The Alliance for Networking Visual Culture will be offering a series of free online webinars this fall.
The “Introduction to Scalar” webinars will cover basic features of the platform: a review of existing Scalar books and a hands-on introduction to paths, tags, annotations and importing media. The “Intermediate Scalar” webinars will delve into more advanced topics including the effective use of visualizations, annotating with media and a primer on customizing appearances in Scalar.
The fall schedule will include six dates:
- Introduction to Scalar: August 21, 10am-12pm (PST)
- Intermediate Scalar: September 11, 10am-12pm (PST)
- Introduction to Scalar: September 25, 4pm-6pm (PST)
- Intermediate Scalar: October 9, 4pm-6pm (PST)
- Introduction to Scalar: October 30, 10am-12pm (PST)
- Intermediate Scalar: November 20, 10am-12pm (PST)
Scalar is a free, open source authoring and publishing platform that’s designed to make it easy for authors to write long-form, born-digital scholarship online. Scalar enables users to assemble media from multiple sources and juxtapose them with their own writing in a variety of ways, with minimal technical expertise required.
For more information on the Alliance for Networking Visual Culture, check out their website and learn about even more upcoming opportunities.
