Digital course projects can provide students with opportunities to work collaboratively, explore multiple literacies, write for public audiences, and to effectively present critical, creative, and community-engaged scholarship. Digital project assignments are often offered in addition to more traditional writing assignments and assessments, but can build upon those other activities by allowing students to bring their own backgrounds, interests, and skills into their scholarly work. The development of meaningful digital projects can enhance the sense of belonging to a learning community and provide a departure from the more familiar lecture-study-test routine. As with other types of assignments, multimedia assignments should help to further the learning goals of the course. The McGraw Center's Educational & Classroom Technologies group partners with Princeton faculty to develop digital assignments in light of these goals, and to select specific digital tools and software. The McGraw Center's Digital Learning Lab can provide assistance and training to both students and faculty in-class or in the state-of-the-art Digital Learning Lab, a classroom space built specifically to support multimedia and digital course assignments. Mapping and Timelines Creating maps and timelines can provide a shared context for learning Annotated maps Storymaps Timelines Audio-visual Composition The development of podcasts and video provide alternative form of scholarly expression. Podcasting Video production Media Annotation The collective annotation of media such as readings, video, images, or audio, promote a shared learning community. Social Annotation Image Annotation Blogging & Digital Publishing A digital assignment involving online publishing takes advantage of tools such as Wordpress on McGraw Commons, Omeka or Scalar to provide an online focal point for coursework. Mcgraw Commons Curation Curate digital assets from the Princeton University Library, the Princeton Art Museum, or from other sources to create thematic exhibits. McGraw Commons Omeka Archives Digital Narratives & Storytelling Create multimedia resources that use text, maps, audio, and video to tell stories. Digital narratives can compliment and extend more formal academic writing and provide opportunities to express learning using a variety of media. Presentations Storymaps Image-based Storytelling Digital Assignment Guides The Digital Learning Lab (DLL) The McGraw Center’s Digital Learning Lab (DLL) is a technology-rich teaching and learning space in the Lewis Science Library that supports the use of and critical reflection upon digital tools and resources in Princeton coursework. With an experienced staff and community of students, the DLL serves as a flexible space for interdisciplinary dialogues around digital pedagogy, or teaching and learning with technology. The DLL actively supports courses with unconventional formats, innovative course assignments, and/or co-curricular digital learning components, such as podcasting, video production, and other digital projects. Read more at the DLL website Contact Us To learn more about integrating a digital project or assignment into your course, see our Digital Assignments Guides, reach out to the McGraw Center's Educational and Classroom Technologies group, or to the McGraw Center's Digital Learning Lab