Over the course of the term we will slowly populate this schedule with slides, readings, and activities. These pages are mirrored from the course GitHub repository to a GitHub page using a submodule. For helpful links, refer back to the course home page.
We will engage in a number of different classroom activities throughout the term. Please refer to this legend:
| In-person lecture day: | In-person coding day: | Remote-only activity day: |
| Week 1 | Introduction | ||||
| 26-Aug | Introduction | Slides | Recording | ||
| 28-Aug | Javascript (coerced into a snafu) | Prompt | Notes | Recording | Optional Git tutorial |
| HW1 assigned | |||||
| 30-Aug | JS Events & Functions | Prompt | Notes | Recording | Optional web server / code editing tutorial |
| HW1 due at 11:59pm (extended to 10:00am on 4-Sep) | |||||
| Week 2 | Visual Channels | ||||
| 2-Sep | -No class- | ||||
| 4-Sep | Intro to SVG | Prompt | Notes | Recording | |
| HW2 assigned | |||||
| 6-Sep | Visual Channels | Slides | Recording | ||
| Week 3 | Hello, Chart! | ||||
| 9-Sep | Intro to d3 | Prompt | Notes | Recording | |
| HW3 assigned | |||||
| 10-Sep | HW2 due at 11:59pm | ||||
| 11-Sep | d3 simple bar chart (scales in d3) | Prompt | Notes | Recording | |
| 13-Sep | Brief history of datavis | Slides | Recording | ||
| Week 4 | Scatterplots | ||||
| 16-Sep | d3 basic scatterplot (importing data) | ||||
| HW4 assigned | |||||
| 17-Sep | HW3 due at 11:59pm | ||||
| 18-Sep | d3 basic scatterplot (continued) | ||||
| Survey for Project 1 groups due at 12:00pm (noon) | |||||
| 20-Sep | Color theory + models | ||||
| Project 1 assigned | |||||
| Week 5 | Joins and Shapes | ||||
| 23-Sep | Color theory + models pt. 2 | ||||
| HW5 assigned | |||||
| 24-Sep | HW4 due at 11:59pm | ||||
| 25-Sep | d3 joins (old & new style) | ||||
| 27-Sep | Activity - Visualization Brainstorming | ||||
| Week 6 | Advanced Joins | ||||
| 30-Sep | d3 line plots | ||||
| HW6 assigned | |||||
| 1-Oct | HW5 due at 11:59pm | ||||
| 2-Oct | d3 interactive bar chart | ||||
| 4-Oct | Geographic visualizations | ||||
| Week 7 | Geo Data | ||||
| 7-Oct | d3 choropleth (hooray geoJSON) | ||||
| 8-Oct | HW6 due at 11:59pm | ||||
| 9-Oct | d3 choropleth (adding data) | ||||
| 10-Oct | Project 1 due at 11:59pm | ||||
| 11-Oct | Activity - Project Critique | ||||
| Week 8 | Choropleth Maps cont'd | ||||
| 14-Oct | -No class- | ||||
| 16-Oct | d3 choropleth (dots and contours) | ||||
| Survey for Project 2 groups due at 12:00pm (noon) | |||||
| 18-Oct | Human-Visualization Interaction | ||||
| Project 2 assigned | |||||
| Week 9 | Adding Interactivity | ||||
| 21-Oct | d3 pan+zoom | ||||
| HW7 assigned | |||||
| 23-Oct | d3 multitouch | ||||
| 25-Oct | Network Layouts | ||||
| Week 10 | Network Diagrams | ||||
| 28-Oct | d3 emergent layout (bubbleplots) | ||||
| HW8 assigned | |||||
| 29-Oct | HW7 due at 11:59pm | ||||
| 30-Oct | d3 network layouts & drag gestures | ||||
| 1-Nov | Activity - Interaction Brainstorm | ||||
| Week 11 | Recreating Homefinder | ||||
| 4-Nov | client/server patterns | ||||
| HW9 assigned | |||||
| 5-Nov | HW8 due at 11:59pm | ||||
| 6-Nov | d3 homefinder (query manip) | ||||
| 8-Nov | Visual Perception | ||||
| Week 12 | Homefinder cont'd | ||||
| 11-Nov | d3 homefinder (direct manip) | ||||
| 12-Nov | HW9 due at 11:59pm | ||||
| 13-Nov | d3 density vis (contour, density) | ||||
| 14-Nov | Project 2 due at 11:59pm | ||||
| 15-Nov | Activity - Project Critique | ||||
| Survey for INFO 5100 Project groups due at 12:00pm (noon) | |||||
| Week 13 | Drawing without SVG | ||||
| 18-Nov | d3 raster vis (static) | ||||
| HW10 assigned, INFO 5100 Project assigned | |||||
| 20-Nov | d3 raster vis (interactive) | ||||
| 22-Nov | 3D d3 day (a.k.a. 3-don't) | ||||
| Week 14 | Animation Principles | ||||
| 25-Nov | Animations & narrative | ||||
| 26-Nov | HW10 due at 11:59pm | ||||
| 27-Nov | -No class- | ||||
| 29-Nov | -No class- | ||||
| Week 15 | Challenging Visualizations / Make-up days | ||||
| 2-Dec | d3 chord diagrams | ||||
| 4-Dec | d3 text vis | ||||
| 6-Dec | Activity - Designing Under Constraints | ||||
| Week 16 | Wrap up | ||||
| 9-Dec | Physicalization & Access | ||||
| INFO/CS 3300 take-home exam released by end of day | |||||
| Final Exam/Project Submission | |||||
| Students in INFO/CS 3300 | INFO/CS 3300 take-home exam - Due date TBD by registrar | ||||
| Students in INFO 5100 | Complete INFO 5100 Project - Due date TBD by registrar | ||||