EVENT DETAILS

Scalar Workshop

This workshop will serve as an introduction to Scalar, a free, open source authoring and publishing platform designed for scholars writing media-rich, long-form, born-digital scholarship. Developed by The Alliance for Networking Visual Culture at the University of Southern California, Scalar allows scholars to assemble media from multiple sources and juxtapose that media with their own writing in a variety of ways; to annotate video, audio, images, source code and text using the platform’s built-in media annotation tools; and to structure essay- and book-length works in ways that take advantage of the unique capabilities of digital writing, including nested, recursive, and non-linear formats. The workshop will first cover basic features of the platform, including a review of existing Scalar books and a hands-on introduction to paths, tags, annotations and importing media and then move onto more advanced topics including the effective use of visualizations, annotating with media and a primer on customizing appearances in Scalar.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops. (Desktop computers are also available). Please RSVP with this form or by emailing Amanda Swain, Humanities Commons Associate Director, at ajswain@uci.edu. 

The workshop will be led by Craig Dietrich, Information Design Director, and Curtis Fletcher, Project Manager, both from The Alliance for Networking Visual Culture.