Syllabus and Course Resources

HUM-230-Intro-to-DH-Syllabus-SP2025-1

Resources and Further Reading

As we work through different technologies, I’ll add resources to this page that you can consult if you get stuck or if you’d like to learn more about a particular topic. You can also add things you come across that you find interesting or helpful!

WordPress

• IRIS Center WordPress guide
• Learn WordPress (wordpress.org)

Zotero

• Quick Start Guide

Rapid Response

• https://www.sucho.org/
• https://www.thejustdatalab.com/tools-1/smart-cities-5hdnl
• https://xpmethod.columbia.edu/torn-apart/volume/2/

History of Computing

• Videos
  • The Abacus
  • Napier’s Bones
  • Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine
• Primary sources
  • The Calculator (National Museum of American History)
  • Ada Lovelace’s Notes
• Homework resources
  • TimelineJS
  • Anatomy of a timeline PDF

The Modern Web

• TurtleStitch
  • TurtleStitch workbook – long, step by step guide
  • TurtleStitch cards – printable reference sheets for specific tasks
  • Video of process for exporting and using a design on an embroidery machine
  • Press release about UW TurtleStitch code camp
• SIUE Maker Lab
  • Reserve equipment

AI Fictions

https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/lucians-trips-to-the-moon