136142 KU Computational Background Skills for Digital Humanities (2026S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 13 - Europäische und Vergleichende Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft

Continuous assessment of course work

ON-SITE

Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from We 04.02.2026 08:00 to Tu 24.02.2026 23:59
Deregistration possible until Tu 31.03.2026 23:59

Details

max. 25 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Wednesday 04.03. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
Thursday 05.03. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
Wednesday 18.03. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
Thursday 19.03. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9
Wednesday 25.03. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
Thursday 26.03. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 32 Hauptgebäude, 1.Stock, Stiege 9

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course is intended to provide basic training and support for further skills courses in the Digital Humanities. It is strongly recommended as a prerequisite to the other DH practical courses. As such, students will be required to bring a laptop computer (no tablets!). If this presents a problem, please contact one of the course instructors in advance. Course material:
https://github.com/acdh-oeaw/Teaching_CBS4DH/tree/2026S

Main topics covered:
· Use of command line
· File formats and encodings
· Git
· Regular expressions
· Minimal introduction to web technologies
· Tools and resources for Digital Humanities

Assessment and permitted materials

Students with equipment other than laptop computers are **immediately** disqualified.
· Weekly task 50% and active participation 50% of the general grade.
· Regular attendance, active participation and the upload of the exercises on a private repository on GitHub will lead to a final grade.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

· Bring your laptop to the class
· Create a personal GitHub account: https://github.com/join
· Download and install Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/
· (Only Windows users) Download and install Gitbash: https://gitforwindows.org/

Examination topics

Course with continuous assessment ("prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung")

Reading list

Association in the course directory

Pflichtmodul DH2
DH-S II

Last modified: Mo 27.07.2026 09:26