Here’s your roadmap for the semester!
Content (): This page contains the readings, slides, and recorded lectures for the topic. Read and watch these first.
Lesson (): This page contains an interactive lesson that teaches you the principles and code you need to know. Go through these after doing the content.
Example (): This page contains fully annotated R code that you can use as a reference for creating your own visualizations. This is only a reference page—you don’t have to necessarily do anything here. Each section also contains videos of me live coding the examples so you can see what it looks like to work with R in real time. This page will be very helpful as you work on your assignments.
Assignment (): This page contains the instructions for either the session exercise (1–3 brief tasks), or for the two mini projects and final project. Assignments are due by 11:59 PM on the Monday after their corresponding sessions. That’s confusing in sentence form—see the schedule table below to see how it works.
tl;dr: You should follow this general process for each session:
- Do everything on the content page ()
- Work through the lesson page ()
- Complete the assignment () while referencing the example ()
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Foundations
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Example
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August 21–August 25
(Session 1)
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Truth, beauty, and data + R and tidyverse
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August 28
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Assignment for session 1 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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August 28–September 1
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Graphic design
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September 4
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Assignment for session 2 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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September 4–September 8
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Mapping data to graphics
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Core types of graphics
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Content
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Lesson
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Example
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Assignment
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September 11
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Assignment for session 3 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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September 11–September 15
(Session 4)
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Amounts and proportions
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September 18
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Assignment for session 4 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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September 18–September 22
(Session 5)
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Themes
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September 25
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Assignment for session 5 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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September 25–September 29
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Uncertainty
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October 2
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Assignment for session 6 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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October 2–October 6
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Relationships
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October 9
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Assignment for session 7 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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October 9–October 13
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Comparisons
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October 16
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Assignment for session 8 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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October 16
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Mini project 1 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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Special applications
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October 16–October 20
(Session 9)
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Annotations
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October 23
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Assignment for session 9 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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October 23–October 27
(Session 10)
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Interactivity
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October 30
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Assignment for session 10 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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October 30–November 3
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Time
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November 6
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Assignment for session 11 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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November 6–November 10
(Session 12)
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Space
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November 13
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Assignment for session 12 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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November 13
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Mini project 2 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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November 13–November 17
(Session 13)
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Text
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November 27
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Assignment for session 13 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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November 27–December 1
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Enhancing graphics
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December 4
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Assignment for session 14 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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Conclusions
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December 4–December 4
(Session 15)
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Truth, beauty, and data revisited
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December 5
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Assignment for session 15 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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December 11
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Final project due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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