Announcements

While you’re waiting for class to begin, please take a look at the links to prepare for class today.

• New Announcements:
  • New class licenses (see your email for the keys)
    • New Tableau Class site Download Tableau Desktop and Tableau Prep here
    • We now also have a class license for Unity.
  • Data Vis 2018 Phase 2 Requirements is now published to the class menu.
  • Upcoming event on Oct 24: Digital Humanities + Data Day at NYU Bobst, with a Map Visualization competition
    Upcoming talk on Oct 30: Turning Big Data into Real Understanding
• Ongoing announcements:
  • NYU Libraries: Upcoming tutorial classes on data visualization, analysis, and management software
  • NEW: 3D Visualization Resources
  • UPDATED: Community Partners

Agenda

• ProPublica (155 6th Avenue)
• NYU Data Services (Bobst Room 743)

Next Week’s Assignments

• • Please write as 1 or 2 blog posts:
    
    • Reflection on ProPublica visit. ProPublica, as a non-profit journalism organization, does a lot of work in the community interest. As you start to work with you community partner and think about your Phase 2 paper, what are some lessons learned from the ProPublica visit that might help you going forward?
    • Reflection on NYU Data Services visit. Now that you’ve completed your Phase 1 project and received feedback, please reflect on the services and information shared at the NYU Data Services visit today. What aspects of this visit might help you as you start to think about your final visualization?
  • Please download R Studio for next week’s class.