📅 2024-07-08 — Session: VLOOKUP and Specialization Analysis
🕒 22:00–00:00
🏷️ Labels: Google Sheets, VLOOKUP, Python, Data Processing, Education, Specialization
📂 Project: Teaching
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The session focused on utilizing spreadsheet functions and analyzing educational data to enhance course categorization and student specialization insights.
Key Activities
- Google Sheets VLOOKUP: A step-by-step guide was created to use the VLOOKUP function in Google Sheets for retrieving course names based on IDs.
- Formula Correction: Addressed potential localization issues in VLOOKUP formulas and provided troubleshooting steps.
- Excel IFERROR: Demonstrated the use of IFERROR with VLOOKUP to handle errors gracefully in Excel.
- Python Data Processing: Developed a Python script to group data by ‘CODIGO’ and output the results in Markdown format.
- Student Specialization Analysis: Analyzed student specialization patterns in course selection, identifying common themes and tracks.
- Course Categorization: Categorized courses within the Data Science and Computing curriculum to clarify specialization paths.
Achievements
- Provided comprehensive guides and scripts for data retrieval and error handling in spreadsheets.
- Enhanced understanding of student specialization patterns and course categorization in educational settings.
Pending Tasks
- Further refinement of course categorization to include emerging fields and technologies.
- Integration of insights into educational strategy and curriculum development.