Transcription
Hello PSC 216. This is our last lecture of the short semester and we're only going to be dealing with the final project. So I want you to closely pay attention to what I'm about to discuss. I've arranged the final project to try to make it as painless as possible. It worked very well, uh, for my spring semester students the way I arranged it. So I'm assuming you folks will also have positive results on Brightspace.
There is a new module that you will see. This is it: Final Project Course, incl. um, conclusion. Please note the due date of July 3rd. I cannot accept the projects late because I have to get my grades in according to CUNI and John J guidelines. That being said, this material is being released along with week four material, which means you have a considerable amount of time in which to complete this assignment. Additionally, there is no map assigned for week number four. So, you only have the lectures and the quiz.
For our final week, please note we have a final quiz. It's 50 questions. You have no time limit, so you can start the quiz and save it. Please again make sure you keep pace because once we get to the end of the semester, I do not have a lot of time. Additionally, I'm granting one additional day. If you note, July 3rd is one day after the semester ends. So, that's the best I can do in terms of a time frame. As of today, it is 6/19/2026. So again, you have a considerable amount of time to complete this final project. And if you have any maps outstanding for the course, now would be the time to complete them.
In the final project module, you will notice first a web page with the final project precinct assignments. Everybody's been assigned a precinct at random. This is the precinct that you will use to conduct your analysis. Next, you'll note there are final project directions as well as four tutorial videos. The final project directions coincide with each of these videos. I urge you to read the directions first. Preview the videos before attempting to complete the final project. The project directions explain what you're going to be doing, which is analyzing domestic violence, family violence calls, because they are one of the most dangerous types of police response calls.
You will be creating four maps: a map of 911 total assault call points in your precinct, a map of 911 family assault calls in your precinct, a map of 911 family assault call hotspots within the precinct, and a map of family assault call hot streets within the precinct. You've had experience with the previous maps. The hot street map is a new concept. However, I think everybody will be able to complete it because, as I said, the directions are very verbose. Additionally, you'll be creating graphical or charts, visualizations of family assault calls by time of day, family assault calls by day of the week, family assault calls by month. In the tutorial as well as the example images, I am using the 18th precinct. Obviously, your precinct will be different.
You'll see the directions are broken down. First, you'll be preparing your data. Check your work. Talking about editing the symbology, creating the layouts, and this is for each map that you need for this project. I have it broken down. The good news with this project is you only need to create one mapping project. Within that mapping project, if you carefully follow my directions, you'll be creating new maps within the project. So you don't have to keep starting ArcGIS. If you save your work as you go along, your four maps will be created within one map project. Something we did not do to this point, but you will be doing now is inserting new maps into a single project. It makes it much easier than having to create a map, close it, create a new map. You're going to do it all at once. I have been as complete as I think I can be in terms of directing you how to complete the maps for the project.
Your submission for this project is not typical. On Brightspace, in the projects module, you will see a project report template. This is a Microsoft Word document that you can download. You will use the data from your map to complete this template. It's all filled in. All you have to do is answer the questions as they're presented. But you will need to download this and complete it using Microsoft Word. If you use Google Docs, you will need to export your Google Docs as a Microsoft Word document so I can grade it.
It is a fairly easy project, although it's a short semester. The grading is very simple. For each of the four maps, they're worth 20 points. The final completed report is worth another 20 points for your 100 points, which means if you mess up a map or you make a mistake, you have a very good chance of still passing the course. There's really no reason for anybody to fail this course the way I've laid it out. Quite frankly, everything you complete will be uploaded to the final project upload area. That includes the four maps and that report template.
I urge you to get started on the project as soon as possible, but the emphasis is on you, the students, reading the directions, reviewing them carefully. Don't try to jump ahead to the end. It doesn't work for this type of project. You have to go from the start to the finish line. Take your time. Um, as I said, I tested this method out in the spring. Students found it very easy to complete. Uh, the good news because we're a summer session, you're not required to present your results. In fall and spring, students are required to present these results. So that's a little bit less stress for us in the summer. You don't have to worry about presenting. Again, this is going to be due on July 3rd. It's being released early so that when we get done with week four and slide into week five, you don't have a lot to stress about.
Now, if you haven't been keeping up with the maps, that's an issue. You're going to need to make sure you get any work that's outstanding to me by this due date. It's going to take me a couple days to grade. So again, I cannot extend due dates on this. Please take your time to review the directions, of course, your precinct assignments, and the mapping videos. If you have any questions, reach out to me via email. But as I said, I think you'll find the project relatively easy to complete. Um, particularly for those of you who have been on top of your maps for this summer session. And there's three or four students I have to say, I won't call them out by name, um, I don't want to embarrass them, but what I found is I'm uploading the tutorial videos and boom, they're getting the maps done right away. And the four of you know who you are because I've commented to you personally. Um, you know, and that kind of work ethic, uh, works out very well for this type of hands-on class. For the rest of you, I know you're trying, but don't let this fall behind. It's important. This gives you a tangible skill that you can list on your resume. And I know that many of you are have either graduated and waiting for your degrees to be conferred or you're about to graduate. This is something that you can tell an employer, hey, I know how to do this. I know how to work with this software.
All right, good luck. If you have any questions, again, reach out to me via email and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Take care everybody and it's been a pleasure having you in this course. I look forward to perhaps seeing some of you in my CRJ 255 at some future point. Be well and take care.