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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Online Writing Assignments with Scalar
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SUMMARY:Online Writing Assignments with Scalar
DESCRIPTION:<p>	Introducing multimedia assignments into a class for the first time can seem intimidating. In this workshop, we will help you remediate an existing assignment in <a href="https://scalar.me/anvc/scalar/features/">Scalar</a>, a free, open source authoring and publishing platform designed to make it easy for authors and instructors to create born-digital scholarship online. Scalar enables users to assemble media from multiple sources and juxtapose them with their own writing in a variety of ways, with minimal technical expertise required.</p><p>	In this workshop, we will help you:</p><ul>	<li>		Map existing learning objectives to a new Scalar assignment through backwards design principles	</li>	<li>		Understand Scalar's affordances and key features to ensure that using the platform will strengthen the assignment	</li>	<li>		Sign up for Harvard's Scalar installation	</li>	<li>		Learn how to set up a Scalar book, add and annotate media and writing, and more	</li>	<li>		Plan how to introduce Scalar or other technologies in a course	</li>	<li>		Develop a strategy to assess digital assignments	</li></ul><p>	Scalar is a project of the Alliance for Networking Visual Culture (ANVC) in association with <a href="http://vectorsjournal.org/">Vectors</a> and<a data-url="https://cinema.usc.edu/iml/index.cfm" href="https://cinema.usc.edu/iml/index.cfm" title=""> IML</a>, and with the support of the<a href="http://www.mellon.org/"> Andrew W. Mellon Foundation</a> and the<a href="http://www.neh.gov/"> National Endowment for the Humanities</a>. Harvard's Scalar installation is managed by <a href="https://atg.fas.harvard.edu/">Academic Technology for the FAS</a> in partnership with <a href="http://darthcrimson.org/">Arts and Humanities Research Computing</a>.</p><p>	<em>This workshop is aimed at faculty, TFs, and teaching staff. Registration is free but required.</em></p><p>	<a class="os-button red" href="https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqf-itpz0uwvrL0vc6VTKb8KzVFrDm3g">Register here</a></p>
LOCATION:https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqf-itpz0uwvrL0vc6VTKb8KzVFrDm3g
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