Author: Guy

This semester, my group, the accessibility group, decided to write an online guide to help college students make their websites accessible to people of all ages and disabilities. My part of the project was to write guides and proofread my group members’ work. This guide was designed with the intention…

Some of the key changes for historians as things become more digitized: There’s less need for travel as works become available online, and thus accessible from anywhere in the world. Historical works become more accessible to the general public. Historians need to take care to make their work accessible to…

Finished the quick guide Started work on timeline Forgot about the blog again Slept through my alarm on Tuesday’s class and missed my group presentation

Hello, my name is Gabrielle Guy (but I prefer Guy). I am a junior at the University of Mary Washington majoring in history and minoring in museum studies with plans to graduate December 2026. I’m a Virginia native. Growing up in such a historic and museum-rich state fostered an early…

Today I learned I’m supposed to update my blog every week, not just when an assignment has been posted. Oops. My group is working on a guide for accessibility in student web-based projects. So far things are going well, with the creation of numerous drafts. I worry that my project partner Blue is doing most…

Today I learned I’m supposed to update my blog every week, not just when an assignment has been posted. Oops. My group is working on a guide for accessibility in student web-based projects. So far things are going well, with the creation of numerous drafts. I worry that my project partner Blue is doing most…

Timeline: https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=v2%3A2PACX-1vTdO_rUB7oeB77vwVVh-7uztM8kU-077N3RhCHg59eB3pJK02A77Fx2R3afx0bd3I95cyScvKDljCs1&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zoom=2&width=100%25&heigh…

The first website I reviewed was The Spread of Slavery, 1790–1860. Content: This website reviewed census data from the year 1790 to 1860 and plotted the amount of enslaved people, free people, and the total population out on a map. Underneath the map there is an explanation as to how to use it, citations, and…

This week my class assignment was to use AI in various ways to test its use. Before I explain my process, I must admit I have a heavy bias against using AI in liberal arts. Using a machine to sort or catalog information is understandable, but AI will never be able to think or create…

Omeka is a free, open source web-publishing platform used to display collections of information. This makes it a useful tool for a historian, but keeping these sites updated and accessible seems to be a low priority for most. The list of examples offered by the Omeka classic user’s guide is littered with broken links to sites that…