Assignment 4

The goal is still to implement a basic visual representation for a tool that helps to address the research question you have chosen.

What do do

For this assignment we want to you improve your basic layout from the last assignment - this can follow the tool you have proposed previously or, if you have gotten new inspiration or feedback, you can also choose another representation. The visualization should no longer be black and white - use additional visual variables to encode more data. Do not yet implement interaction.

Submitting the Assignment

WHAT - Create a folder called "YOUR_LASTNAME-Assignment4" and put all your files in it. Make a single ZIP file called "YOUR_LASTNAME-Assignment4.zip" and submit it via email. It should contain:

  1. Your sketch and the website as for assignment 1. 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. Explain in a short list the types of tasks you currently support with your visualization - refer, if you want, to the exercise we did in the last tutorial
    3. Explain in a short list the visual variables you have used and what they encode (or refer to a legend, if you implemented one)
    4. Explain the basic layout very briefly
    5. Add a short explanation of pros and cons of your current visualization tool
  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 Assignment 4.

WHEN - Assignment 4 is due before "23:00 on Tuesday, January 3rd.'''

License

You can reuse this content for your class if you acknowledge us (Petra Isenberg, Jean-Daniel Fekete, Pierre Dragicevic, Wesley Willett):