In reviewing my initial definition of Digital Humanities from the first module, I would keep the overall description of who is involved in working with digitization, how it can be more easily shared with the general public, and that it requires diversity. I would add how digitization has created opportunities for expanded new scholarship through use of text based analysis of large bodies of data, including newspapers, journals and literature, and new ways of presenting and sharing information through data visualization. I would also add how it can build communities of people globally through digital platforms and projects. Below is an updated description of digital humanities. 

Digital humanities (DH) can be defined as the scholarly endeavor whereby, through collaboration between various fields within the study of the human past, multimedia information is created to disseminate and share with the general public through electronic platforms. These endeavors are for preservation, analysis, research and teaching purposes. In addition, DH work must be inclusive of all types of people in order to fully capture all aspects of the human record. Using digital tools and electronic technology to create shareable information moves beyond traditional text to include images, both still and moving, 3-D graphics, audio and more. This multimedia approach provides a more thorough and rich experience to aid in our collective understanding of the human story. 

Digital tools allows for new ways of researching and presenting scholarship, beyond traditional methods of relying on text based materials. Digital humanities scholars have opportunities to ask new questions and create new information to share through use of digital tools of computing. By employing computational applications to large bodies of text based materials, users have the ability to analyze text based sources in new ways, recognizing patterns otherwise not visible without digital tools, then present their information through a variety of data visualizations. Scholars also have access to archived, digitized materials globally, which has broadened their ability to conduct research without geographic and financial limitations. 

Using digital tools allows humanities scholars opportunities that they are unable to do in other mediums, thanks to widespread, open access to the internet, which has allowed humanities scholars the opportunity to reach a much wider, global audience in disseminating knowledge and information. With the number of people globally who have and use a personal phone, they now have the ability to watch videos, look at a variety of visual images, and listen to audio, while still using text, based on personal interests. Digital tools present more possibilities for teachers to present information to students, while also giving more opportunities for students to create their own digitized projects.  Digital humanities scholars can also promote building communities through a variety of digital projects and platforms, as they can also reach more marginalized and diverse groups of communities, outside of the traditional academic setting. 

Because DH is more than text, or beyond text, it is necessary to expand the work involved in creation to include those more familiar with using computing tools. Many digitized projects involve collaboration in capturing the multidimensional stories. Interdisciplinary research and digitization includes archivists, librarians, anthropologists, historians, but also computer technicians familiar with GIS, sound engineering, mapping, and videography. Additionally, because an overwhelming majority of recorded, researched, studied and shared human stories have traditionally come from a Western, colonial, male perspective, DH work of preserving, analyzing and sharing our stories must be inclusive of all genders, races, nationalities, languages, and ages, in order to fully learn about all of humanity. As technology continues to evolve, perhaps other fields will be included in collaboration to create new DH stories.