Spring 2027

Introduction to Digital Information

Introduction to Digital Information prepares students to use information technologies to implement infrastructures like websites and databases while exploring access, usability, and policy.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Corey Jackson3.8/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Dorothea Salo

Projects were described as fun and easily graded, while exams allowed students to use notes, making the workload manageable despite some dry lectures.

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Prerequisites

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Satisfied Communications A

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LIS 351

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 3 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.74 GPA, 87.8% A/AB (n=156 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.65 GPA, 87.0% A/AB (n=146 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 92.5% A/AB (n=146 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

COREY JACKSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DOROTHEA SALO is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JIEPU JIANG is recorded teaching in Fall 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LAB 301Classroom Instruction0 / 250
LEC 001Online Only0 / 1620
LAB 302Classroom Instruction0 / 250
LAB 303Classroom Instruction0 / 250
LAB 304Classroom Instruction0 / 250
LAB 305Classroom Instruction0 / 250
LAB 306Classroom Instruction0 / 250

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Dorothea Salo

Students found the class engaging through various projects and lab sessions, noting that the title might seem underwhelming but the content is substantial.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.66 GPA, 87.1% A/AB (n=155 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.74 GPA, 90.5% A/AB (n=148 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 92.5% A/AB (n=146 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Dorothea Salo

Projects were described as fun and easily graded, while exams allowed students to use notes, making the workload manageable despite some dry lectures.

Past student reviews · Dorothea Salo

Non-computer majors appreciated the approachable teaching style, clear assignment instructions, and the instructor's openness to feedback and interaction.

Topics

  • Information access, representation, usability, and policy
  • Social impacts and shaping of information infrastructures
  • Websites, databases, and metadata

Skills

  • Implementing information infrastructures such as websites, databases, and metadata
  • Exploring information access, representation, usability, and policy issues
  • Understanding the social impacts and shaping of information infrastructures

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.12 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
LIS 351 · Spring 2027

Introduction to Digital Information

Recorded 2026-10-29
Raw records 
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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