Scheduling Instruction

The Digital Scholarship and Publishing team leads instruction sessions related to various digital research and scholarly communications topics. In addition to our pre-scheduled workshops, we offer training sessions by request for groups of four or more. Some of our audiences include:

  • Undergraduate courses and graduate seminars
  • Labs and research teams
  • Academic departments and university responsibility centers
  • Research award and grantee cohorts
  • Student organizations
  • Community-engaged project teams

We’d love to make connections with new groups!

Incorporating a Digital Project into Your Course

If you're interested in incorporating a digital project or assignment into your course, we can help! Consult with us about aligning a digital project with your learning objectives, choosing a method or tool, and assessing digital student projects. We can also provide ongoing classroom support through training sessions and consultations with students.

Please use our instruction contact form to start planning your training session or digital assignment. Please note that we require a minimum of 3 weeks' notice to plan a customized instruction session and can offer the best scheduling flexibility with more advance notice.

Example Workshops

Below are examples of customizable training sessions we can offer for your course, research team, or department. Please reach out to inquire about additional topics of interest!

Data Acquisition and Preparation

  • Finding Historical Census Data>
  • Introduction to “Tidy Data” Concepts
  • Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for Digitized Documents
  • Introduction to Social Explorer for Finding Geospatial Data

Digitization and Digital Creation

  • Photo Restoration in Photoshop
  • Introduction to Digital Modeling with ZBrush
  • 3D Modeling for Block Printing: Creating 3D Printing Plates in Blender

Data Management and Digital Project Management

  • How to Write a Data Management and Sharing Plan
  • Effective Code Documentation: Learn to Write a README
  • Planning a Digital Project Pipeline

Computational Research Methods

  • Introduction to Research Collaboration Software: OSF.io and GitHub for Research Teams
  • Using Voyant Tools for Exploratory Text Analysis
  • Data Visualization with Tableau Public

Mapping and Geospatial Analysis (GIS)

  • Using ArcGIS StoryMaps for Digital Storytelling
  • Geo-referencing a Historical Map
  • Ethics of Cartographic Knowledge (Do We Lie with Maps?)

Digital Exhibits and Publishing

  • Selecting a Digital Publishing Platform (Omeka, WordPress, Scalar, and more)
  • Building an Online Academic Portfolio with GitHub Pages
  • Creating a Metadata Schema for your Digital Exhibit Project

Author Services

  • Copyright Principles for Dissertation & Thesis Writers
  • How to Find Public Domain and CC-Licensed Materials
  • Copyright for Digital Media
  • Publishing Your First Journal Article