Author Meets Readers with Heather Houser April 13 @ 12-12:45pm Virtual Event l Free & Open to the Public The Tanner Humanities Center is proud to host Heather Houser, former Center Visiting Research Fellow and author of, "Infowhelm," in a virtual conversation. Houser is an Associate Professor...
The University of Utah’s Urban Institute for Teacher Education in the College of Education, English Department, and Digital Matters invite you to join us for a two-day series of workshops to introduce 7-12th grade teachers to a mix of practical and theoretical Digital Literacy skills and concepts. Participants will work with University of Utah faculty and staff to learn more about podcast production and multi-modal writing/video essays to help your students move beyond the traditional research paper. As a group, we will gain a framework for thinking about timely topics such as misinformation, news integrity, and digital citizenship. To facilitate 21st century teaching and research, we will delve into effective online teaching and ethical use of digital resources. We also welcome the chance to hear from 7-12 grade teachers about what skills and concepts you would like to learn about to help your students become digitally literate.
The University of Utah’s Urban Institute for Teacher Education in the College of Education, English Department, and Digital Matters invite you to join us for a two-day series of workshops to introduce 7-12th grade teachers to a mix of practical and theoretical Digital Literacy skills and concepts. Participants will work with University of Utah faculty and staff to learn more about podcast production and multi-modal writing/video essays to help your students move beyond the traditional research paper. As a group, we will gain a framework for thinking about timely topics such as misinformation, news integrity, and digital citizenship. To facilitate 21st century teaching and research, we will delve into effective online teaching and ethical use of digital resources. We also welcome the chance to hear from 7-12 grade teachers about what skills and concepts you would like to learn about to help your students become digitally literate.
Visualizing relationships can reveal hidden connections, leading to interesting research questions or new lines or inquiry. But how can a non-specialist build those relationships in a quick, efficient, and painless way? In this workshop, we will learn how to use Gephi, a free and open-source software...
Do you still copy and paste citations into Word and Google Docs? Are you frequently unable to locate that perfect statistic, quote, or article you read a while back? Would you rather spend your valuable research time reading and writing instead of formatting citations? If...
In 2019 the Marriott Library worked with BYU's Lee Library to re-digitize a complete archive of Woman's Exponent, a newspaper published in Salt Lake City from 1872-1914. While the work to transcribe the complete text is ongoing, every advertisement from the paper was transcribed, cataloged,...
The Fall 2021 New Media Studies Reading Group will meet on Thursday, October 28, 1-2PM, in the Digital Matters space, suite 2751 on the second floor of the Marriott Library, as well as offering Zoom participation. We will be discussing Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures...
In this workshop, Trevor will showcase and explain various creative Artificial Intelligence software, with particular emphasis on how this software can assist in personal creative endeavors including music composition, 3d modeling, digital artwork, narrative writing, and more. This workshop will also include a brief instruction...
In this workshop, Dr. Kelber, an international expert in text analysis education, will give a high-level overview of how text analysis helps researchers discover new insights in the digital humanities and data science. Participants will discover text analysis learning resources including: Constellate, a new teaching...
Join in person in Digital Matters, Rm 2751 Marriott Library, or through Zoom: Join Zoom Meeting https://utah.zoom.us/j/96055650906 Meeting ID: 960 5565 0906 Passcode: 294094 David Onwukeme, Digital Matters Undergraduate Intern Undergraduate in Multi-Disciplinary Design, “Possibilities of An Autonomous Sanctuary” This project investigates the Land Bridge...
In this workshop, we will explore the creation of 3D models using photogrammetry, a technique that uses pattern recognition to estimate 3D shapes based on still image sets. The workshop will walk through the basic workflow of taking the photographs, using the Meshroom photogrammetric software,...
Introduction to Digital Exhibits with Omeka S Presenter: Anna Neatrour, Digital Initiatives Librarian; Rachel Wittman, Digital Curation Librarian Omeka is a content management system (CMS) specifically built for digital exhibits, it is widely used by the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) Community. It also has great...
