Purpose of Project. Project visually interprets, explains or illustrates a set of data. This visual explanation reveals the dynamic and meaningful relations of variables, causes, considerations, or stages. These comparisons or relations are purposeful, presenting a thoughtful argument or making a substantive point. The topic itself is complex or difficult enough that genuinely requires an explanation or speaks to the needs or interests of an actual audience: giving directions, revealing causes, showing the relationship of elements for improved understanding, planning, or use. A short introduction effectively explains who would use this graphic and why.
Visual Techniques to Explain and Quantify the Process. Graphics help the audience see layers of information: multiple variables or subtle techniques. Graphics communicate quantifies--that is, they include numbers, distances, times, etc. as appropriate--using Tufte's three techniques of direct labels, encodings and self representing scales (page 13). Combined, the variables include 20 data points (10 instances of 2 variable, for instance). The choice between using a single graphic Sense of time, sequence, or cause-and-effect is well presented and maintained visually. Graphic(s) make seeing relationships or comparisons easy for the reader.
Technical. Graphic(s) and supporting page(s) are functioning well. Download time is not excessive. Images display consistently and are optimized to be small files thatdownload fast and display clearly and with correct proportions. Page design is stable.
Commentary and annotations. The commentary seems complete, thoughtful, and substantive. It attempts to use terms from the readings and class discussions to put the project and the process of creating it in critical focus. These critical terms are in bold.
Key to Ratings:
4.Exemplary results in this category. This project would serve as a publishable model for what this assignment, and this class, is intended to teach in this criterion.
3.Excellent results that provide a worthy example for other students in the class.
2.Good, solid work in this category though results include opportunities or intentions that are not fully realized or conceived.
1.Effort is evident here, though the intentions of the assignment are not clearly realized or perhaps fully understood.
0. Attempts not evident, or not applicable, or very minimal in this category.
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Checklist: Visualized Data Project
- Purpose of the project is explained in a brief introductorystatement, if needed.
- Project primarily uses visual rather than verbal explanations.
- Images supplemented and supported appropriately with verbal text(s) and labels
- All quantities are repeated in a table at the bottom of the project (or on a separate screen) for easy referencing
- Visuals are original work, or modified extensively for this project
- Sources of information citedat the bottom of the screen
- URL posted to Webx on time.
- URL provided is functioning and correct
- Printout provided on time (black-and-white okay).
- Commentary provided on time following the correct format