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+# Daily Lessons
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+Outline of the topics/resources for each day of class.
+
+> Note, assignments will generally be posted in Canvas. Occassionally we'll use GitHub Classroom for code-related work.
+
+## Week 1
+
+### Day 1 - Course Intro and Demystifying Dot Notation
+
+- [Course Intro Presentation][]
+  - Defining "advanced"
+- [Demystifying Dot Notation][]
+  - High-level discussion on dot notation and Python classes and OOP. This will be the last installment in Python basics, and builds on the foundation laid during fall and winter quarters in the core [PADJ courses][]. You should complete the *Demystifying* tutorial in advance of Day 2, when there will be an in-class quiz on the material covered.
+  - Complete the [Elections OOP assignment][] by Friday. *This assignment is on GitHub Classroom. See Canvas for detailed instructions.*
+- Housekeeping (course resources, format, [AI policy][], etc.)
+
+[Course Intro Presentation]: https://slides.com/serdartumgoren/advanced-data-journalism-e2186d?token=zRKg5RFQ
+[Demystifying Dot Notation]: https://stanfordjournalism.github.io/data-journalism-notebooks/lab?path=classes_and_oop%2FREADME.ipynb
+[Elections OOP assignment]: https://github.com/stanfordjournalism/advanced-data-journalism-assignments
+[PADJ courses]: https://github.com/stanfordjournalism/padj-code
+[AI policy]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uo8TpunjQPHB7vV9x4Wl-DxIPwf52fND_6KSaC64DxI/edit?usp=sharing
+
+
+### Day 2 - OOP Wrap-up; In-class Quiz; Intro to APIs
+
+TBD