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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August 26–August 30
(Session 1)
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Truth, beauty, and data + R and tidyverse
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September 3
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Assignment for session 1 due
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September 3–September 6
(Session 2)
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Graphic design
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September 9
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Assignment for session 2 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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September 9–September 13
(Session 3)
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Mapping data to graphics
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September 16
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Assignment for session 3 due
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Core types of graphics
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Content
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Example
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September 16–September 20
(Session 4)
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Amounts and proportions
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September 23
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Assignment for session 4 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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September 23–September 27
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Themes
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September 30
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Assignment for session 5 due
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September 30–October 4
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Uncertainty
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October 7
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Assignment for session 6 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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October 7–October 11
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Relationships
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October 14
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Assignment for session 7 due
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October 14–October 18
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Comparisons
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October 21
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Assignment for session 8 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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October 21
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Mini project 1 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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Special applications
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October 21–October 25
(Session 9)
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Annotations
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October 28
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Assignment for session 9 due
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October 28–November 1
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Enhancing graphics
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November 4
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Assignment for session 10 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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November 4–November 8
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Interactivity
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November 5
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Election day!
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November 11
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Assignment for session 11 due
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November 11–November 15
(Session 12)
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Space
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November 18
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Assignment for session 12 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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November 18
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Mini project 2 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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November 18–November 22
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Time
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December 2
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Assignment for session 13 due
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December 2–December 6
(Session 14)
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Text
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December 9
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Assignment for session 14 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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Conclusions
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December 9–December 9
(Session 15)
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Truth, beauty, and data revisited
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December 10
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Assignment for session 15 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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December 16
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Final project due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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