RAW 1.0 (2016)

[This is an archived course. It is based on an earlier version of the web app that is no longer available. However, this course remains available because many of the principles apply to the current version. Use wisely.]

RAW – now RAWGraphs – is an online application for creating beautiful, creative, and insightful data visualizations online and for free. In this free course, you’ll learn all of RAW’s capabilities and how you can share your visualizations and insight.

Course Information

  • Introductory level

  • 22 streaming video tutorials

  • 53 minutes of instruction

  • Created by Barton Poulson

  • Released 10 December 2016

Note. To navigate the videos, click on the menu icon (☰) at the top right of the video.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

  • Welcome {3:24}

GETTING STARTED

  • Accessing RAW {1:17}
  • Sample data {2:57}
  • Pasting data {3:32}

TIME & FLOW

  • Small multiples {4:37}
  • Streamgraphs {2:30}
  • Bump charts {1:59}
  • Alluvial/Sankey charts {2:24}

ASSOCIATIONS

  • Scatterplots {3:36}
  • Hexagonal binning {1:48}
  • Convex hulls {1:13}
  • Delaunay triangulations {1:12}
  • Voronoi tessellations {1:47}
  • Parallel coordinates {2:15}

HIERARCHIES

  • Treemaps {3:19}
  • Circle packing {1:38}
  • Cluster dendrograms {1:25}
  • Circular dendrograms {1:18}

SHARING

  • Life without save {1:20}
  • Downloading {5:11}
  • Embedding {3:25}

CONCLUSION

  • Next steps {1:39}