Digital Scholarship / Digital Humanities

Multimodal online publishing

• Unlike a traditional print book, online publications can incorporate links, videos, audio, annotations, and more!
• Rather than requiring readers to progress linearly, online publications allow for jumping around or creating multiple paths
  • Can reveal connections in your content more difficult to see in a traditional format
• Multimodal content presentation appeals to a wide range of readers/viewers and can convey information more effectively

Scalar

Web-based platform hosted by USC (or on your own server)

• Must request a registration key using a college email address by filling out contact form here: https://scalar.me/anvc/contact/
• Professors planning on using the platform with their class should also fill out the contact form to request keys for class members
• Collaborators can work individually then combine their pages for a finished product
  • Can also do commenting or peer-review
• Assemble media from multiple sources, including built-in importer for YouTube, Vimeo, Internet Archive, and more!
• Robust users' guide available here: https://scalar.usc.edu/works/guide2/index
• Learn more here: https://scalar.me/anvc/scalar/

Scalar introductory video

The following short video provides a look at what is possible with Scalar, showing views of back end creation as well as finished products.