• Library Research for Literature Reviews in the Humanities & Social Sciences

    Online/Virtual Event

    This workshop is for students conducting literature reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Topics covered in the workshop include: Overview: What is a literature review? Finding research materials: search strategies, databases, citation tracking Information management: organizing your research and assessing your search process Other services for students: where to go for more help Can't make […]

    Free
  • Introduction to Voyant

    Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    We will introduce Voyant, a free suite of visual tools for text analysis. Participants will get hands on experience applying common tools within Voyant to a corpus. No prior experience with text […]

    Free
  • Introduction to Podcasting

    Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Learn how to create your own podcast in this introductory and interactive workshop. This workshop will cover all levels of podcast production including content creation, recording, editing, and promotion. No previous podcasting experience is necessary. This workshop will also cover the basics of Audacity, a free sound editing software. Audacity can be used for many […]

    Free
  • Introduction to Digital Storytelling with Twine

    Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    This workshop is a brief introduction to the Digital Storytelling tool, Twine. At the end of this workshop, you will be able to: Articulate best practices around creating web-based minimal computing projects Create a basic Twine project with multimedia elements Publish their project to the web This workshop is part of the Digital Humanities workshop series presented […]

    Free
  • Creating Digital Exhibits: A Survey of Tools

    Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    This workshop will cover an assortment of digital exhibit and storytelling tools such as Omeka, Scalar, static site generators (CollectionBuilder and Wax), and narrative tools such as Timeline.js and Storymaps from Knight Lab. At the end of this session, participants will be able to: List common tools and what they might be useful for Identify […]

    Free
  • Introduction to Voyant

    Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    We will introduce Voyant, a free suite of visual tools for text analysis. Participants will get hands on experience applying common tools within Voyant to a corpus. No prior experience with text analysis is required. This workshop is part of the Digital Humanities workshop series presented by the UBC Library Research Commons. If you have any questions, concerns, or accessibility […]

    Free