Some info on the web page

February 3, 2015

Since it’s easy to miss (because it isn’t “news”)… The course schedule is a live link at the top of the page. It looks a little bit ahead. There was a discussion on discussions that hopefully clarifies some aspects of the discussions. There was more discussion on discussion that hopefully answers some concerns that people […]

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Grading, Discussions, Participation, …

February 3, 2015

This class is an experiment. I’ve never done anything like it. Here are some more thoughts on discussions. Hopefully, you’ve seen my discussion of discussion (in fact, read that first if you haven’t). Some people have asked (to Alper, not to me directly), some variant of: How do I participate in a discussion? How do […]

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Design Exercise 1: Design School in a Day

February 1, 2015

Due Date: Reading and two initial discussion posts: due Wednesday, February 11th (ahead of Thursday Feb 12th) Turn-in links: Critique (S&F), Re-Design, and Explore Contrast. Note: this is a combination of reading, seek and find, design/creation, and discussion. Start early, since there is more “doing” than usual. Overview: I really wanted to teach you all […]

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Posting Images, Getting Paper onto the Web, …

January 31, 2015

As you have noticed, we are asking you to upload a lot of images – in time there will be more (since we’ll be asking  you to make pictures as well). Two things to keep in mind: 1. With Canvas, there is a 50MB upload limit per student. We don’t know how to get around […]

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A Dose of Computer Graphics

January 30, 2015

I think I’ve said it enough, but we’re not going to talk about implementation much, and I am not going to force people to do any programming. However, some of you might want to do it, and some of you might want to learn more about it. (by the way, if you are interested in […]

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The Week in Vis: Week 3 (February 2-February 7)

January 29, 2015

Two weeks in, and some of the experimental aspects of the class are stabilizing. I think we’ve figured out Canvas. The online discussions seem quite vibrant, and in class it seems like people have a lot to contribute! This is great (well, it’s interesting for me – I hope you’re getting something out of it), […]

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Assignment Type: Online Discussion (update)

January 29, 2015

Link: Discussions on Canvas When we originally designed the online discussion assignment type, there was a lot of uncertainty about how the class would be run. (both technically, and in terms of how people would respond). With 2 weeks of experience we can now be more specific and less confusing. With the kinds of topics […]

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Seek and Find 3: Non-Standard Designs

January 25, 2015

Due date: before Thursday, February 5 (that means Wednesdsay, Feb 4, 11:59pm) Turn-in link: Discussion on Canvas In this seek and find, you are tasked with finding an example of where a designer has used a non-standard design to enable the viewer to do some task. It’s hard to define what “non-standard” design is. You’ll […]

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Reading Assignment 6: Evaluation: How do we know it’s any good?

January 25, 2015

Due date: 11:59pm, Monday, February 9th. Turn-in link: Discussion on Canvas Last time, we saw that there are wide range of designs available, and that sometimes these designs can address tasks (that is, solve problems). Sometimes, they don’t. Which brings up the question: how do we know that a design (or implementation, or visualization) is any […]

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Reading Assignment 5: Think Differently!

January 25, 2015

Due date: 11:59pm Wednesday, February 4th. Turn-in link: Discussion on Canvas This reading assignment (with its associated online discussion initial posting) is due before Thursday, February 5th (that is, on Wednesday, Feb 4). Maybe a better title for this assignment is “standard and non-standard designs.” The power of task abstraction (and data abstraction) is that […]

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