Capstone Proposal

The 1968 Olympic Team Oral History Project:  Phase I

Objective

            The goal of The 1968 Olympic Team Oral History Project:  Phase I is to manage four to six undergraduates as they transcribe about fifteen oral histories for the H. J. Lutcher Stark Center. 

Work Expectations

• Prepare instruction tutorials about Glifos.
• Manage four to six undergraduates during Summer I & II terms in 2011 as they transcribe audio files.
• Assist Desiree Harguess in the management of audio files in Glifos and quality control of the transcriptions.
• Create indexing terms for the transcriptions.
•  Evaluate each student at the end of the summer for Thomas Hunt.
• Gather time statistics and recommend work process improvements. 
• Update project blog once every two weeks for Diane Bailey.

Schedule

•  The project will begin on May 16^th, 2011 and continue until August 15^th, 2011. 
• Between May 16^th and June 1^st time will be spent creating tutorials covering the use of Glifos for audio transcription.  Any additional documents to aide in the instruction of Glifos for use by the undergraduates will be created during this time.  Time will also be spent with Desiree Harguess incorporating audio files into Glifos.
• June 2^nd to June 10^th will be spent training undergraduates to use Glifos software.
•  July 11^th to July 15^th will include training for any additional undergraduates who begin working at the Stark Center during Summer II.
•  June 11^th to August 15th
• Supervision of undergraduates as they transcribe audio.
•  Maintenance of quality control with Desiree Harguess.
• Indexing of transcriptions.
• August 8^th to August 15^th
• Final evaluation of each student for Thomas Hunt.
• Evaluation of the project that includes time statistics and recommendations for future transcription improvements. 

Project Progress

• Student will meet with the Field Supervisor at least once every two weeks to discuss the progress of the project.
• Student will update project blog once every two weeks. 
• The Faculty Advisor will meet with the student twice during the semester to discuss the project: once midway through and once within two weeks of the end of the project. 
• Student will be evaluated at the end of the project with the Capstone Experience Student Evaluation by the Field Supervisor. 
•  Success of the project will be determined by comparing progress against stated goals.

End Product

            By August 15^th, The 1968 Olympic Team Oral History Project:  Phase I will be completed.  About fifteen oral histories will have been transcribed under the supervision of the student.  The student will present the Stark Center with all the tutorials used to train the undergraduates, evaluations of the work performance of each undergraduate, statistics relating to the time spent on each area of the project, and recommendations for future transcription improvements.