Traineeship and substitute activities

In the field of the aforementioned “Other formative activities”, the study plan assigns 6 Formal University Credits (ECTS) to educational training and orientation. 

The ECTS relative to educational training and orientation can be acquired through different types of activities, up until students reach the necessary quota of 6 ECTS. The range of activities through which students may choose are listed below. Only the activities that are mentioned can be taken into consideration by the Didactic College for accrediting ECTS provided by the educational training and orientation. 

Recognition in credits of the placement/internship activities and of the substituted activities are based on the request from the student, according to the principle that 25 documented hours (understood as the time passed both whilst working at this institute developing the activity and from an eventual time quota managed autonomously to produce written work) corresponds to 1 ECTS.

Traineeships

Current agreements

Ca’ Foscari has activated numerous agreements with public and private firms available to host formative placements for their students. They can be carried out within a maximum of 150 hours, equivalent to 6 ECTS.

To activate the procedure for starting a placement students must first contact Ca’ Foscari Internship Office and then agree a training project with the members of the Teaching Committee for placements (listed in the Scholars page on the Presentation menu). The training project must then be signed in three copies of the corresponding modules (leaving with them a fourth copy, even if it is not provided in the instructions of the Internship Office). Once you have concluded the placement, the same representative must sign the conclusive report that must then be delivered to the Internship Office to obtain the ECTS.

If, after having consulted the pre-existing list of the firms that have already activated an agreement with Ca’ Foscari to host formative placements, the student does not find the name of a company in which they want to carry out their placement, the student can propose an agreement with another firm following the instructions included in the “Agreement” section on the Activate an internship web page.

Substitute activities for the placement

Substitute activities

Only the activities mentioned in this page are considered valid by the Didactic College for the accreditation of ECTS expected for fulfilling “educational training and orientation”. Students cannot be accredited activities only recognised by the Didactic College from other degree programmes. In case of doubt, the matter is addressed by the members of the Didactic College representing the placements (listed on the Scholars page on the Presentation menu).

The number of ECTS accredited to each activity carried out by the placement are established by the Didactic College and are previously announced to students in the relative documentation for each activity, or can be requested by the scholar representing the same activity. 

Upon finishing the activity, students must have the form for the understanding of the activities carried out by the placement filled out by the representative scholar for the single activity carried out and then must hand it in to the Humanities Campus upon reaching the number of ECTS expected from the study plan together with the rest of the documentation.

To consult the available substitute activities, visit the Italian page.

Participation requirements: there are no prerequisites for participating in the activities, but it is advisable to have a computer with an internet connection available to complete the practical exercises.

Activity description: this workshop on automatic handwritten text recognition techniques is primarily aimed at PhD students in Ancient Studies and students of the Master’s degree program in Digital and Public Humanities at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
The one-day event aims to provide the theoretical and practical foundations for using automatic text recognition technologies by examining a specific case study: epigraphic manuscripts—textual documents with a strong graphic component that lie at the intersection of archaeological, historical, and philological interests.
The seminar begins with brief theoretical sessions designed to situate the event within the activities of the DSU and VeDPH, highlighting collaborations with the CLARIN-IT and H2IOSC infrastructures to showcase the services they offer to scholars and researchers in the humanities.
This will be followed by a short theoretical presentation on the specific characteristics of the subject matter and the current state of research in the field.
The core of the workshop consists of four practical sessions focused on understanding and effectively using automatic text recognition technologies; conducted in English with a modular, progressive structure, these sessions will feature guided practical exercises.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to independently use automatic text recognition applications and apply them critically to the analysis of their own textual documents.
Participants may attend one or more workshop modules. Certificates of participation specifying the completed modules will be issued. The event will be recorded and will serve as the basis for developing related educational materials on the CLARIN-IT and H2IOSC platforms.

Activity Schedule: Friday, October 23, 2026
Organization:

  • Opening remarks (9:20–10:00)
    • Greetings
    • EpiSearch project
    • CLARIN-IT and H2IOSC services
    • The VeDPH and DiPText-KC centres
  • 1st Module: Scientific context (10:00–11:00)
    Research question and state of the art – T. Tommasi
  • 2nd Module: Hands on ATR, beginner level (11:15–13:15)
    eScriptorium, first steps – T. Tommasi
    Transkribus, first steps – T. Tommasi
  • 3rd Module: Hands on ATR, intermediate level (15:00–17:00)
    Working on the segmentation – T. Tommasi / F. Boschetti
    Working on the recognized text – T. Tommasi / F. Boschetti
  • 4th Module: Hands on ATR, advanced level (17:15–18:15)
    XML-Page format and XML-TEI conversion – F. Boschetti

Total hours (attendance + independent work)
Attendance hours: 7 hours in total
Independent work hours: from 18 hours (if only one exercise is completed) to 43 hours (if two exercises at different levels are completed)

Assessment method: completion of a guided intermediate-level exercise to earn 1 ECTS credit; completion of two exercises (one intermediate-level and one advanced-level) to earn
2 ECTS credits.
Recognition for participating students: 1 or 2 ECTS credits
Activity Coordinators: to participate, please contact:

Substitute exams (only for part-time students)

Part-time students can request the Didactic College to substitute the placement with an exam (to carry out only after having agreed it with their own College) without having to modify their study plan. Forms are available from the members of the Didactic College representatives for placements (listed on the Scholars page on the Presentation menu).