June 2 – 6, 2025
Blog Post
Due Friday, June 6:
Post your project plan (or a portion of it). This should describe the components of your project and how you plan to complete them. Your plan can take any form: a paragraph, a to-do list, an image, a journal entry, a project management tool (for example a Trello board), or something entirely different.
Monday, June 2
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, HMHC 115
- Reading: Module A1: What is the scope of your project? (from the The Socio-Technical Sustainability Roadmap)
- Reading:Module A5: Project Documentation Checklist
- Introduction to project planning and project charters
- Reading: Stewart Varner’s blog posts “Project Proposal Form” (alternate link) and “Project Charter.” (alternate link)
- Project management tools and resources
- Project planning group work session
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Tuesday, June 3
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, HMHC 115
- Reading: Building a Thoreau Timeline
- Group photo!
- 5-minute check-ins
- TimelineJS and Datawrapper workshop
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, HMHC 115
- Independent work time
Wednesday, June 4
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM, HMHC 115
- WordPress workshop
- Sample text and images for placeholders
- Coffee and doughnuts with the L&IT Summer Research programs (DSSRF and the Summer Research Grants)
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, HMHC 115
- Independent work time
- Campus-wide summer research ice cream social! Everyone is welcome for frozen treats, cookies, and candy.
Homework: Find Data Visualizations
Due by Friday, June 6:
Next week we’ll be discussing data visualization. To be able to create effective data visualizations, it’s important for you to develop your visual literacy skills.
Please be prepared to share three data visualizations that you’ve found. Your visualizations may be on websites (have the URLs!) or they may be printed copies of something you found in a book, magazine, or newspaper. Ideally, each of you will bring at least one visualization that you think is “good,” and at least one that you think is “bad.” The third can be good, bad, a combination of good and bad, or one that you’re just not sure about. Your visualizations do not need to be related to your projects, but they can be about topics that are of interest to you. You can add your examples to this slide deck.
Thursday, June 5
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM, HMHC 115
- ArcGIS StoryMaps workshop
- Resource: How to Make an Awful ArcGIS StoryMap
- Resource: Getting started with accessible storytelling
- Resource: Finding Open Access Images
- Google Sites workshop
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, HMHC 115
- Peer-to-peer progress sharing session
Friday, June 6
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, HMHC 115
- Introduction to Data Literacy
- Readings : Data + Design: A simple introduction to preparing and visualizing information, “What not to do”
- Data Literacy Slides
- Data Visualization Examples
- Data Visualization Examples (collected by the DSSRF students)
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM, HMHC 115
- Independent work time
Prepare for Tableau Workshop
Due by Tuesday, June 11:
- Create a Tableau Public account
- Watch the nine “Getting Started” videos from Tableau