Show Me How
To get a feel for the site and its possibilities, we suggest that new readers explore the site [first in this order -- maybe revise this]:
Read through one or two modules in their original order
To do so, start with the List of Modules page.
- [K/D: HOW TO NAVIGATE A MODULE SCREENCAST].
Go back to the main menu [link].
Explore using the Complete Grid Visualization.
Use the Complete Grid Visualization to see how [one or more of the pages you’ve just visited] that module connect to other modules and pages within the site. You might find some surprisingly generative juxtapositions.
When clicking pages on the grid, open the Inspector [show] to reveal details and metadata about each page.
- [K/D: SCREENCAST - USING THE COMPLETE GRID VISUALIZATION]
- [Builder: SCREENCAST of a Surprisingly Generative Juxtaposition].
Use the Complete Grid Visualization to identify pages that share a tag (or tags).
Use the Complete Grid Visualization to see which tags we have applied to the module page(s) you have visited. Open that tag. Scroll down to see the other pages that have been tagged by the same tag. Pick one and read through it. What does this juxtaposition bring to the fore?
- [Builder: SCREENCAST]
Go back to the main menu [link].
Explore the Tag Map.
Use the Tag Map to see how a particular spatial concept manifests in different historical contexts. Consider how the concept takes on different historical meanings in specific contexts.
- [K/D: SCREENCAST - HOW TO USE THE TAG MAP]
- [Builder: SCREENCAST - CONSIDER THE CONCEPT]
Click to expand two or more tags to reveal the various pages they contain. Look at how the visualization shows connections or suggests combinations of tags to think with.
- [K/D: SCREENCAST - HOW TO USE THE TAG MAP, PART 2]
Go back to the main menu [link].
Explore the Geotagged Map
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- [K/D: SCREENCAST: USING THE GEOTAGGED MAP]
Go back to the main menu [link].
Use the new Lenses tool to create your own slice of the site’s content.
What are lenses?
- [K/D: SCREENCAST - USING THE LENSES TOOL].
Practice creating the following Lenses: [think about these examples]
- a list of all of the pages tagged by “primary source translations.”
- a Word Cloud of all of the pages that have been tagged by “primary sources translations.” Change the parameters of the Lens (for example, add pages from a second tag; or analyze only the pages from two tags that share a particular text string or piece of metadata).
- Convert the Lens into a Map visualization. Click on a pin. Using the dct:spatial metadata, create a Lens that shows all of the pages with geospatial metadata within 100 km or 100 mi of that page.
- Create a new Lens that shows how we have categorized pages that contain a particular text string. Create a force-directed graph that includes all of the pages that contain the text string “colonial” and the items that they tag or are tagged by.
- Use the Lens to retrace your steps. Create a Lens that shows a list of all of the pages that you have visited in the past three hours.