blog post. For this example, say you’re trying to link to my teaching website. Your sentence may look like this: So, how do you actually link to […]

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Welcome to History 390: The Digital Past!

Posted on September 1, 2017February 4, 2018 by amcdivit@masonlive.gmu.edu

This is the class website for History 390: The Digital Past. This website will serve as a hub for the class. You will find the syllabus, reading, assignments, updates, my contact information, weekly slides, fine print, and tutorials for the class here. Most any questions you might have can be found here. It might be […]

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