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 25–August 29
(Session 1)
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Truth, beauty, and data + R and tidyverse
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September 2
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Assignment for session 1 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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September 2–September 5
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Graphic design
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September 8
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Assignment for session 2 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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September 8–September 12
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Mapping data to graphics
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September 15
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Assignment for session 3 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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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 15–September 19
(Session 4)
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Amounts and proportions
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September 22
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Assignment for session 4 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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September 22–September 26
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Themes
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September 29
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Assignment for session 5 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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September 29–October 3
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Uncertainty
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October 6
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Assignment for session 6 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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October 6–October 10
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Relationships
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October 13
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Assignment for session 7 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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October 13–October 17
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Comparisons
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October 20
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Assignment for session 8 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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October 20
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Mini project 1 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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Special applications
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October 20–October 24
(Session 9)
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Annotations
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October 27
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Assignment for session 9 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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October 27–October 31
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Enhancing graphics
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November 3
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Assignment for session 10 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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November 3–November 7
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Interactivity
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November 10
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Assignment for session 11 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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November 10–November 15
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Space
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November 17
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Assignment for session 12 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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November 17
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Mini project 2 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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November 17–November 21
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Time
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December 1
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Assignment for session 13 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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November 24–November 28
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Thanksgiving break!
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December 1–December 5
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Text
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December 8
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Assignment for session 14 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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Conclusions
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December 8–December 9
(Session 15)
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Truth, beauty, and data revisited
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December 9
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Assignment for session 15 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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December 9
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Final deadline for #TidyTuesday creation (submit by 11:59 PM)
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December 15
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Final project due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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