Pre-class FAQs
Thanks to everyone who has filled out the pre-class welcome survey (see the link in iCollege)! I’m excited to get to know you all more this semester!
Lots of you had similar questions and concerns, so I’ve consolidated the common ones here in a list of FAQs.
Can I reach out if I have questions?
ABSOLUTELY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO THIS CLASS WITHOUT EVER ASKING A SINGLE QUESTION.
Make sure you read this about building a community and this about the 30-minute rule and how to ask for help.
How hard will it be to reach you? Will you have regular office hours?
Hopefully not hard at all! I’m extremely responsive on Slack and e-mails.
I don’t have a set time every week for student hours (see here for why I don’t call them office hours). Instead, I use an appointment system. If you want to meet with me online, visit my Calendly page and sign up for a slot. There’s also a link to it on the homepage and syllabus page of the class website.
I’ll also be on campus on Thursdays if you want to meet IRL. Use the in-person slot at Calendly to sign up for a time to meet me on campus.
Will we cover {X}?
- Geospatial data and visualizations? Absolutely! Maps are one of my favorite kinds of visualization and we have a whole session on them.
- Interactive visualizations? Yep!
- Animated visualizations? Not directly, but we’ll briefly mention the {gganimate} package, which is surprisingly easy to use—it’s just regular ggplot code with a few extra lines to animate it