UWO History 9832B Interactive Exhibit Design Winter 2010

History 9832B is a studio course on interactive exhibit design for public historians. Students will learn how to create interactive exhibits through a series of hands-on projects that teach the basics of interaction design, physical computing, and fabrication. (Here are some examples of things that you can do in this class.) No prior experience is necessary; History 9808A: Digital History is a suggested prerequisite. The course is capped at 8-10 students. Preference will be given to those in the public history MA program, but others may take it with my permission. Contact me at wturkel@uwo.ca for more information.

We meet weekly on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5:30 pm in SSC 1040 (the NiCHE space, opposite the Centre for American Studies). If you’d like to meet with me, send me e-mail at wturkel@uwo.ca to arrange a time.

• (06 Jan 2010). 01. Introduction to Interactive Exhibit Design
  

• (13 Jan 2010). 02. Introduction to Programming in the Processing Language
  

• (20 Jan 2010). 03. Introduction to Electronics and the Arduino Microcontroller
  

• (27 Jan 2010). 04. Arduino Inputs and Outputs
  

• (03 Feb 2010). 05. Communication between Computer and Arduino
  

• (10 Feb 2010). 06. Putting It All Together
  

• (17 Feb 2010). READING WEEK
  

• (24 Feb 2010). 07. Digitizing, Drawing and Cutting 2D Models
  

• (03 Mar 2010).
  

• (10 Mar 2010). NO CLASS SCHEDULED
  

• (17 Mar 2010). 09. Digitizing, Drawing and Printing 3D Models
  

• (24 Mar 2010).
  

• (31 Mar 2010).
  

• (07 Apr 2010).

• Combined Twitter Feed
  

• Combined Blog Feed
  

• Arnott, Megan Blog | Twitter
  

• Goldstein, Jordan Design Website | Blog | Twitter
  

• Johnson, Dana Design Website | Blog | Twitter
  

• Murray, Braden Blog | Twitter
  

• O'Grady, Tim Design Website | Blog | Twitter
  

• Rahey, Rebecca Blog | Twitter
  

• Sirianni, Sara Blog | Twitter

In this course you will be graded on your documentation of the design process (25%), the project(s) that you develop (40%), your presentation of the project(s) in multiple media (25%), and reflective blogging (10%). As with History 9808A, your final grade will reflect how much you’ve learned or accomplished in this course, rather than any overall level of technical attainment.

• Arduino
  

• Processing

Images from 2008-09 coursework