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As a final training as a Vivero Fellow, I chose to practice a tool called Hypothes.is. This tool was mentioned in the Scholarship in Graduate School workshop hosted by the Grinnell College librarians, and I wanted to discover more about this tool that allows for collaborative literature review. I also saw a huge potential in… Continue reading April Training: Hypothesis

In this training, I used Omeka to create a timeline for my Virtual Titular Head project. In previous trainings, I primarily used Omeka as a tool to store items in collections – like I did while making a collection of visuals and metadata on 19th-century Danish art. In contrast, I work with a lot of… Continue reading March 2024 Training: Omeka Timeline Plugin

In this training, I practiced using TimelineJS, a free online timeline creation tool. I chose this tool as a potential tool to utilize for the Virtual TItular Head project, where a key purpose is to share with visitors how Titular Head came to be, and how it evolved and changed over time. Using this tool,… Continue reading February 2024 Training: TimelineJS

Today’s Reflection Question: Looking back on learning: what are the most important things you’ve learned this semester? What advice would you give your past self about becoming a Vivero Fellow and learning how to do this work? Besides techniques and practical aspects, the most important lesson of this semester was the importance of frequent communication;… Continue reading Training: End of Semester Reflection

Today’s Training: Revisiting ArcGIS Online  Deliverables: Share a link to an ArcGIS Online map that showcases some data analysis. In a blog post on your portfolio site, reflect on what you worked on and what you were trying to accomplish. How does this map illustrate something about your data? Revisit the questions and struggles from your… Continue reading Training: ArcGIS Online (revisited)

Today’s Training: Omeka (revisited) Today’s Reflection Question: In a blog post on your portfolio site, reflect on what you worked on and what you were trying to accomplish. Revisit the questions and struggles from your first pass at using Omeka: where do things stand now? In this training, I revisited the Omeka Training from the beginning of… Continue reading Training: Omeka (Revisited)

Today’s Training: Voyant Today’s Reflection Question: How would you feel about helping someone else learn how to use it? What do you notice is similar about Voyant and Gale Digital Scholar Lab as digital tools for textual analysis? What are the differences? Which did you prefer working with? Why? In this training, I used the online… Continue reading Training: Voyant

Today’s Training: ArcGIS StoryMaps Today’s Reflection Question: How would you feel about helping someone else learn how to use it? What did you find most interesting? What did you find most frustrating? What questions do you still have, and what parts of the tool do you want to explore more deeply? In this training, I created… Continue reading Training: StoryMaps