Reading 11 and 12: Color

March 3, 2012

This week, we’ll discuss color. As we’ve already seen, there’s a lot to this topic. So, not surprisingly, we should read about several different perspectives to figure out what to do about it. I am linking 2 lectures worth of reading together here. Because the assignment is posted late, I am not expecting people to […]

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Project 1 Information

March 1, 2012

I have posted a discussion of the expectations for project proposals on this website (here), as well as began a “FAQ” about the project on Piazza. Feel free to add questions to the Piazza thread (I will try to answer them promptly).

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Project 1 Proposals

February 29, 2012

What a project proposal must have (examples/details follow): A Descriptive Title (a sentence phrase that gives an idea of what the project is about and what you are going to do) A Brief Description (a few sentences that explains what you are going to do) Pedagogical goals (a list of things you hope to learn […]

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Additional Office Hours

February 27, 2012

We will hold additional office hours this week to discuss project ideas. You must have already initiated an email conversation with me before coming. Mike Gleicher’s Office Hours: Tuesday 2/28 11-noon Wednesday 2/29 1:30-3 Thursday 3/1 10:30-noon Friday 3/2 10:30-noon (this is for finalizing things – you should be pretty well set by this point) […]

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The Week in Vis: Week 6 (Feb 27-March 2)

February 25, 2012

As we enter the second third of the class, we’ll ramp up on project 1, and continue to move from an understanding of perception to actually designing visualizations. Monday, Feb 27: You need to have initiated a dialog (by email) about your project ideas. Discussions are processed first-come-first-served, so if you wait until the last […]

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Reading 10: Layout

February 25, 2012

Now that we’ve seen what visual variables we have, it’s time to learn how to put them together. There are two readings that will serve as good food for thought: Structuring 2 Dimensional Space – Chapter 3 of Visual Thinking for Design by Colin Ware. (the textbook, available online). Layering and Seperation, Chapter 3 of […]

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Discussing Project 1 Ideas

February 21, 2012

I would like everyone to be thinking about project ideas – or at least letting me know that you would like some help in picking one. The project description is here. It’s best if you send me email with your idea (or lack of) as soon as possible – my answer might be “come talk […]

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The Week in Vis: Week 5 (Feb 20-24)

February 17, 2012

Note that I recently posted the first project and a clarification about grading. I have also added more detail to the syllabus. This week, we’ll look at perception in more detail, and start to think about how we’ll move on to use this for creating visualization. You’ll wrap up the redesign assignment, and get started […]

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Class Assignments and Grading

February 17, 2012

The original class assignments and grading page was written before I knew I had TA support, before I knew how many people were in the class, before I had any idea of how Piazza would work out, … It also wasn’t very concrete. Here is an attempt to clarify expectations. Grading Grading will be arbitrary […]

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Project 1

February 16, 2012

Request for comments and ideas – IMMEDIATELY February 27 – Phase 0 – Initial Idea Email March 2 – Phase 1 – Proposal Accepted (this means you need to have it worked out ahead of time) March 9 – Phase 2 – Revised Plan March 16 – Phase 3 – Progress Update March 23 – […]

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