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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January 13–January 17
(Session 1)
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Truth, beauty, and data + R and tidyverse
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January 20
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Assignment for session 1 due
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January 20–January 24
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Graphic design
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January 27
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Assignment for session 2 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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January 27–January 31
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Mapping data to graphics
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February 3
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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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Assignment
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February 3–February 7
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Amounts and proportions
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February 10
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Assignment for session 4 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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February 10–February 14
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Themes
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February 17
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Assignment for session 5 due
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February 17–February 21
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Uncertainty
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February 24
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Assignment for session 6 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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February 24–February 28
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Relationships
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March 3
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Assignment for session 7 due
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March 3–March 7
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Comparisons
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March 10
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Assignment for session 8 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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March 10
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Mini project 1 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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Special applications
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March 10–March 14
(Session 9)
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Annotations
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March 24
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Assignment for session 9 due
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March 24–March 28
(Session 10)
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Enhancing graphics
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March 31
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Assignment for session 10 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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March 31–April 4
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Interactivity
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April 7
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Assignment for session 11 due
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April 7–April 11
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Space
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April 14
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Assignment for session 12 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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April 14
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Mini project 2 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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April 14–April 18
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Time
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April 21
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Assignment for session 13 due
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April 21–April 25
(Session 14)
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Text
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April 28
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Assignment for session 14 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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Conclusions
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April 28–April 29
(Session 15)
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Truth, beauty, and data revisited
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April 29
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Assignment for session 15 due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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April 29
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Final deadline for #TidyTuesday creation (submit by 11:59 PM)
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May 4
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Final project due (submit by 11:59 PM)
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