INFO 3312/5312: Data Communication

Modified

January 30, 2026

This page contains an outline of the topics, content, and assignments for the semester. Note that this schedule will be updated as the semester progresses and the timeline of topics and assignments might be updated throughout the semester.

WEEK DATE TOPIC PREPARE MATERIALS DUE
1 Tue, Jan 20 Introduction to effective data communication πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Login to Cornell’s GitHub server
πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Access Posit Workbench using your Cornell NetID and password
πŸ”Ž Find one example each of a good and bad data visualization
πŸ“½οΈ slides 01

Thu, Jan 22 The grammar of graphics πŸ“— ggplot2 - ch 13 (Mastery)
πŸ“œ The grammar of graphics
πŸ“½οΈ slides 02
⌨️ ae 01
βœ… ae 01
⌨️ hw 01

2 Tue, Jan 27 Deep dive: layers (I) πŸ“™ socviz - ch 1 (Looking at data)
πŸ“• fdv - ch 2 (Visualizing data: Mapping data onto aesthetics)
πŸ“½οΈ slides 03
⌨️ ae 02
βœ… ae 02


Wed, Jan 28

βœ… hw 01 HW 01 at 11:59pm

Thu, Jan 29 Deep dive: layers (II) πŸ“— ggplot2 - ch 13 (Build a plot layer by layer) πŸ“½οΈ slides 04
⌨️ ae 03
βœ… ae 03
⌨️ hw 02

3 Tue, Feb 3 Statistical transformations, scales, and guides πŸ“— ggplot2 - ch 14 (Scales and guides)
πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Complete team preference survey for project 01



Wed, Feb 4


HW 02 at 11:59pm

Thu, Feb 5 Coordinate systems and faceting πŸ“— ggplot2 - ch 15 (Coordinate systems) + ch 16 - Faceting
πŸ“• fdv - ch 10 (Visualizing proportions)


4 Tue, Feb 10 Data wrangling (I) πŸ“˜ r4ds - ch 3 (Data transformation)
πŸ“˜ r4ds - ch 5 (Data tidying)



Wed, Feb 11


HW 03 at 11:59pm

Thu, Feb 12 Data wrangling (II) πŸ“˜ r4ds - ch 19 (Joins)
Project 1 proposal at 11:59pm

Fri, Feb 13


Project 1 peer review at 11:59pm
5 Tue, Feb 17 No class (February Break)



Thu, Feb 19 Themes πŸ“— ggplot2 - ch 17 (Themes)
Project 1 revised proposal at 11:59pm
6 Tue, Feb 24 Annotating charts πŸ“• fdv - ch 22 + ch 23
πŸ“— ggplot2 - ch 8 (Annotations)



Wed, Feb 25


HW 04 at 11:59pm

Thu, Feb 26 Telling the story with data πŸ“• fdv - ch 29

7 Tue, Mar 3 Accessible visualization To be posted


Thu, Mar 5 Project 1 presentations To be posted
Project 1 report + presentation at start of class
8 Tue, Mar 10
To be posted


Thu, Mar 12
To be posted

9 Tue, Mar 17
To be posted


Thu, Mar 19
To be posted

10 Tue, Mar 24 Visualizing space: Overview and mapping raster tiles To be posted


Thu, Mar 26 Visualizing space: Mapping with simple features To be posted

11 Tue, Mar 31 No class (Spring Break) To be posted


Thu, Apr 2 No class (Spring Break) To be posted

12 Tue, Apr 7
To be posted


Thu, Apr 9 Interactivity in charts To be posted

13 Tue, Apr 14
To be posted


Thu, Apr 16 Dashboards To be posted

14 Tue, Apr 21 Interactive reporting with Shiny (I) To be posted


Thu, Apr 23 Interactive reporting with Shiny (II) To be posted

15 Tue, Apr 28
To be posted


Thu, Apr 30 Peer review project 02 drafts To be posted

16 Tue, May 5 Wrap-up: Where to go from here To be posted


NA Project 02 presentations