DIGI403-19S2 (C) Semester Two 2019

Digital Project

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2019
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2019
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 26 July 2019
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 27 September 2019

Description

An applied course designed to help students develop their own digital projects. No technical background is required. Students will acquire valuable transferable skills, learn how to apply digital tools and methods to research questions, and understand how scholarly knowledge can be delivered through digital channels.

Students in this course design and build their own digital project, drawing on scholarly knowledge they've developed during their undergraduate years, or through other Honours courses. A large range of digital tools can be used. The course involves guided discussions with a supervisor, who helps students through the design and development of their project and ensures they have the background knowledge to produce a high quality scholarly product. No technical ability is required, but students should be comfortable working with computers and eager to learn new skills. The course is design to fit well with any Honours-level programme in the arts, social sciences, or humanities and students from all backgrounds are welcome. Its strong applied focus aims to produce well-rounded graduates with experience in project management and digital / new media production.

Learning Outcomes

  • By the end of this course students will:
  • Know how to apply relevant software, platforms and processes to collect, organise and present data or research materials on a specific topic
  • Acquire a broader understanding of the possibilities and limitations of digital tools and methods in humanities research, including applied and critical perspectives.
  • Have experience using project management and/or collaboration tools appropriate to digital project work

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Programme Coordinator.

Course Coordinator

Christopher Thomson

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Project Plan 15% A 3-5 page scope document, outlining the project, identifying risks and issues, and defining key milestones and a high-level timeline.
Digital Project 35%
Video tutorial presentation 10% A short video tutorial about a digital technique or technology learned or applied in the project.
Essay 40% A 4000 word essay that contextualises the project, discusses technical issues, locates it in its digital and disciplinary context(s), and critically analyses its relationship to broader scholarly discourse.

Textbooks / Resources

Image: Hypercities London. Todd Presner et al.

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,847.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

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