DH in the Classroom Case Study:

As technology continues to pervade higher education classroom instruction, digital humanities assignments may be looked to as an alternative for writing papers or curating exhibits and as an area of interest for faculty members looking for multiple ways to build student critical thinking skills. This case study focuses on an eight-week Omeka.net project assignment created collaboratively by a costume/design professor and the fine arts librarian at The College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University. This article includes the assignment instructions for students, a rubric for using Omeka metadata, and lead-in assignments that include image citation, visual literacy, and ethically finding image sources. [This article is an expansion of a paper presented at the 52nd annual ARLIS/NA conference held in Pittsburgh, PA, in April 2024 as part of the panel “In Support of Digital Humanities.”]