The final presentations for the 2016 Digital Humanities Practicum class were on April 27. Students presented three diverse digital projects they've been working on throughout the semester.
The course challenges humanities students to design, plan, and build a digital project from scratch. On the first day of the semester, they were presented with three challenge projects from Community Crops, the Lincoln Children's Museum, and Nebraska Appleseed.
For their presentations, students are asked to "elaborate on the project they created as well as the experiences and principles guiding their project implementation," Andy Jewell, a UNL associate professor who co-leads the course, wrote in an email.
The course, made up of undergraduate and graduate students, is a blend of research and hands-on learning using various digital platforms. Elizabeth Lorang and Andrew Jewell, who work in the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, lead the course. It was revamped in 2014 by grouping students to create projects for non-profits to increase student collaboration and give them the freedom to create.
"All three groups have admirably tackled these challenges," Jewell wrote.
Find out more about the course and last year's projects here.
