<h3 id="welcome-to-module-two"><a aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="#welcome-to-module-two"><span class="icon icon-link"></span></a><strong>Welcome to Module Two:</strong></h3>
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<p>You did it. You have completed the first module and now have a vault of notes that will inform your projects. Pat yourself on the back. This is no easy task. The workload is heavy and frustrating at times, but through your successes and failures, you learned something.</p>
<p>Now we begin navigating the open web and begin thinking about this word 'Data'. This module begins with us excavating the web using Hypothes.is app and its browser extension. We then move on to exploring the concept of data and the identifiers we use to organize it. The politics of creating data. After completing week 7, you will receive a well-deserved break, after which you will begin thinking about how to visualize the data you are collecting. I am excited about this module as these are topics that are often overlooked when it comes to performing and 'crafting' history.</p>
<h3 id="consolidation-reflections"><a aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="#consolidation-reflections"><span class="icon icon-link"></span></a>Consolidation Reflections</h3>
<p>I will begin marking your consolidation reflections this week. I look forward to reading about how you have evolved throughout the first module. My goal is to have these marked by the end of the week. For those who have not submitted and do not have an extension, please submit your reflections as soon as you can.</p>
<h3 id="proposals-and-mixa-site"><a aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="#proposals-and-mixa-site"><span class="icon icon-link"></span></a>Proposals and Mixa Site</h3>
<p>Some students have not submitted either their proposals or links to their Mixa/Memex site. I can not emphasize this enough: if you have not submitted your Mixa/Memex domain address to me, you will fail this course. Regarding your proposals, if you have not submitted them and did not receive an extension from me, you are losing marks.</p>
<h3 id="video-tutorials"><a aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="#video-tutorials"><span class="icon icon-link"></span></a>Video Tutorials.</h3>
<p>I have been slow on creating videos recently. My apologies. I am creating a tutorial video that will introduce some new plugins that may be useful for you, as well as a more detailed guide on some of the more complex functions in Obsidian. I am hoping to have a video up by Tuesday. It will be longer and more thorough than previous videos.</p>
<h3 id="weekly-reflections"><a aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" href="#weekly-reflections"><span class="icon icon-link"></span></a>Weekly Reflections</h3>
<p>I am very pleased to see the weekly reflections on the LLM/AI exercise. There are numerous significant observations and insights. The common theme that I have initially gathered is that LLMs are suitable for providing a basic overview of your research topics, albeit extremely limited, and that the sources they cite are legitimate but often inaccessible. Also, some students have not submitted their LLM reflections. Please do so to receive appropriate and timely feedback.</p>
<p>Regarding your weekly reflections, if you have submitted late reflections, it will take me some time to provide feedback. Please try to submit your reflections on time to receive timely feedback. Many of you noted challenges with the initial setup and learning a new digital tool while performing research. These challenges are expected, and you are doing a great job adapting to this new tool in your digital repertoire.</p>
<p>Another observation is how documenting your notes in 'manual' format has influenced how you absorb information about the articles you have read. Although slow and often tedious, many of you noted that this approach has compelled you to consider your content more thoroughly when making notes. Retain more information instead of passively annotating and depositing your notes in a Word document, only to forget about them.</p>
<p><strong>Hypothes.is</strong><br>
As I noted earlier, I have responded to and provided feedback on your reflections using Hypothes.is app. You can respond to my feedback in the app by clicking the reply button if you have a comment or question about the feedback.</p>
<p><strong>Suggestion</strong><br>
When you write your reflections, try using <a href="/wikis" title="wikis">wikis</a> to link your reflection to the notes you are drawing from. This is an excellent practice for demonstrating how your evidence informs your reflections, making it easier to draw on content for later reflections and your exit ticket.</p>

Welcome

1. Course Description

2. Learning Outcomes

3. Course Schedule

4. Evaluation

5. Course Communications

6. Common Regulations

6. Contact the Professor

how the course tech is built; how the course came to be

7. Colophon

8. Reuse

Orientation and Digital Setup

Week 1

Personal Knowledge Management and Linked Thinking

Week 2

Thinking about the “Craft” of Digital History

Week 3

Crusading into the Digital Age of LLMs

Week 4

Consolidation & Check-In Week

Week 5

Digital Excavation

Week 6

Defining Data, 'Dark' Data, & Identifiers

Week 7

Fall Break

Week 8

Seeing the Past?

Week 9

Week 10

Authority and Positionality in Your Digital Research

Week 11

Publicly Crafting a Historical Argument

Week 12

Open-Access Notebook Workshop

Week 13

Exit Ticket

Week 14

1 Setting up your vault

2 Create your first note

3 Templater Plugiin

4 What Goes into a Note?

5 Properties

Hypothesis

The Simplest Online Memex Worfklow

How To Read An Academic Article

FAQ for Common Tech Issues

Where to Find help

Text Formatting

Introduction to your vault

index note

Atomic Note

Literature Note

Process Note

Weekly Journal

Topic Proposal

Weekly Work & Tasks

Consolidation Reflection

Open Access Notebook/Memex

Benchmarking Your Memex

Exit Ticket/Final Project

1 Welcome to Crafting Digital History Transcript

2 Obsidian User Interface (UI) Guide

3 Templater and Hotkeys Setup

4 How to use PDF++

5 Canvas Core Plugin Introductory Tutorial

6 Hypothes.is and Annotating the Web

7 Omnisearch Plugin for Obsidian

8 How to Use Process Notes for Digital Research Projects in Obsidian

9 Properties, Identifiers and Data Management with Obsidian Core Plugin Bases

1 Welcome to Crafting Digital History

2 Some Logistical Updates

3 Welcome to Week Two

4 What is Digital History?

5 Crusading into the Digital Age of LLMs

6 Week Four Exercise Example

7 Using Obsidian for Digital History Research and Note-Making

8 Reflection Feedback Update and Hypothes.is

9 Week Five Update

10 Consolidation Reflection Submission

11 Module Two Wrangling and Critiquing

12 Week 7 Update

13 Week 9 Welcome Back

1. Course Overview

Module 1 Contextualizing

Module 2 Wrangling & Critiquing

Module 3 Arguing & Communicating

2. Schedule

01  memex help

8. Course Files

3. Tutorials

4. Assessment

5. VideoTutorials

Crafting Digital History

News