FAQs

FAQs

Why should I participate? 

  • For bragging rights! You will be the BTAA Data Viz Champ.
  • It makes a great line on a resume!

Can I collaborate on my presentation?  

  • Students can submit work that results from collaboration with another person, but both must be credited.
  • Faculty and staff should credit all involved as authors of the work. 
  • When collaborating, at least one person should be identified to present the work during the showcase. 

Are there minimum guidelines that must be incorporated into the work? Minimum guidelines include the types of visuals, data sources, or the number of visuals to use or not exceed.  
Any tool (or a combination of tools) may be used. This is not limited to Tableau or PowerBI.

  • Student Requirements:
  • Faculty/Staff Requirements: 
    • The viz should be used for something related to the Big Ten (e.g., athletics, enrollment data, etc. ) or information about the institution—be it the institution as a whole or a specific initiative/population. 
    • All submissions must follow the schools’ institutional data policies and guidelines (i.e., please do not submit a viz with Social Security Numbers or HIPAA information).  
    • Visualizations must be accessible via a link that requires no login during the Championship voting.

How is judging happening at the university level? 
Each institution will set its own guidelines for determining a viz to showcase in the Championship. 

I am part of a Medical Center at a university. Am I allowed to participate? 
Yes! We’d love you to submit work, attend the Championship, and vote.  

Will the data behind my work be available to download? 
Please work with your university to ensure that data downloads are disabled.