IIIF for Educators

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click to copy lesson html Students are introduced to the practice of "Ekphrasis" to practice "reading" an image/photograph.

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🛠️ Tools

Storiiies Editing Tool  Click here to add your caption (click again to close)

🪜 Steps

Steps Click here for instructions (click again to close).
  1. Click the  Edit story  button [please do not edit the title card information!] 
  2. Zoom to any detail of the image you would like to annotate. Whatever is in the frame when you save your annotation is what will display when readers click to your annotation!
  3. Click  Add new (+) 
  4. Type in your annotation in the following format [with ALL of these elements]:
    • Title [make sure to capitalize]
    • [hit return twice for a line space]
    • observation [describe what  you see]
    • interpretation [what do you think it means?]
    • [hit return once for a line break]
    • -Your Name [optional; use a dash, and add your name as you would like it to appear]
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