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These short videos (none longer than 3.5 minutes) explain those concepts.\n\n- [Watch the videos](https://vimeo.com/showcase/7320305)\n\n## Workbench\n\n- [Workbench tutorials](workbench-tutorials/)\n- Exploring the Billboard Hot 100: [Workbench](billboard-hits/rubric-wb-detailed.md)\n- Special Education students: [Workbench](ed-special-ed/rubric-wb.md)\n- Military surplus equipment: [Workbench](military-surplus/rubric-wb.md)\n\n## Datawrapper\n\n- [Skittles!](skittles/README.md)\n- Austin Animal Center [Workbench/Datawrapper](austin-animal-center/README.md)\n\n## Census\n\n- [Median Family Income](census-median-income/)\n\n## Final project\n\n- [Mixed Beverage/TABC Violations](alcohol-sales-tabc/rubric-spring21.md)\n\n## Extra credit\n\n- [Data cleaning with OpenRefine](openrefine/)\n- [Data cleaning with Regular Expressions](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DvAM4lnGJLefo9skD8GgM-_9S1BEhpjJfV86yhJavI0/edit#heading=h.crhjhbmzwwfl)\n- [ArcGIS mapping](https://learn.arcgis.com/en/projects/get-started-with-arcgis-online/)\n- [Tableau tutorial](https://github.com/utdata/rwd-mastery-assignments/tree/master/tableau-tutorials)\n- [Tableau Travis Gun Deaths](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sQBl9TpbBDtasvw8dOql1qQtS-iurZAivPgnOrREmrs/edit)\n\n---\n\n## Not in current semester\n\n\u003e Following assignments not included this semester\n\n### Regular Expressions\n\n- [Dangerous Dogs assignment](regular-expressions/rubric-regex101.md)\n- [Using Regex in Workbench](regular-expressions/rubric-wb.md)\n\n### Workbench extras\n\n- Exploring Gifted Students data: [Workbench](ed-gifted-students/rubric-wb.md)\n\n### Tableau\n\n\u003e All need updating\n\n- [Travis County Gun deaths](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sQBl9TpbBDtasvw8dOql1qQtS-iurZAivPgnOrREmrs/edit#heading=h.cq1m8rq7txl5)\n- [Animal intakes exploration](austin-animal-center/README.md)\n- [Vaccination exemptions](vaccination-exemptions/README.md)\n\n### R\n\n\u003e All need updating\n\n- [Gifted students](ed-gifted-students/rubric-r.md)\n- [Billboard](billboard-hits/rubric-r.md)\n- [Census populations](census-county-populations/rubric-r.md)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Futdata%2Frwd-mastery-assignments","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Futdata%2Frwd-mastery-assignments","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Futdata%2Frwd-mastery-assignments/lists"}