Arts Digital Project Volunteer
Activity
Arts Digital Project Volunteers work with Arts Digital Lab staff to prepare content for Lab projects, including the CEISMIC digital archive. Volunteer roles include writing descriptions for digital objects, extracting metadata from files, proofreading others’ work, researching and fact checking. See http://dh.canterbury.ac.nz/projects7/ for a list of projects you might contribute to.
Hours involved in the activity
For every 12 hours of active learning you can claim recognition for one skill and one attribute. NB: opportunities only exist to develop the skills and attributes specified for this activity in the grey areas of the table below.
For this activity you can claim a maximum of one learning and development outcomes per year.
Eligibility
A high level of proficiency in written English is required.
Contact
Jennifer Middendorf
Email: jennifer.middendorf@canterbury.ac.nz
Work readiness skill/Graduate attribute
By actively engaging in this activity, you can claim against the UC Graduate Attributes (GA), and pre-determined work-ready skills (WRS) detailed below. You should reflect on your experience and select the WRS/GA that best represents your learning outcome.
- Communication - You communicate effectively and appropriately for your audience and easily listen to others.
- Initiative and enterprise - You generate and implement new ideas for better results for our communities.
- Self-Management - You keep yourself on task and evaluate your own work performance.
- Teamwork - You share different ideas within your team about a project or process.
- Communication – You can share and write information clearly.
- Leadership – You successfully organise and manage a team.
- Learning – You apply what you have learned to different areas.
- Planning and organising – You manage the way a project will be put into action.
- Problem-solving – You resolve an issue with a customer, client or team member.
- Self-Management – You identify skills that could make you more successful.
- Teamwork – You work with your team to resolve any issues that occur.
- Technology – You select the best applications to use for specific tasks.
- Communication – You explain your thoughts to be better understood and respect other cultural norms.
- Technology – You identify which information is the most relevant to the project.