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Quick links to necessary pages Introduction to the Hypertext Project PopUp Label Instructions Formatting with HTML Code page for invoking PopUp Labels The Hypertext Annotation Project Overview Students in Introduction to Literary Research create on-line scholarly editions of texts that they have carefully researched. Explanatory essays and annotations provide historical detail, define word or phrase usage, comment on literary techniques, explicate poetic form, themes, and more. For this project, most students are asked to format and annotate passages from assigned texts -- see Passage Editors below -- others write background essays. Two to four students serve as Text & Design Managers. The hypertext annotation project is ambitious, but take heart in knowing that your predecessors completed similar projects: Leaves of Grass; American Weekly Mercury; or Poor Will's Almanack. For a complete list of projects, look here. A reproduction of the assigned text, provided by your instructor, is your starting point. Passage editors are assigned a section of the work, and each needs to enter and format his or her section, adding line breaks and other appropriate html formatting. Once "copy" has been created, Passage Editors develop intelligent and useful annotations. Your instructor is very willing to suggest appropriate directions for research and annotations. Finally, the entire edition is placed on-line. Students use WebCaucus and Manila as the "community" areas for building the project. Passage Editors add fully-coded sections onto WebCaucus, using PopUp Labels for annotation. A full discussion of PopUp Labels can be found here. The fully-coded passages on WebCaucus look something like the passage below. <dd>Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey</dd><br> The <A HREF="javascript:void(0);" onMouseOver="return overlib('This is an annotation.')" onMouseOut="nd();">rich man's joys</a> increase, the poor's decay,<br> 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand<br> Between a <A HREF="javascript:void(0);" onMouseOver="return overlib('This is an annotation.')" onMouseOut="nd();">and an happy land.<br> Text & Design Managers will copy and paste fully-coded passages into the class Manila site. They will be responsible for overall appearance. The main duty for proofreading resides with the individual passage editors. Specifics Passage Editors--the reproduced copy of the text is divided into numbered sections. Most students will be responsible for entering, formatting, and annotating one section of the text. Annotate difficult words; provide brief historical or biographical introductions to events and people (when possible and appropriate); explain the intracies of your passage. Number of annotations will vary, but shoot for a minimum of 10 annotations per section. Some will be quite brief; others will be more extensive. If you cannot come up with issues or words to annotate, please discuss the section with your instructor. Background Research--Several students conduct research and write side essays on topics that provide context for the main text. Well-researched and well-written discussions, approximately 2 pages long (works cited information included), will be left as attachments on WebCaucus for Text & Design Managers to place in the Manila site. Your instructor will provide topics for this research. Text & Design Managers--Two to four students are responsible for "stitching" into a coherent and visually effective whole their fellow students' passages and side essays. Text and Design Managers work as a team and are responsible for the overall appearance of the hypertext project. Due Dates Consult your class syllabus for due dates.
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