Resources for Instructors

 

Click on the course tiers below to view a list of DAS courses and to access instructor resources.

General Resources

Course Content: Foundational (Tier 1)

Foundational Courses focus on the essential skills that archivists need to manage digital archives. They focus primarily, but not exclusively, on the needs of practitioners—archivists who are or will be working directly with electronic records. These courses present information that an archivist might implement in the next year.

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F1: Basic Electronic Records - Retired

F2: Basics of Managing Electronic Records [Web Seminar]

F3: Thinking Digital [Web Seminar]

F4: Standards for Digital Archives [Web Seminar]

F5: Beginner's Guide to Metadata [Web Seminar]

F8a: Arrangement and Description of Electronic Records - Part I

F9: Digital Forensics for Archivists: Fundamentals

Course Content: Tactical and Strategic (Tier 2)

Tactical and Strategic Courses focus on the skills that archivists need to make significant changes in their organizations so that they can develop a digital archives and work seriously on managing electronic records. They focus primarily, but not exclusively, on the needs of managers--those archivists who manage other professionals and who oversee programmatic operations. These courses present information that an archivist might implement in the next five years.

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TST1: Electronic Records - The Next Step! [Web Seminar]

TST3: Arrangement and Description of Electronic Records - Part II

TST5: Preserving Digital Archives: Concepts and Competencies

TST6b: Privacy and Confidentiality in Digital Archives

TST8: Digital Archives and Libraries

TST9: Providing Access to Born-Digital Archives

TST10: Building Advocacy and Support for Digital Archives

Course Content: Tools and Services (Tier 3)

Tools and Services courses focus on specific tools and services that archivists need to use for their work with digital archives. They are practical courses focused on specific software products and other tools and they focus primarily, but not exclusively, on the needs of practitioner archivists. These courses present information that an archivist could implement immediately.


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T&S2: Archival Content Management Systems [Web Seminar]

T&S4: Preservation Formats in the Context of PDF [Web Seminar]

T&S5: Web Archiving Fundamentals [Web Seminar/Hybrid]

T&S7: Digital Preservation of Audio and Video: Fundamentals

Course Content: Transformational (Tier 4)

Transformational Courses focus on the skills that archivists need to change their working lives dramatically and transform their institutions into full-fledged digital archives.  They focus primarily, but not exclusively, on the needs of administrators—those archivists with oversight over the entire archival enterprise of an institution.  These courses present information that an archivist might implement over the course of the next ten years.

 

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TR1: Information Architecture [Web Seminar] - Retired

TR1: User Experience Design and Digital Archives [Web Seminar]

TR2: Managing Electronic Records in Archives and Special Collections

TR3: Digital Curation Planning and Sustainable Futures