This document outlines the history and development of a course on digital remix and critical strategies from 2008 to 2011. It was authored by Virginia Kuhn and sent on June 16, 2011. The course began in 2008 focusing on history and concepts of remix culture. In 2009 it explored remixing filmic texts and analyzing examples from the emerging "fifth estate". By 2010-2011 the course examined how remix practices shape political discourse and citizen journalism.