Some quick notes on citation practice for undergraduates
Posted: February 4, 2015 Filed under: Methodology, Teaching | Tags: citation, citation practice, Methodology, plagiarism, quotation, Tutorials Leave a comment »Students seem always to get very nervous about citation… and, interestingly, perhaps through that nervousness, end up doing it in ways that professional scholars don’t.
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Here are some tips that pros use for citation that undergraduates tend not to know:
Plagiarism is not a property crime.
Many students treat citations as, in essence, payment for ideas. Read the rest of this entry »
Web browsers
Posted: November 30, 2014 Filed under: Computers, Methodology | Tags: basic computer skills, Computers, Tutorials, web browsers Leave a comment »Web browsers are (quite literally) the defining feature of the World Wide Web, which was invented when Tim Berners-Lee released the first version of his HTML browser (World Wide Web) on Christmas day 1989. In other words, they are what makes the web the web.
For a variety of historical reasons, users tend to treat web browsers as utility-grade software—a part of the operating system they expect our devices to have already installed rather than a piece of software you choose to install and run. But more than one kind of browser exists and there are differences between them. Sometimes one browser is better than another for certain tasks or sites. You should know what browser you are using and you should make sure you have some alternates installed.
Essential computer tools and skills for humanities students
Posted: November 30, 2014 Filed under: Computers, Methodology | Tags: basic computer skills, Computers, dh, humanities, pedagogy, Research, Tutorials Leave a comment »The Digital Humanities is a hot new field within the Arts. Its practitioners are often at the forefront of developing new topics within ICT itself.
But what about if you are not interested in the Digital Humanities? Or are interested in them, but don’t consider yourself particularly computer literate? What are the computer skills you need to thrive in the traditional humanities or get started in DH?
This is the first in what I hope will be a series of tutorials on basic computer skills and tools for students of the Humanities. It should be of use to those just beginning their undergraduate careers, for graduate students hoping to professionalise their research and study, and for researchers and teachers who have other things to do that follow the latest trends and software.
Read the rest of this entry »Managing class webpages and mailing lists at the University of Lethbridge
Posted: August 26, 2014 Filed under: Computers, Methodology | Tags: Computers, digital pedagogy, tools, Tutorials, university of lethbridge Leave a comment »For years, every class at the University of Lethbridge has been given webspace and a mailing list. While the mailing list is well-known to instructors (it is the list “XXXXNNNNx@uleth.ca” that you use to make announcements to the class as a whole), the webspace is far less well known. This document (mostly a reminder to myself) shows you how you can use online tools to manage this.
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Two tips that will improve the lives of all students and researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Posted: August 16, 2014 Filed under: Computers, Methodology | Tags: citation managers, Computers, formatting, markup, Tips, Tutorials, wordprocessing Leave a comment »Introduction
A recent question on Linked-in asked how important the formatting guides for journals are in preparing submissions.
Although this question was about submitting to journals, its context is relevant to all students and researchers in the Social Sciences and Humanities (although the problem also exists in the sciences, the solutions there are in some cases different). Humanities and Social Science study in University is largely about the collection of bibliography and the presentation of findings in written form. And that invariably involves questions of formatting: different disciplines and even different journals (or for students, instructors) within a discipline can require work to be submitted in quite different styles.
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On translating sense and syntax in Old English
Posted: January 25, 2014 Filed under: spring-2014, Teaching | Tags: anglo-saxon england, english 3450, grammar, history of english, language, old english, translation theory, Tutorials Leave a comment »A student in my Old English class asked a good question today in her class blog:
I’m confused. The point of this class is to be able to read Old English. Does this mean we are supposed to be building a lexicon that would eventually become so engrained in us that the words don’t require as much of a “translation” as an innate understanding of the meaning of the text? This seems rather frightening. When I hear the words “nominative accusative singular” sweep one after the other my head begins to spin. I have to look at the dictionary three times in three minutes to remember what one word means.
I think what process seems natural to me would be to translate a sentence, and after knowing what the words are in modern English, to determine what words are nominative, objects, etc. in the translated sentence. Read the rest of this entry »
Receipt Process
Posted: August 13, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: managing editor, manuals, receipt process, Tutorials, workflow Leave a comment » Time to completion Maximum 7 days from submission. Responsibility Managing editor Action required Email to author (cc’d to editor in chief) Thanking author for submission Introducing yourself as the journal’s managing editor (and your term of office) Outlining the review process and broad timelines {{Link to sample email}} Background and further details Each Journal in [...]Receipt Process
Posted: August 13, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: managing editor, manuals, receipt process, Tutorials, workflow Leave a comment » Time to completion Maximum 7 days from submission. Responsibility Managing editor Action required Email to author (cc’d to editor in chief) Thanking author for submission Introducing yourself as the journal’s managing editor (and your term of office) Outlining the review process and broad timelines {{Link to sample email}} Background and further details Each Journal in [...]How to build a randomised essay/translation question in Moodle 2.0
Posted: March 20, 2011 Filed under: Applications, Moodle, Research, Teaching, Technical Notes, Tutorials | Tags: Computers, digital humanities, digital pedagogy, formats, Moodle, Teaching, testing, Tips, Tutorials Leave a comment » In my courses I often use a question of the following format:- Common introduction
- Two or more sample passages or questions requiring an essay response
- A common form field for the answer to the student’s choice from #2.
