HIST 347 - Digital Presentation Preparation

As part of your final Digital History Project, you have a variety of choices in how to present your story but any presentation or project has the following:

  • State your hypothesis early
  • Make sure all your work is relevant to your argument. 
  • Make it interactive
    • More than just clicking
    • Ask the viewer a question to lead them to the next screen/step
    • Provide clear scrolling and navigation
  • Citations for any material you use, just like in a regular paper.  
    • Just because you found it on the internet does not mean it is free to use. Look for permissions, ask for permissions if not found. The 
  • Testing on several web browsers.
  • Scale images for 300 dpi resolution (higher than that is slower to load and is not useful on a monitor) 
  • Ask 'friendly readers' to review the site and offer honest praise and criticism
  • Design for ADA compliance
    • Good contrast between text and background,
    • alt tags on images.
  • Provide contact information for reporting problems, asking questions, or permission requests.