Undergraduate Course

Course summary

An Introduction to Digital Humanities

for undergraduates and graduates

NEARE 296/596 3/5 Credits

Instructor

Dr. Sarah L. Ketchley

ketchley@uw.edu

Denny M220D

Office Hours: By Appointment - email for time.

@sarahketchley

TA 2015-2016

Chris Sumption

TA 2016

Emily Thompson

TA 2018

Satvik Shukla

IT Assistant 2015-2016

Brad Holland

Course Syllabus 2015-2016

• Fall Quarter 2015
• Winter Quarter 2016
• Spring Quarter 2016

Markup Languages

HTML

W3Schools Introduction to HTML

Video explaining HTML

CSS

W3Schools Introduction to CSS

Video explaining CSS

XML

W3Schools Introduction to XML

Video with example of simple XML

Learning Python

Lessons, exercises, and documentation on the Python programming language.

Python 101 by Brad (full document, all sections)

Python.org homepage

Official Python documentation

Learn Python with interactive lessons

DH Tools

OpenRefine

New York Public Library crowdsourced menu project & data

written exercise that mirrors video tutorial

NYPL Menu Data

Menu Spreadsheet

Content Management Systems

Content Management Systems

What is a CMS and why does it matter?

Omeka

Omeka Overview

Omeka.org screencasts (Our site uses version 2.0+

This checklist covers every step taken during the implementation of the “An Introduction to Digital Humanities (NEAR E 296 B / 596 B: Special Studies In Near Eastern Languages And Civilization)” course that was offered in the Winter of 2016. There was discussion concerning how this implementation should occur for future quarters. It was decided that instead of copying the previous quarters web site that it would be more advantageous to install an up to date empty Omeka implementation, then transfer the previous quarter’s content by hand. Even though this method is more time consuming, it is believed that this hands on experience can act as a kind of refresher course for using the Omeka interface.

Item	Date Completed
Create a new MySQL database
Add the User responsible for making the backups to the new MySQL database.
Install the current version of Omeka: http://omeka.org/codex/Installation.
Create a new Crontab for backing up both the MySQL Database and the new Omeka installation: http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Crontab
Set Permissions for the Crontab to the recommended settings (see previous Crontab installations for the recommended settings)
Create a new Cron Job for the backup (Set frequency to weekly): http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Crontab
Configure Thumbnail Creation by adding the following lines to the appropriate Omeka file: http://omeka.org/codex/Configuring_Thumbnail_Creation fileDerivatives.typeWhitelist[] = "image/jpeg" fileDerivatives.typeWhitelist[] = "image/image/png" fileDerivatives.typeWhitelist[] = "application/pdf"
Install and activate the following Plugins: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Plugins_2.0 Coins ExhibitBuilder Geolocation Neatline SimplePages
Install all available Themes: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Themes_2.0
Modify the site Appearance settings: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Appearance_2.0 Themes->Set Theme to Thanks, Roy (Default). Themes->Congigure Theme->Make the following Changes: Colors->Site Title = #FFFFFF Header and Footer->Header Background = Upload the image to be used for the current quarter. Homepage->Display Featured Item = Unchecked Homepage->Display Featured Collection = Unchecked Homepage->Display Featured Exhibit = Checked Homepage->Homepage Recent Items = 4 Homepage->Homepage Text = Copy and/or update the content from the previous quarters Omeka installation. Navigation->Change “Browse Exhibits” to “Browse Student Exhibits”. Navigation->Uncheck all display links except "Browse Student Exhibits". Navigation->Confirm that "Select a Homepage" is set to "[Default}." Settings->Change "Results Per Page (admin)*" to 100.
Modify the Security Settings: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Security_Settings_2.0 Security->Enable File Upload Validation. Security->Disable HTML Filtering.
Modify the Element Sets Settings: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Element_Sets_2.0 Element Sets->Copy the Dublin Core usage examples from the previous Omeka installation and paste them into the "Comment" sections of the appropriate elements.
Copy over the sample Collection from the previous Omeka installation: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Collections_2.0
Upload and copy over the sample Items from the previous Omeka installation: http://omeka.org/codex/Managing_Items_2.0
Copy over the sample Exhibit from the previous Omeka installation: http://omeka.org/codex/Plugins/ExhibitBuilder_3.0	Github GitHub Getting started with GitHub Brad's quick walkthrough and glossary Data Curation Web Scraping Web Scraping with BeautifulSoup MetaData Extended definition of metadata & its uses Dublin Core Dublin Core FAQs Sample Datasets USDA farmers' markets in the U.S. NYPL historical menu data 2013 FBI Hate crime statistics Establishing a Web Presence Web Presence 101 Brad's getting-started guide Challenges OpenRefine/Google Refine challenge series