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Digital Humanities- Final Audit
I am thrilled to have taken this course to learn more about Digital Humanities. I think my two biggest learning from taking this course was designing my own website and consecutively learning how to embed different tools into the page. I also thought the course syllabus was well thought out and very straightforward and easy…
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Final Project
My final project focuses on the topic of wildfires. Why is this related to digital humanities you ask? I have pulled from the government of BC website to track the history of wildfires across British Columbia. The below is a collection of oral histories along with a number of fires that have occured across BC.…
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Week 9! LLMs Bias
“LLMs are currently the most popular tech term, and their significance in the artificial intelligence (AI) world is becoming greater by the day. LLMs continue to fuel the generative AI revolution as these models learn to process human languages, such as ChatGPT and Bard. LLMs have become a significant player in today’s evolving market due to…
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US Historical Abortion Law Timeline: 1850 to Today
*Trigger Warning, this timeline discusses the chronological order of US abortion laws, please use caution when reading this timeline**
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Digital Humanities- Course Audit
Reflect on your learning process to date, including your problem-solving strategies, engagement with course exercises, and communication with peers and the instructor. How have these elements influenced your understanding of the material, and what adjustments or enhancements would you suggest to further support your learning in these areas? Reflecting on the last few months of…
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Project Proposal- StoryMap
I’ve chosen to do my project on Mapping. Maps have long been an important part of digital humanities. Maps often tell a story that words and dialogue cannot always capture. By adding a visual element, this creates visuals of space that can be viewable for folks of all ages. Potentially even used as a teaching…
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Week # 6- Twine User
Reflections: I feel like I learn something new every day in the class, it’s exhilarating and frustrating all at the same time. Truthfully, after reading the digital storytelling it didn’t really prepare me for the exercise, however I was able to onto YouTube and learn from John with CodeVA how to link a story! I…
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Week 5- Poem
Life of a University Student In the land where snowflakes dance, Where icy winds weave their trance, A student treads the frozen path, Seeking knowledge, braving wrath. As the door swings wide, a threshold crossed,Into the classroom’s heart, where knowledge embossed. Textbooks crackle, pages turn,As students delve into the lessons they yearn. As the final…
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Office Lens
Software App: Office Lens! How amazing! What worked well? The download was very straightforward onto my phone as an app. I have used previous apps before, which now i see are quite difficult and not user-friendly. Lens had very few steps and guided me through the entire download journey without hiccup. How might you use…