Guest Speaker Samantha Raddatz will be coming to discuss what is involved in optimizing user experience and how user experience can make your project better. She will cover: What is user experience? Focus on user testing Types of testing Focus on in-person testing Questions (general and specific to student projects)
Digital Fellows office hours are open to all GC students, faculty, and staff. During office hours, a rotating staff of two GC Digital Fellows provide one-on-one assistance for your digital humanities and digital scholarship projects. For more information about the assistance we provide, please visit the GC Digital Fellows website.
Pedagogy Day is an annual conference hosted at The Graduate Center, CUNY about the teaching of psychology. The one-day conference aims to provide doctoral students with current knowledge, skills, and resources to teach effectively. In its 6th consecutive year, the theme of the conference will be student activism and engagement. All disciplines are welcome to…
This fall, the Teaching & Learning Commons will offer a workshop series based on Thinking through Quality Questioning: Deepening Student Engagement (Walsh, Sattes, 2011). Quality questioning engages students and teachers in two areas: asking instructors to re-examine their communication styles and asking teachers and students to design questions that support deep learning and thinking. These…
Friday, October 30, 12:00 p.m. Graduate Center, Room 9204 Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1A-YzU7KmdwdNmnTyrrvyqr1ISusY3kYafeGBH8QEdFs/viewform Within and outside of academia, preparing research proposals is part of the job. As a graduate student, you can write the pitch, but how much do you ask for? What do you ask for? A compelling budget and justification can be more important than the proposal narrative. In this workshop, you’ll learn…
This workshop will introduce participants to basic concepts and tools in data visualization for the humanities and social sciences. Beginning with a definition of data visualization and information design, we will explore key examples including basic line graphs and complex interactive visualizations. We will lean how to use word clouds, Google Ngrams, the Google Public…
Digital Fellows office hours are open to all GC students, faculty, and staff. During office hours, a rotating staff of two GC Digital Fellows provide one-on-one assistance for your digital humanities and digital scholarship projects. For more information about the assistance we provide, please visit the GC Digital Fellows website.
ANTHONY HOLLEY Department of Computer Systems Technology, New York City College of Technology, City University of New York More and more use is being made of cell phones for web exploration at the expense of conventional desk and laptop PCs. The modern web has to accommodate all these many screen sizes from High definition PC…
This fall, the Teaching & Learning Commons will offer a workshop series based on Thinking through Quality Questioning: Deepening Student Engagement (Walsh, Sattes, 2011). Quality questioning engages students and teachers in two areas: asking instructors to re-examine their communication styles and asking teachers and students to design questions that support deep learning and thinking. These…
After learning how to write some code, take this introductory workshop to learn how to add design elements to your web-page. No prior experience with CSS is necessary; having some basic understanding of HTML would be helpful. Facilitator: TBD Register here: gcitplabs.eventbrite.com
This workshop will introduce basic concepts in geographical information systems (GIS) using the open source CartoDB platform. It is meant for beginners who are new to GIS and looking to get started but aren't sure where to begin. It will cover some of the basics of working with geospatial data and how to create basic…
A panel of lightning talks that highlight ongoing, current, and recent digital humanities work across The City University of New York. Sponsored by GC Digital Initiatives and CUNY DHI.
