{"id":18,"date":"2026-04-30T13:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/TransferStudents\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-05-06T16:18:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:18:25","slug":"tools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/TransferStudents\/tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D3 (Data-Driven Documents) is a JavaScript library that binds data to DOM elements and applies data-driven transformations making it the standard tool for custom, interactive data visualization on the web. For CreditPath, D3 would power three key things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Acceptance heat map<\/strong>: A department-by-state grid showing credit acceptance rates <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/TransferStudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_reh9nfreh9nfreh9-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.8333512371540086;width:361px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/TransferStudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_reh9nfreh9nfreh9-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/TransferStudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_reh9nfreh9nfreh9-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/TransferStudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_reh9nfreh9nfreh9-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/TransferStudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_reh9nfreh9nfreh9.png 1408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sankey diagram<\/strong>: Tracks the flow of credits from sending institutions to WCU outcomes: accepted, denied, or pending review<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/TransferStudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_5fd8yz5fd8yz5fd8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53\" style=\"width:289px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/TransferStudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_5fd8yz5fd8yz5fd8.png 1024w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/TransferStudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_5fd8yz5fd8yz5fd8-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/TransferStudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_5fd8yz5fd8yz5fd8-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/classprojects.digitalwcu.org\/TransferStudents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_5fd8yz5fd8yz5fd8-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Timeline chart<\/strong>: Shows how acceptance rates have changed year over year across departments and regions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I used Google Gemini to create these images to demonstrate what the heat map and diagram might look like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D3 (Data-Driven Documents) is a JavaScript library that binds data to DOM elements and applies data-driven transformations making it the standard tool for custom, interactive data visualization on the web. 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