I highly recommend taking this free online course on visualizing information which starts January 13 and runs through the Spring 2015 semester. Let me know if you're taking it this semester so the various Feds can work together throughout the semester. Nancy ===================================================== The Information Visualization MOOC (IVMOOC) is now open for registration http://ivmooc.cns.iu.edu Students will learn the theoretical and technical skills needed to create insightful information visualizations and they will work with real-world clients and data as a team. * Spring 2015 list of clients and projects http://ivmooc.cns.iu.edu/clients.html * 2013 Student projects from the "Visual Insights" textbook http://ivmooc.cns.iu.edu/docs/Visual_Insights_Ch8.pdf Each unit of the course corresponds to a chapter in the Visual Insights: A Practical Guide to Making Sense of Data textbook http://cns.iu.edu/ivmoocbook14.html Additionally, Part 2 of the Atlas of Knowledge: Anyone Can Map (http://scimaps.org/atlas2) is available for free to facilitate understanding of the material.