From Conception to Creation to Curation A Guide

From Conception to Creation to Curation: A Guide to Digital Projects for the Classroom Dr. Shawn W. Moore Florida Southwestern State College

Conception: GET PUMPED

If you could do ONE thing in your course, what would you do?

Conception: OUTCOMES COME FIRST

What is the most important thing you want students to be able to do?

WHAT…? Skills Content Knowledge

Conception: YOUR PRIORITIES

WHAT…? Receives the most instructional time? Are your biggest priorities? Do you model for your students? Is your day-to-day structure?

Is your project…? Digital Literacies Digital Rhetorics Digital Humanities

Conception: ASSESSMENT

How will you measure the success of your outcomes on assignments and the project as a whole?

Conception: PASS THE BATON

WHAT…? Will your students take to future classes? Knowledge could be furthered in future courses?

Creation: DEFINE A PROJECT

Model the Learning? Argument Geographic Presentation Repository Display Archive

Research Questions Methodologies

Creation: TOOLS + CONTENT

Is this project…? Tool Driven? Content driven?

How can you make tools and content intersect and work together toward your learning outcomes?

From Sustaining the Digital Humanities – Nancy L. Maron and Sarah Pickle (doi. org/10. 18665/sr. 22548)

Creation: INTERFACE + DESIGN

Is there an argument embedded in the interface?

Creation: PLANNING THE PROJECT

YOU are the project manager.

You need a project map— from start to finish.

Explicitly document what you are doing at each step.

If the project is collaborative, assess and document what collaborative skills and tools are needed.

You need to teach your students the necessary collaborative skills.

Reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of your project.

What expertise is required?

The Worksheet OUTCOMES SKILLS TOOLS

Outcomes Skills Tools

The Worksheet (Example) OUTCOME S SKILLS Students must be able to argue a position. �� Rhetorical Awareness �� Information Literacy TOOLS *Databases *Medium *Internet Research *Getty Images

Develop a rubric for success.

Curation: DISSEMINATION

Will this project reach…? The class? The department? The institution? The public?

HOW will the project be disseminated?

Curation: TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT + SUPPORT

Who do you need? Staff? Librarians? Other faculty? Community or corporate partners?

Anticipate Updates Failures Glitches User errors

You will need to back up the data + make it available.

Curation: MAKE THE PROJECT FUTURE PROOF

You may need… Waivers Archive Liscensing IRB Approval Control Support

Pair the project with the course.