Category: January
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III — alternative assignment
I. Manually transcribe a full manuscript page from the Fredericksburg National Cemetery materials. II. Write a blog post that reflects on the challenges of handwritten document transcription, discusses how AI transcription tools work and their documented limitations, and considers what is gained or lost when transcription is automated. Transcript: Written Page 1, Fredericksburg National Cemetery…
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II — omeka
I will be reviewing two sites built with Omeka: Histories of the National Mall and the Fredericksburg National Cemetery website. Frankly, I found the instructions for this assignment somewhat vague, so this is my best attempt. Accessibility ratings are based on the WAVE reports for each website. Histories of the National Mall The colorful nature…
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I — introduction
Why I’m taking the course I’m a CPSC major with a CDS minor. HIST428 counts as a capstone for my minor. What is digital history? Using computer-based technology to ask and answer historical questions and explore historical contexts…