Workshop: Importing your Data into PSLC DataShop - June 2011
When: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 9:30am-1:30pm (lunch will be provided)
Where: CMU, Gates-Hillman Center (GHC) 6115
During this interactive half-day event, you'll have the opportunity to learn how you to get your data into DataShop. You'll also hear a case study from CMU Systems Scientist Phil Pavlik on his experience of importing tutor data into DataShop.
Be sure to bring a laptop so that you can participate in the hands-on portion. Also feel free to bring your own tutor data (in Excel or a tab delimited format) to get started or we will supply example data for the hands-on portion.
Files and Hand-outs
Demo/screencast from Phil Pavlik
In these short videos, CMU Systems Scientist Phil Pavlik shows how he exports data from his MySQL database, verifies the tab-delimited files with the DataShop import verify tool, and uses DataShop web services to programmaticaly retrieve data from DataShop.
- Segment 1.mp4 (1m 32s) - 4.6 MB
- Segment 2.mp4 (3m 21s) - 10.3 MB
- Segment 3.mp4 (2m 28s) - 8.5 MB
- Segment 4.mp4 (5m 10s) - 15 MB
Schedule
| 09:30am - 10:00am | DataShop Overview | |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | The Data Model | |
| 10:30am - 10:45am | Break | |
| 10:45am - 11:45am | Importing Data (hands on) | |
| 11:45am - 12:00pm | Exporting Data | |
| 12:00pm - 12:30pm | Case Study - Phil Pavlik | |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch and Discussion (optional) | |