Week 1 Reading & Lecture

Please read:

• Chapter 1: What's Vis and Why Do It
• Constructing_Visualizations_Ch1.pdf Download Constructing_Visualizations_Ch1.pdf

Please watch:

• Datavis 2020 Episode 1: What is Data Visualization (10 min) Links to an external site. My take on what Data Visualization is
• Intro (Ch 1), Visualization Analysis & Design, 2021 (15 min) Links to an external site. Tamara Munzner's lecture introducing Data Visualization
• Introduction to Web Technologies (10 min) Links to an external site. An introduction to the Web Technologies we'll be using throughout the course
• Circles with D3 (20 min) Links to an external site. The first coding video of the semester! The basis for this week's assignment

Optional

• D3 and Data Visualization - Panel Discussion (1 hour) Links to an external site. A high level discussion on what D3 is and how it fits with Data Visualization in general
• Introduction to D3 (1.5 hours) Links to an external site. A fairly thorough introduction to D3 from way back in 2015.