AVAnnotate: Open-Source Application for Audiovisual Digital Exhibits and Editions 
Friday, 9/12, 12:00-1:00 pm
In this introductory workshop, participants will explore the core features of AVAnnotate, an open-source platform for creating digital exhibits and scholarly editions that integrate audiovisual materials. Attendees will learn how to build projects that combine film, audio, text, and metadata, while gaining hands-on experience with annotation tools and design options. By the end of the session, participants will understand how AVAnnotate can be used to support research, teaching, and public-facing projects, offering innovative ways to present and interpret audiovisual sources. Designed for beginners, this workshop provides practical guidance and creative possibilities for anyone interested in digital scholarship and storytelling.
Instructor: Jack Riordan, PhD in Liberal Arts & AVAnnotate Student Technician
Location: Zoom
Introduction to Canva 
Friday, 10/17, 12:00-1:00 pm
Canva is a free online tool for designing visuals like social media posts, presentations, and documents using customizable templates. In this workshop, attendees will learn the basic tools of Canva and apply them to a variety of templates. In the second half of the workshop, the instructor will assist attendees with their personal projects.
Snacks and Coffee will be provided.
Instructor: Tina Tran, Visual Arts Liaison Librarian
Location: Scholars Lab Data Lab (2.202) & via Zoom
Taming the Archive with Tropy 
Friday, 10/31, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
This workshop will provide a basic introduction to Tropy, a digital tool for organizing and describing archival photographs and research materials. We will explore what Tropy can (and cannot) do as a research aid. We will also explore its application in a real archival research project examining a collection of nineteenth-century diplomatic letters. No knowledge of coding required, all technological comfort levels welcome.
Instructor: Jessa Dahl, Executive Director of JapanLab
Location: Scholars Lab Data Lab (2.202) & Zoom
Text Mining with R 
Friday, 11/7, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
This workshop will introduce participants to “distant reading,” a form of text analysis. In contrast to “close reading,” distant reading uses computational and visual tools to appreciate the overall structure of texts and explore how they fit in a broader corpus. We will use the Quanteda package in the R programming language, but no prior coding experience is required.
Instructor: Mark Ravina, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Chair in Japanese Studies
Location: Zoom
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