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Ahhh. Time for refreshments among friends! We'll be gracing the halls of BAR NINE for the merry making. The hope is to head there as soon as our kickoff event is over. No RSVP needed. We get from good authority that they can hold a large group.
Workshop lead: Dennis Tenen This is a github tutorial for beginners geared towards collaborative work in the humanities. In this tutorial you will learn about Git and Github, and how to set up your own versioning environment. For this event you will need a pass at the door.
Learn the basic to intermediate steps that you can take to protect yourself against malicious agents, government surveillance and other threats. Skill Level Beginner Prerequisites None Equipment Requirements Laptop
Learn how to make and publish an edition online of your source materials using Ed: A Jekyll theme, designed for documentary editors. Skill Level Beginner/Intermediate Prerequisites None Equipment Requirements Mac or Linux Laptop
In this workshop we will introduce you to minimal computing concepts in general, and Jekyll and GitHub Pages in particular. Given our political & economic vulnerabilities, and the imminence of the anthropocene, several scholars/technologists have begun to design different workflows and tech for producing several genres of digital humanities that seek the essentials in a […]
NYCDH folks never stop partying, so join us at an establishment of fine beverages to continue the conversations and celebrate!
In this workshop you will learn how to use the static website generator, Jekyll. Jekyll is so flexible it can be used to create most modern forms of digital humanities projects and related projects, from personal professional pages, to fully functional digital exhibits. Some familiarity with symbolic computing recommended, but not required. If using a […]
In this workshop participants will learn how to create and use a GitHub repository in order to do collaborative work with each other. Requirements: Attendees should bring their own laptop.
In this session you will get and overview of how to design and deploy Jekyll sites. You will also learn how to apply this knowledge to many genres in the humanities: archives, exhibits, editions, maps, journals, etc. Equipment: Laptop. Preferably Mac or Linux. If you have a Windows machine, please update to Windows 10. Prerequisites: […]
In this session you will learn how to use the hypothesis web annotation tool in and outside the classroom. Using real life examples, you will learn how to set up an instance for your classroom to enable online discussion among students that resembles the comment feature on a google doc. You will also learn how […]
In this session you will learn the basics of using GitHub and its free web publishing tool, Github Pages. This tool allows you to easily publish simple websites (blogs, professional profiles, event announcements, etc) at no cost. This course will also serve as a soft introduction to markdown and yaml, folders and files, git and […]
