week 6 [10/06 – 10/12]

this week i worked on the gale digital scholar lab. i found that using it at first was more challenging than i thought it would be as it is not as straightforward as it seems. as a result, i think i would find helping someone else learn how to use it somewhat challenging, but not […]
week 11 [11/17-11/22]

this week’s training was on storymaps. after working on the training and stroymaps for my project, I would say I am pretty comfortable with helping someone use the tool. I would say that this tool is great at incorporating many of arcgis’ other tools and helping collate information into a readable and interactive format. it […]
week 10 [11/10-11/16]

this week’s training was in audacity. I have had some experience using the program so it was not that difficult to get back to using it. as such, I think that helping someone learn how to use the program will be pretty straightforward. I found it interesting that you could download the app through muse […]
week 9 [11/03-11/09]

This week, we worked on documentation. I made documentation for the first StoryMap I made for my project – the management timeline. I think good documentation clearly outlines information users will need to access content and create new content – if there is any. I also think good documentation needs images, or some sort of […]
week 8 [10/27 – 11/02]

this week’s training was on WeVideo. i found the tool pretty simple and straightforward to use and will have no problem helping my peers learn how to use it. i did find myself getting frustrated with a few of the site’s quirks like the seeker jumping to where it was previously in the clip you […]
week 5 [09/29 – 10/05]

this week, i worked on the ArcGIS training. i found it to be interesting as StoryMaps is also hosted by Esri and may be the primary platform i use for my project. when looking at the data provided, i noticed that the data on the first line of the file contains all the headers related […]
week 4 [09/22 – 09/28]

this week, I worked on the omeka training. it wasn’t really difficult to learn how to use, but i would say that adding an item and filling in its description became tedious (especially because there is no way to save descriptions if you navigate backwards, which happened more times than i would like to admit). […]
week 3 [09/15 – 09/21]

i visited CERA this week to gain a better understanding of what happens at CERA and the different projects and prescribed burns that occur. it was a very educational experience and i would like to thank Jake and Emily for agreeing to take me out there. i have also started learning how to use storymaps […]
week 2 [09/08 – 09/14]

this week’s training focused on accessibility. the perspectives videos helped me understand the importance of features i hadn’t really considered when building websites like keyboard navigation or screen reader use. the readings also introduced me to a few features that are necessary in order to make a website accessible. an example of a technical feature […]
week 1 [09/01-09/07]

this week, i continued to work on [and deployed] this site, got my project assignment, and contacted my project lead – i also had a my first few drop-in shifts. this week’s training included readings that essentially touched on learning how to learn to do your job and the structure of domains. i don’t mind […]

weekly recap

week 6 [10/06 – 10/12]

this week i worked on the gale digital scholar lab.

i found that using it at first was more challenging than i thought it would be as it is not as straightforward as it seems. as a result, i think i would find helping someone else learn how to use it somewhat challenging, but not impossible. the analysis run portion of the training was interesting to me as i found the fact that ngrams could produce graphs based on the text to be quite useful for things like frequency counters.

i found adding content to content sets frustrating at first as there is no button next to the content itself, it is at the top of the page instead, which confused me. additionally, having to check that your file was successfully uploaded and checking the box in the successfully uploaded list seemed tedious to me as well.

i would still like to explore more analysis tools offered by the program like sentiment analysis and topic modelling, as well as learn more about how to perform an in depth text analysis.

looking at the gale research showcase i found students also took similar steps to the ones we took in the training – curation, cleaning, and analysis. looking through some of the projects made me realise that the tool could be used for other forms of analysis. i was looking at a project on Roberto Calvi’s Trial which clued me into other uses, like comparing texts in order to form a conclusion instead of just literary analysis like i initially thought. i think with time, i would be able to use the tool in different ways in order to produce various projects.

project wise, i worked on renaming and sorting image files in the project folder, it’s been taking a lot longer than i thought it would – i guess i underestimated the scope of the task.

i hope to continue my work on the project folder and work on more trainings in the coming week. additionally, fall break is coming soon and i can’t wait for some period of rest.

⋆˙⟡ steph

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