Assignment 6

The goal of this assignment is to apply the knowledge of the previous lectures to your tool and improve it in any way you can. Imagine that you will put the tool online for people to use.

On January 18th in class you will be given 3 minutes to present your tool. You will be given a mouse and the use of the instructor's laptop for you demo. In the demo make sure to tell us:

  • your 30s elevator pitch - who and what is your tool for
  • a short explanation of what the tool shows
  • a short demo of the possible interactions in the tool

Practice your demo. It should not exceed 3 minutes. We will ask you up to 2 minutes of questions. The presentation of your tool will be 50% of your exam grade (and therefore 33% of your final grade).

Submitting the Assignment


WHAT - Create a folder called "YOUR_LASTNAME-FinalProject" and put all your files in it. Make a single ZIP file called "YOUR_LASTNAME-FinalProject.zip" and submit it via email. It should contain:

  1. Your sketch and the website explaining your tool. Make sure that your code runs. We will be using Firefox to look at the visual result of your exercise. On the website add:
    1. The title of your overarching research question - and a name for your tool: MyCoolVis - A tool to visualize a researcher's history
    2. Add a short explanation of what your tool shows and how to use it
  2. Make sure the data file is submitted in the data folder as explained in the first tutorial
  3. Also submit a 300x300px thumbnail screenshot of your solution. The thumbnail will be used on a website where all solutions of all students will be collected and made available. Do not put any identifying information on your html page if you do not want to be identified.

WHERE - You should email the file to lonni.besancon@gmail.com with the subject InfoVis Final Project.

WHEN - The final project is due before 23:00 on Monday, January 16th.'