HCDE 411 Information Visualization | Class Schedule
(Readings and assignments due on date of indicated class. Schedule subject to change.)

Week 1: Introduction

Readings

  • Introduction, Chapters 1-2, Stephen Few's Now You See It, Analytics Press, 2009.

Assignments (due by 2:30pm Tuesday)

  • Download and install Tableau before class on Tuesday (must be registered for the course).
  • Post an introduction to the class discussion board following the instructions there.

 

Week 1:Data, Graph and Visualization Types

Guest Lecture, Jason Schumacher, Tableau Software

Readings

  • "A classification of visual representations", Lohse, Biolsi, Walker, Reuter, CACM 1994. pdf (Or see CommonView for PDF)

Links

Assignments (due by 2:30pm Thursday)

  • Turn in 411 Group Info Form if you didn't do it in class Tuesday.
  • Post a comment on the readings (Few Ch 1-2 and Lohse) on the class discussion board.

Week 2: Graphical Excellence

Readings

  • Chapter 1 from Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Tufte. (see CommonView for PDF)

Assignments (due at noon Monday)

  • Assignment 1
  • Find a dataset for Assignment 2 and turn in the link on dropbox.

Week 2: Data Exploration

Readings

Recitation Sections (Labs)

    TBD

Week 3: Data Encoding and Graphical Integrity; How to Critique a Visualization

Readings

  • Chapter 2 from Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Tufte. (see CommonView for PDF)

Links

Week 3:How to Critique a Visualization; Peer Review of Assignment 2

Readings

Assignments (due 2:30pm Thursday)

Week 4: Visual Perception

Readings

Assignments

  • Revised version of Assignment 2 due 2:30pm Tuesday

Week 4: Visual Perception 2

Readings

Assignments

  • Revised Project Proposal due 2:30pm today.

Week 5: Color

Readings

  • The first 4 pages of http://www.poynton.com/PDFs/ColorFAQ.pdf

Assignments

Week 5: Mid-term Presentations

Teams 1-5 present today

Readings

  • Chapter 6 from Now You See It

Assignments

  • Mid-term presentations due today (should be uploaded to GoPost before class)

Week 6: Mid-term Presentations

Teams 6-11 present today

Readings

  • Chapter 12 from Now You See It

Assignments

  • Mid-term presentations due today (should be uploaded to GoPost before class)

Week 6: Color 2; Multivariate Analysis

Read at least two of these:

Links

Week 7: Interaction

Readings

Links

Week 7: Distortion Techniques

Readings

Week 8: Guest Lecture: Visualizing Citation Networks

Readings

In class

  • Time to work in project teams

Week 8: 3D in Visualization

Readings

Week 9: Animation

Readings

Week 9: Network and Tree Visualization/Visual Analytics

Readings

  • No readings; work on projects.

Links

  • treevis.net

Week 10: Final Project Presentations

Presentations

Week 10: Final Project Presentations

Presentations