This tutorial aims to help students create a simple map using Google Fusion Tables. Google Fusion Tables is an online data management application that enables you to share and publish data on the web. It also allows you to visualize this data in different ways, including in various charts and maps. Ease of use aside, the greatest benefit of creating a map with Fusion Table is that the application allows you to utilize the functions and information found in Google Maps.
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Assignment # 3: Timeline JS
This week you will have the opportunity to present the “life story” of a book in the form of a timeline!
Students will choose a book in their university library (or their private collection) that contains marks of provenance (i.e. evidence of former ownership or use including marginalia, book plates, signatures of former owners, vandalism, etc.). They will then conduct research in an effort to identify former users. Finally students will use Knight Lab’s innovative program TimelineJS to present their research. Each timeline will serve as a narrative of the book’s “life.” Continue reading “Assignment # 3: Timeline JS”