Overview
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Dates |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
Fri Lab |
HW |
| 1 |
Sep. 27, 28 |
No class |
Introduction |
InfoVis Overview |
NameVoyager |
| 2 |
Oct. 10, 4, 5 |
Graphical excellence |
Data & Tasks |
Intro to Tableau |
Vis Critique |
| 3 |
Oct. 9, 11, 12 |
Graphs & Tables |
Perception |
Advanced Tableau |
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| 4 |
Oct. 16, 18, 19 |
Design for communication |
Multivariate complexity |
Analyze project data |
P1 due |
| 5 |
Oct. 23, 25, 26 |
Micro/macro & Small multiples |
Maps Postponed, Exam Review |
Tableau Maps |
Midterm doc, data
P2 due
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| 6 |
Oct. 30, Nov. 1, 2 |
Interactive visualization |
Trees & Networks |
Trees |
P3, PF due |
| 7 |
Nov. 6, 8, 9 |
Grayscale & Layering |
Case Studies |
P4 presentations |
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| 8 |
Nov. 13, 15, 16 |
Color |
Presentation, Interaction & Case Studies II |
Project meetings |
PF due |
| 9 |
Nov. 20 |
Jim Thomas, NVAC (abstract) |
No class, Thanksgiving |
No class |
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| 10 |
Nov. 27, 29, 30 |
Mary Czerwinski, Microsoft Research |
Fluid Documents (Polle) |
P5 Evaluations |
Info424Viz4All |
| 11 |
Dec. 4, 6, 7 |
P6 Presentations |
P6 Presentations |
Wrap-up |
Vote, Hall of Fame/Shame |
PF on P6 is due Monday, Dec 10 at 7 am, P7 Final project writeup is due Wednesday, Dec 12 at 7am
Detail
Below are summaries of all the materials for each class. This page will be populated throughout the course. |
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Sep. 27-- Introduction (slides)
Website: Gapminder Video
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Sep. 28 -- InfoVis Overview
Lab assignment: NameVoyager exploration |
Oct. 2 -- Graphical Excellence (prep, slides)
Readings: Few chapter 1; Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, chapter 1 (link)
Optional Reading: Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, chapter 2 (link)
Other: Tufte's prinples Summary
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Oct. 4 -- Data & Tasks (prep, slides)
Readings: Few chapter 2; Shneiderman, "The Eyes Have It: A Task by Data Type Taxonomy for Visualization" (link) |
Oct. 5 -- Introduction to Tableau (slides)
Websites: Tableau Software Registration link Portal link
Lab assignment: Assignment 3
Survey data: Raw Cleaned Survey Questions
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Oct.9 -- Graphs & Tables (prep, slides)
Readings: Few chapters 3 & 5; Few, "Save the Pies for Dessert" (link)
Websites: Few's quiz, Tufte's cancer rate table, VisCritiques, Randy Pausch,
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Oct. 11 --Perception (prep, slides)
Readings: Few chapter 6
Assignment Calendar: PDF
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Oct. 12 -- Advanced Tableau
Websites: Tableau Software
Lab assignment: Assignment 4
Survey data: Updated data Tableau plugin for data shaping |
Oct. 16--Design for Communication (prep, slides)
Readings: Few chapter 7& 9; Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, chapter 2 (link)
Websites: VisCritiques, Data gathering PDF, HTML
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Oct. 18 --Multivariate Complexity (prep, slides)
Readings: Tufte Envisioning Information chapter 1; Few chapter 11 |
Oct. 19 --Analyze Project Data
Websites: Tableau Software
Lab assignment: |
Oct. 23--Micro/Macro & Small Multiples (prep, slides)
Readings: Tufte EI 2 & 4
Websites: The Storm Video After the Storm (PDF) TextArc Green Plant Hyberbolic
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Oct. 25 --Exam Review (prep, slides)
Readings:
Websites: |
Oct. 26--Mapping Lab
Websites: Tableau Software
Lab assignment: Tableau III, Maps in Tableau, Lab Notes, Tableau Map Slides |
Oct. 39--Interactive Visualization (prep, slides)
Links: Interactive stacked histograms US Digital History Google Maps TableLens Pad++ Presentation Tool EZChooser Home Finder video
Cell Phone Finder Blue Nile Diamond Search
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Nov. 1--Trees and Networks (prep, slides)
Readings: Graph Visualization in Information Visualization: a Survey
Links: SpaceTree TreeJuxtaposer StarTree Walrus Smart Money's Map of the Market Marumushi newsmap SunBurst Animated radial graphs Vizster
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Nov. 2--Comparison of Tree Visualization Tools (slides)
Websites: Tableau Software
Lab assignment: Tableau Trees Lab |
Nov. 6--Grayscale and Layering (prep, slides)
Readings: Tufte EI 3, Bartram & Stone, Subtle Grids |
Nov. 8--Case Studies (prep, slides)
Readings: Spence, chapter 2 (text, figures), and selections from chapter 6 (text, figures): Intro, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.5
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Nov. 9--P4: Project Design Presentations
Websites: See Projects page
Lab assignment: Project Feedback Assignment |
Nov. 13--Color (prep, slides)
Readings: Tufte EI 5; Stone Expert Choices (link)
Websites: Vischeck ColorBrewer Color Exploratory |
Nov. 15
Presentation, Interaction, and Case Studies II (prep, slides)
Readings: Spence, chapter 5 (text, figures) Optionally chapter 4 (text, figures) |
Nov. 16--Project meetings
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Nov. 20--Jim Thomas, Director, NVAC (abstract, slides)
Website: National Visualization and Analytics Center |
Nov. 22, 23--Thanksgiving Break |
Nov. 27--Mary Czerwinski, Microsoft Research (prep, slides)
Website: Mary's website , Scalable Fabric FastDASH
Readings:
Review Spence Chapter 6.1 (text, figures) on FishCal/DateLens. I also recommend the 2004 TOCHI paper on FishCal/DateLens and its online appendix, which presents the instructions & tasks that were given to study participants.
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Nov. 29--Polle, Fluid Documents (prep, slides)
Website: XFR
Readings: Required: CHI 1999 Fluid Links short paper, CHI 2000 Fluid Study paper
Optional: Ed-Media 2001 Fluid Primer paper, Hypertext 2002 Fluid Narratives paper |
Nov. 30--P5: In-lab evaluation of project prototypes
Websites: See P5 Prep |
Dec. 4--P6: Project Presentations
Websites: |
Dec. 5--P5: Project Presentations
Websites: |
Dec. 6--Wrap-up (prep, slides, flash overview) |
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