The analyses were generally shallow and not particularly interesting. Most of the visualizations were underwhelming as well—it was difficult to extract much information out of them. The next time I give this assignment, I would have students select a dataset and then formulate and submit a hypothesis as to what they expect the network to look like a week or more prior to the deadline. I would also provide them models of what reasonable hypotheses and analyses are. We focused most of our time in class on the technical aspects and less so on methods of critical inquiry of networks. In terms of presentation, I would spend some class time on appropriate ways of embedding network diagrams in writing, such as overlaying annotations to draw attention to key features of the network and zooming in on interesting parts.