RELS 602 Technological Approaches to the Humanities
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RELS 602

Syllabus

Schedule

Resources

Perl

Religious Studies

Arts & Sciences

UPenn
Schedule
September 11, First class
Lecture: Introduction to Client-Server technologies
Lecture: Introduction to Unix (basic commands, permissions)

By September 18
Reading assignment: Explore Jim O'Donnell's New Tools for Teaching.

September 18 Class
Lecture and Hands-On Work: Introduction to HTML (Homepage Workshop)

By September 25
HTML assignment 1: Simple Page

September 25 Class
Lecture: Introduction to Perl (Creating a Bin Directory)
Demo: Scanning Images
Lecture: Manipulating Images

October 2
Lecture: HTML: Using tables for layout
Demo: Scanning Text

For October 9
HTML assignment 2: Simple Table Layout
Field work assignment: visit and evaluate Frankenstein as an instructional web site. We'll discuss it in class.

October 9
Presentation: Videoconferencing
Lecture: Programming Perl for People
Discussion: The Frankenstein Site
Discussion: Web Sites

October 16
Fall Break -- No Class!

October 23
PowerPoint
HTML Forms and simple CGI
Reading assignment: Examine Copyright Guidelines

October 30
More CGI
Colors, Frames, ImageMaps, and Animated GIFs, as time and interest allow

November 6
Perl: Seeking and Finding with "Regular Expressions"

November 13
Demo: Digitizing Sound and Video
Library Fieldtrip: Finding resources for electronic pedagogy

November 20
Instructor out of town -- No Class!
Independent work

November 27
Thanksgiving Holiday -- No Class!

December 4, last class
Presenting Projects
Tying Up Loose Ends
Burning CDs

December 11
Reading days -- No Class!

December 18 -- Final Examinations
This course has no final exam, but all outstanding projects are due at the time the final exam is scheduled, namely, 9:30 to 12:30 on Saturday, December 18.

Jay C. Treat, Ph.D.