As you’re thinking through how to present your curation project, you may find the following tips, trainings, and ideas helpful. If you find a helpful tutorial, feel free to add it here too. Software/Freeware besides PowerPoint InDesign – you have free access through Stout Canva – Check out their presentation templates Adobe Create Cloud Express… Read More Presentation Design & Support Ideas
Templates for Social Media Posts Canva Check out their templates for everything from Instagram to Twitter Adobe Create Cloud Express – More cool templates for creating graphics and presenting Tips for Social Media Check out this piece about Creating Engaging Social Media posts This piece from Team Lewis offers a more succinct list of tips.
Today, we’re looking at “Social Services and the Marquette Women’s Center” from the Upper Peninsula Studies center at Northern Michigan University. In small groups, select one of the people interviewed for the project. Skim the interview transcript and answer the following questions: Why is your interview subject import? You’re provided with a written transcript. What do you… Read More Marquette Women’s Center
The final aspect of the curation research project will be to create social promotions for your project. Today, we’re looing at Carly Hill’s “How to Use Instagram to Engage Audiences” in Museum Hack. Select one of the museum accounts Hill lists. Who do you think the target audience of this account is? What do you… Read More Museum Instagram
Today, we’re going to try and employ the Creative Commons “Best Practices for Attribution.” Go online and find an image – you might find Google Images, Pinterest, or Instagram helpful. Consider looking for an image or artifact that might be useful to your research project. Next, create an attribution based on the directions from CC.… Read More Attribution Best Practices
Today we’re reading Campbell’s “How America’s Past Shapes Native Americans’ Present” from The Atlantic. What is the rhetorical effect of the first two paragraphs? How do they capture your attention? Campbell provides a lot of historical context for her argument. Why do you think she does this? Which historical event do you find most disturbing?… Read More Native Americans’ Present
Today, we’re looking at the Mackinac Bridge Authority’s “History of the Bridge” and related pages. As you read the introduction and click around the website, consider the following questions: To whom might this history of the Mackinac Bridge be most interesting? What specific audiences (e.g., Michigan history buffs) would find this website interesting or useful? Why… Read More Mackinac Bridge
Museums and libraries regularly use social media to promote special collections and new exhibits. For this discussion, go onto a social media platform (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Tumblr, or Twitter) and check out how a museum or library from the Midwest that uses the format to share what’s special. Once you find a social media… Read More Museum Social Media Research
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Check out Dietz’s “How Can Curation Tell Your Story” from Curatii. Dietz asks a series of questions that might help you think through how you’d find your voice and focus in a curation project: So, what are you an authority on? That is to say, what do you know more about than the average person?… Read More Can Curation Tell YOUR Story
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