June 1 – 5, 2026
Blog Post
Due Friday, June 5:
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 1
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, HMHC 113
- 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” and “Project Charter.”
- Project management tools and resources
- Project planning group work session
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, HMHC 113
Timelines & Text Analysis with Carrie
4:30 PM Optional Workshop, Rooke Chemistry 116
- Zotero + Writing, reading, annotating with Nora Boyle (Sciences Librarian)
Tuesday, June 2
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, HMHC 113
- Datawrapper workshop with Katie Akateh (Research Data Services Specialist)
- Group Photo!
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, HMHC 113
- Independent work time
Wednesday, June 3
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, HMHC 113
- Readings discussion with Ilse
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM, HMHC 113
- 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 5:
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. Then write a brief summary for each visualization (2-3 sentences) that addresses: What do you think this visualization is describing? What do you notice? What do you wonder?
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 4
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, HMHC 113
- 10:00 AM ArcGIS StoryMaps workshop with Janine Glathar (Geographic Information Systems Specialist)
- 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 – 2:00 PM, HMHC 113
- Peer-to-peer progress sharing session
Friday, June 5
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Library Lab 025 (Lower Level 1)
- 10AM: Introduction to Data Literacy with Katie Akateh
- 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)
- Sample Dataset
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, HMHC 113
- Independent work time
Prepare for Tableau Workshop
Due by Monday, June 8th:
- Create a Tableau Public account
- Watch the nine “Getting Started” videos from Tableau