Present & Critique

Brianna Heggeseth

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Assignments

  • 13 (Regex) past due.
  • 14 (One Number Story) past due

Tidy Tuesday

Iterative Viz

  • IV1: Updated graphic past due.

Effective Visuals

Let’s review from the beginning of semester.

  • Be ethical and honest
  • Consider glyph choice
    • easy or hard to perceive?
  • Consider color choices
    • color blind friendly? cultural associations?
  • Facilitate comparison
    • e.g. position through order on axis or faceting, calculate and present the difference or ratio
  • Use contrasts to draw attention
    • e.g. yellow, red, orange draw attention in nature of green, brown, blue

Presenting a Visual

When preparing to present a visualization, consider:

  • What context does the audience need to understand the visual? (W’s?)
  • Does the visual have enough text annotation and guides to be understood with minimal explanation?
  • What aspects of the visual should you explain to provide necessary orientation?
    • Walk through guides (axes, color legend, etc.)
  • What aspects of the visual do you want to draw attention to?
    • What comparison are you wanting to highlight?

Today

In small groups of 3-4 people,

  • you’ll present your visualization (2 minutes)
  • discuss as a group ways of improving the visualization to make it more effective (8 minutes)
    • comment on the good features of the graphic first
    • offer concrete suggestions about the visualization
    • offer ideas and questions that you have about the visual and data

Once your group is done, use this time to update your graphic based on that feedback.

Group Creation

Count off in your project groups (1,2,3,4).

  • If you are a group of 2, count off (3,4)
  • If you are solo, go to #4.

I may make a few adjustments.

  • If you are on the West side of the room (go to the table W#)
  • If you are on the East side of the room (go to the table E#)

After Class

  • Incorporate that feedback and update your visual for Friday!