Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this module you should

  1. Understand what the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) is and why it’s used by digital scholarly editors
  2. Be able to incorporate IIIF images into a web page in a variety of ways

Dates and Activities

Monday, March 25

Before class

  • Read Walden, “The Ponds,” “Baker Farm,” “Higher Laws.”

In class

  • We’ll discuss Walden and explore images of the Walden manuscript.

Class work: In your folder for 3-25, share your journal file for the day with notes on any thoughts you have about the Walden manuscript images. In addition, leave a comment in the margin of any part of Walden assigned for today that makes you curious to know more about how that passage might have changed during Thoreau’s composition process.

Wednesday, March 27

Before class

  • Read Walden, “Brute Neighbors,” “House-Warming,” and “Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors.”
  • Review Attributes, Links, Images in the previous module.

In class

  • We’ll discuss Walden and play with incorporating images into web pages.

Class work: In your folder for 3-27, share your journal file for the day with notes on incorporating images into web pages. In addition, just as you did on 3-25, leave a comment in the margin of any part of Walden assigned for today that makes you curious to know more about how that passage might have changed during Thoreau’s composition process.

Friday, March 29

  • Group 4 meeting.

Class work: In your folder for 3-29, share your journal file for the day with reflections on your own composition process. How does it compare to what you’re seeing of Thoreau’s composition process? On a scale from “totally scattershot” to “highly organized and intentional,” where would you place your own composition process? If it’s anything other than “totally scattershot,” what are some of the things you do to make your own process at least somewhat organized and intentional? What role do you think technology has played in the difference between Thoreau’s process and your own? Comparing Thoreau’s process to your own, what aspects of revision seem to have been relatively untouched by technological change?

Monday, April 1

Before class

  • Read Walden, “Winter Animals,” “The Pond in Winter,” “Spring.”
  • Read IIIF images in this module.

In class

  • We’ll discuss Walden and play with IIIF images.

Class work: In your folder for 4-1, share your journal file for the day with notes on working with IIIF images. In addition, in the part of Walden assigned for today, leave a comment in the margin of any description of nature that resonates with your own experience of nature—for example, any description that makes you think, “I’ve heard that!” or “I’ve seen that!” or “I know what he’s talking about but I never thought about it that way!”

Wednesday, April 3

Before class

  • Read Walden, “Conclusion.”

In class

  • We’ll discuss Walden and talk about the workflow for your group projects.

Class work: In your folder for 4-3, share your journal file for the day with reflections on your experience reading Walden.

Friday, April 5

  • Group 5 meeting.

Class work: In your folder for 4-5, share your journal file for the day with notes on anything you’ve learned today from this class or any other, or from any experience outside of your classes.