1. Tassie Gniady, Cyber DH Coordinator, UITS
Scalar Tutorial
Tassie Gniady, Cyber DH Coordinator, UITS

2. But, most of all, NON-LINEAR!
What is Scalar?
born digital
open source
multi-media
scholarly publishing platform
But, most of all, NON-LINEAR!

3. How does non-linearity work?
Scalar encourages the use of paths and tagging to encourage layering and juxtaposition of various materials.
Ex: Ethnic Los Angeles: Comparative Race, Gender, and Sexuality

4. Media Rich
If it has a web address, it can be linked in your Scalar book.
Media will still be hosted by the outside server
Can be embedded, from these sites
Media can be annotated. Tag a poem with a video or a photo with an audio file.

5. Versioning
All versions of a page's history are preserved and publicly viewable by default.
Versions may be deleted, if desired.
Helps with multi-author books and when working with students.

6. Customization
Scalar is highly customizable, and has an API for development of 3rd party plug-ins:
CSS
Javascript
API
Github

7. Visualizations
One of the coolest features of Scalar is the built in visualizations.
Visualizations exist for every page with options for a radial, index, path, media, and tag views.

8. Who is using Scalar?
A digital dissertation at Duke, ENDLESS QUESTION: Youth Becomings and the Anti-Crisis of Kids in Global Japan
Also at Duke, the Ecology of Networks project
A special issue of American Literature, on new media, authored with Scalar

9. Let's Get Started! create a login: tell me your EXACT NAME
find our book: Fun with Scalar
pick an internet meme or topic (like cats)
create a page
insert media
create another page
make a path!