{"id":2417,"date":"2019-06-13T10:37:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T14:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2019\/?page_id=2417"},"modified":"2019-06-14T08:37:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T12:37:56","slug":"scalar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2019\/scalar\/","title":{"rendered":"Scalar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Learning goals:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Students will explore existing Scalar works in order to get ideas for their own projects<\/li>\n<li>Students will be able to describe and distinguish among the six basic elements of Scalar (page, object\/media, path, tag, annotation, comment)<\/li>\n<li>Students will develop a better understanding of (and appreciation for) how rich media content can be organized in various ways using Scalar 2<\/li>\n<li>Students will create a small Scalar project sample that incorporates text, image, audio, and video related to their digital projects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Outline for today&#8217;s workshop:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. What is Scalar? How does it differ from other content management systems like WordPress?<\/p>\n<p>2. How do you put things together in Scalar?\u00a0 How does a non-hierarchical structure work?<\/p>\n<p>3. The main building blocks &#8212; pages and media<\/p>\n<p>4. The main relationships &#8211; paths, tags, and annotations<\/p>\n<p>5. Hands on!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Examples to refer to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lwhite.sites.gettysburg.edu\/scalar\/studentactivism\/1990-students-take-action-to-protest-apartheid\"><em>1990: Students Take Action to Protest Apartheid<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/juliawall.sites.gettysburg.edu\/westpoint61\/your-friend-and-classmate\/index\"><em>Your Friend and Classmate: Following the West Point Class of June 1861 Through the American Civil War<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/keirakoch.sites.gettysburg.edu\/history\/hello-coed\/listen-to-the-gettysburg-college-choir\"><em>Hello Coed! A 1950s History of Gettysburg College Women<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scalar.usc.edu\/works\/synth-guide\/chapter-i-analog-subtractive-synthesis?path=index\">Spirit Guide Synth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wertzberger.sites.gettysburg.edu\/scalarworkshop\/bali-test-book\/gamelan-angklung\">Gamelan Angklung<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scalar.usc.edu\/works\/guide2\/index\">Scalar 2.0 User&#8217;s Guide<\/a> &#8212; a little out of date because we have version 2.5, but still very useful<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.illinois.edu\/scalar\">University of Illinois libguide on Scalar<\/a> &#8212; there are some great examples of Scalar-produced books by students and others here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning goals: Students will explore existing Scalar works in order to get ideas for their own projects Students will be able to describe and distinguish among the six basic elements of Scalar (page, object\/media, path, tag, annotation, comment) Students will develop a better understanding of (and appreciation for) how rich media content can be organized &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2019\/scalar\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Scalar&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2417","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2417"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2443,"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2417\/revisions\/2443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}