Week 1 Project Design
Get acquainted with the projects, the technology, the workflow, and create a personal development plan for the skills you want to acquire during the course 🧰
Fig. 48 The Turing Way project illustration by Scriberia. Used under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3332807. Weblink: https://the-turing-way.netlify.app/_images/project-design.jpg
Tasks
- Visit the course on Lyceum to join RStudio Cloud (link coming shortly).
- Complete the Project Preferences and getting to know you survey on lyceum
- Submit your personal development plan (PDP), sign up for morning tutorials, and sign up for a meeting slot to discuss your PDP.
Joint Class Activities
Activity |
Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
| Intro | Welcome to Community-Engaged Data Science | Mon, 2 May |
| Workshop | Project Questions and Brainstorming | Tue, 3 May |
| Workshop | Meeting with project partners | Wed, 4 May |
| Workshop | Project Plan and Kanban | Thu, 5 May |
Project Specific Activities
Activity |
Title |
Date |
|---|---|---|
| Library trip | MPAC library newspaper search | Thu, 5 May |
| Field Trip | NECSA/Manoment Project: Sampling Field Trip | Fri, 6 May |
Optional Morning Tutorials (sign up as part of PDP)
Title |
Date |
Time |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to the community | Tue, 3 May | 10.00-11.00 am | Harward Center |
| Personal Development Plan Check-ins | Wed, 4 May | 4.00-5.00 pm | DCS Lounge |
| RStudio, tidy data and dplyr verbs | Thu, 5 May | 10.30-12.00 am | DCS Lounge |
| Personal Development Plan Check-ins | Thu, 5 May | 1.00-2.00 pm | DCS Lounge |
Assignments
Assignment |
Title |
Due |
|---|---|---|
| Due this week | ||
| PDP 01 | Personal Development Plan | Tue, 3 May, 23:59 EST |
| TC 01 | Team Contract | Wed, 4 May, 23:59 EST |
| PM 01 | Project Plan and Kanban | Thu, 7 May, 23:59 EST |
| Due next week | ||
| E 01 | Ethics Assessment | Tue, May 12, 23:59 EST |
| C 01 | Project Presentations | Thu, 14 May, 23:59 EST |
| PDP 02 | Personal Development Plan Progress Reflection | Fri, 15 May, 23:59 EST |
Readings
| :page_facing_up: | Course syllabus | Required |
| :open_book: | Planning for Project Design, The Turing Way | Required |
| :page_facing_up: | A beginner’s guide to agile and scrum | Required |
| :page_facing_up: | Project Readings: Check your project page | Required |
