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RootsTech Credit Requirements 2012

History 481R (1 credit)
Special Topics—Section 3

Instructor: Kip Sperry, BYU Faculty
(801) 422-5030
kip_sperry@byu.edu

Students should spend at LEAST 45 hours attending lectures, applying concepts, and writing up their reports. Students are encouraged to attend 13 hours of lectures, including the keynote speech, while the 32 additional hours need to be spent on reports and other family history work. It is the student’s responsibility to track the hours.

Introduction
A new era for researching family history is upon us. We are experiencing the new millennial programs for searching out and preserving family history. Some of the material at the RootsTech genealogy conference will be presented for the first time. This conference brings together several types of computer technology and software that will provide new insights in how to accomplish genealogy and family history research.

One hour of credit is offered to those desiring academic credit for a History 481R course, which supports the Family History certification program as an elective. Assignments must be completed after attending the class lectures.

Assignments
The assignments are divided into two parts: Part I—Lecture Notes and Part II—Applications.

Part I—Lecture Notes
Completion of Part I is required. It involves attending and taking notes on each class attended. Use the instructor’s prepared outlines in the syllabus if necessary. Focus on additional information not noted in the lecture notes. Use the lecture notes as a guide. Prepare your notes in outline form; approximately two pages per lecture is adequate. Lecture notes should be typed.

Part II—Applications
Several lectures are presented on the same theme, i.e., Collaborative, Emerging Research and Technology, New Technology, Preservation and Publishing, Social Media and Web Applications, etc. Although it is not mandatory, try to attend two or more lectures in the same category or on the same theme. After doing this, select some aspect you would like to apply to your own family history research.

Select a TOTAL OF FOUR lectures from the list below from which to make application of the information. Complete a two-page report on what you have done to apply the information gleaned from attending these four classes. You may structure your report in a manner that in your own mind best reflects application of the information.

Classes offered at Rootstech 2012
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  1. A Dozen Ways to Use Your iPad 2 for Genealogy and Writing
  2. A Genealogical Society Using Social Media
  3. A New GEDCOM: Project Scope, Goals, and Governance
  4. A New GEDCOM: Tools, Syntax and Semantics
  5. A Report Card for the Genealogy Software Industry
  6. A Robust Open-Source GEDCOM Parser
  7. A User’s Perspective: Developing a Universal Metadata Structure for Genealogical Content Providers
  8. Advertising Revenue Model
  9. Advocating Genealogy and Growing the Market: Issues of the New Genealogist
  10. An Open-Source Place Finder for Genealogy
  11. An Open-Source Similar Name Finder
  12. An Overview of FamilySearch APIs
  13. Ancestral Lines Pairing System: Uniquely Numbering Each Ancestral Line, Generation, Pairing and Sibling
  14. Awesome Family Websites: Record Your Living Family History
  15. Building an Open-Source Genealogical Search Engine with Apache Solr
  16. Building High-performance Web Services with SCALA
  17. Can You Hear Me Now? Voice Recognition Software and Genealogy
  18. Citation Principles for Tech Creators
  19. Collaborating with Mom via P2P
  20. Creating Cross-Platform Mobile Apps with Titanium
  21. Creating One-Step Search Tools
  22. Creating Performant and Maintainable Large JavaScript Applications
  23. Creating the Family Graph
  24. Database Design 101
  25. Deep Linking and Deeper Linking: How I Get the Most out of Existing Search Applications
  26. Developing iOS applications using Apple’s Core Data and iCloud Storage APIs
  27. Do I Trust the Cloud?
  28. Don’t Do Genealogy Alone
  29. E-learning Software and Authoring Tools for Genealogical Education
  30. Effective Database Search Tactics
  31. Eleven Layers of Online Searches
  32. Everything You Wanted to Know About Fold3
  33. Family History and Gamification
  34. FamilySearch Web Architecture
  35. FGS Society Leadership Brainstorm
  36. Five New Things to Try at Ancestry.com
  37. Future of FamilySearch Family Tree
  38. Gaelyk, a Groovy Tool for Simple Web Apps
  39. Gamification Basics, Recognizing the Path to User Loyalty
  40. Genealogical and Ancestral Applications of the Paternally Inherited Y Chromosome
  41. Genealogical Uses for QR Codes
  42. Genealogist’s Viewpoint—Copyright Law for Genealogists
  43. Genealogists “Go Mobile”
  44. Genealogy 2.0: International Panelists Discuss their Use of Social Media to Connect with Cousins, Collaborate on Projects, Discuss Issues, Market and Promote Genealogy Services, and Perform Acts of Genealogical Kindness.
  45. Genealogy Internet Gems
  46. Genealogy Podcasts and Blogs 101
  47. GeneTech: Y-DNA Solutions to Common Genealogical Problems
  48. Geocaching for Ancestors: Using Smartphones and GPS to Crowdsource Cemetery Data Collection
  49. Google’s Efforts to Improve Genealogy Research
  50. Google+ for Genealogists
  51. Google+ or Facebook―
  52. H-TREE: A Compact Tree-Visualization Technology
  53. Help FamilySearch Index 1940 Census
  54. How the England and Wales 1911 Census Was Digitized
  55. How to Create an Exciting, Interactive Family History Story Tour with Google Earth
  56. How to Do a Webinar
  57. How to Succeed as a Development Entrepreneur
  58. IBM InfoSphere Identity Insight Deep Dive
  59. Implementation of a REST API for the New FamilySearch Family Tree
  60. Implementing a Continuous Interaction and Deployment Strategy for PHP/LAMP Applications
  61. Inspiring Ways to Capture the Interest of the Non-Genealogists in Your Life
  62. Instant Databases in the Cloud for Genealogy Practitioners and Developers
  63. Introducing the FamilySearch Indexing and Linking Tool
  64. Introduction to Groovy and Grails
  65. Is Your Ancestor Hiding in This Photograph? New Family History Revelations
  66. jQuery and Family Search
  67. Keep It All Straight: An In-Depth Look at Popular Genealogy Database Formats
  68. Lassie! Go for Free Genealogy Help!
  69. Learning Genealogy Online: So Many Choices, So Little Time!
  70. Lessons Learned from the Facebook Graph API
  71. Let Your Voice Be Heard in Digital Conversations
  72. loc.gov: Using Our Nation’s Library Online
  73. Loops, Dupes, and Oops, Oh, My! New FamilySearch and Ancestral Relationships
  74. Mining Newspaper Archives
  75. Multi-language, High-Volume, High Speed Digitization of Genealogy Records
  76. New Avenues in Genetic Genealogy
  77. No More Guessing: Secure Your Computer and Data in 10 Easy Steps
  78. On the Road to Mashups: Integrating Data from API Providers
  79. One-Step Web Pages: A Hodgepodge of Lesser-Known Gems
  80. One-Step Web Pages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools
  81. Open Source: Who Owns What Is in Your Head (and Should It Stay There?)
  82. Optimizing Your Site for Search Engines
  83. Persistent Identifiers
  84. Personal Digital Preservation: Issues and Approaches
  85. Phonetic Matching: An Alternative to Soundex with Fewer False Hits
  86. PHP and MySQL: A Powerful Combination for Presenting Data
  87. Privacy in a Collaborative Environment
  88. Publish Your Genealogy Online
  89. Publish Your Genealogy Using Google Sites and Blogger
  90. Refactoring, the Neglected Art
  91. Reputation Systems for Genealogy
  92. RootsTech Genealogy Idol
  93. Scalable Applications: Handling Big Data on the Public Cloud
  94. Securing Your Browsing Experience
  95. Self-Publish Your MS Word Book Like a Pro
  96. Show, Don’t Tell: Creating Interactive Family Histories
  97. Snagit for Genealogists
  98. Software Forecast 2.0: What Genealogists Need for the Future
  99. Storing the Family Tree with MongoDB
  100. Storing the Family Tree with MongoDB — Lab
  101. Supercharge the Experience with HTML5 and Ajax
  102. Taking Your Family History Electronic—Creating Your Own Amazing E-book
  103. Telling Stories: Transforming the Bare Facts of Genealogy into the Astonishing Tale of You and Your Family.
  104. The Family Graph API by MyHeritage.com
  105. The FamilySearch Wiki as Social Media
  106. The Galaxy Girls—‘Three Genealogists’ and Their Android Tablets
  107. The Importance of APIs in Genealogy
  108. The NoSQL Landscape, Graph DBs, and a look at Neo4J
  109. The Powers of Evernote: Photos, URLs, Censuses, Geolocation, and Stories
  110. The REST of the Things You Should Know about HTTP
  111. The Semantic Web, RDF, Dublin Core, and FOAF
  112. Three Steps Forward, 10 Steps Back: Using Modern Tools to Identify Contemporary Family and Locate New Ancestral Connections
  113. To Pay or Not to Pay
  114. Tools and Methods for Internationalization of Applications
  115. Top 10 Data Issues in New FamilySearch and How to Avoid Them
  116. Top 10 Security Threats and How to Minimize Them
  117. Tuning SOLR for Enhanced Performance in Searching a Newspaper Archive
  118. Twitter—It’s Not Just “What I Had for Breakfast” Anymore
  119. Understanding WordPress
  120. Use Adobe Creative Suite to Self-Publish Your Family History Book
  121. Using a Blog as Your Online Research Log
  122. Using Advanced Photographic Techniques to Recover Content from Damaged Documents
  123. Using Android Devices for Genealogy and Family History
  124. Using Event-Driven Architectures in the Real-Time Web
  125. Using WikiTree to Collaborate with Your Non-genealogist Family Members
  126. Visualization of Genealogy Data
  127. Web Analytics: Measure and Improve
  128. Web of Knowledge for Historical Documents
  129. Websites: A “How-To” Guide to Website Building
  130. What Does It Take to Get a Good Result? The Inner Workings of the Ancestry.com Search Engine
  131. Wielding the Electronic Gavel: Managing Genealogical Discussion Forums
  132. Word Processing Tricks for Genealogical Publishing
  133. YouTube Your Family History

Examples

Example 1:
If you attended a Tools and Software lecture, summarize on two pages how you have applied the new information. If necessary, prepare printouts of genealogical information from the Tools and Software program to demonstrate that you have worked with Tools and Software. A few pages of printouts will do.

Example 2:
If you attended lectures on the Internet, summarize on two pages your efforts in locating relevant Internet sites that could benefit your research. Note the most important search engines used, websites found, etc. You may want to list any advantages/disadvantages in searching for desired information on the Internet.

Submission of Work

When completed, submit Parts I and II together as one submission. All assignments are due by June 15, 2012. Please send assignments to:

RootsTech Genealogy Conference
BYU Conferences and Workshops
115 Harman Continuing Education Building
Provo, UT 84602

Grades should be posted on a BYU on transcript July 20, 2011. We will return your papers with a grade on them, but will not send any other grade notification. You may get official grade information or order a BYU transcript by calling the BYU Records Office at (801) 422-2631. If you have a Route Y account, you may log on and check your grade in AIM.

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