arch5470 information space
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| Date | Topic | Assignments / Exercises | |
| August 24 - Wed |
Introduction - Visual Data / Visual Problem Solving - Using and Building Visualization Tools - Semester Goals and Contexts |
Assignment I - The good, the bad, and the ugly - Discovering Information Graphics |
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| August 29 - Mon |
Review Assignment I - In-class discussion |
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| PART I : INFORMATION AS A CONSTRUCTION | |||
| August 31 - Wed |
Language, Graphics, and Communication - Means of communication - speak, write, draw, gesture - Graphics, Signs, Symbols, and Icons - Ideograms and the Language of Symbols - Braille and Morse Code - Sign and Gesture - Diagrams of Language - Music and Dance Notation |
Assignment II - Describe yourself through information, graphically | |
| September 5 - Mon |
Introduction to Tools for Graphic Description - Describing the display of information - Meta languages: Illustrator, SVG, SGML, HTML, XML, XSLT - Objects with Properties - <html> syntax and web page basics |
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| September 7 - Wed |
The Material of Information - The Five Senses (and how we use them) - Mappings and Recordings - Information Recording Devices |
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| September 12 - Mon |
Structuring Information Objects - HTML and CSS basics - Basic object description - The object tree, containers, & properties - Graphic control with Cascading Style Sheets |
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| September 14 - Wed |
Review Assignment II - In-class discussion |
Assignment III - Analyze an existing information graphic | |
| September 19 - Mon |
Escaping Flatland [Tufte] - Recording and Describing Phenomena - Statistics, Graphs, Maps, and Diagrams - Galileo |
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| September 21 - Wed |
CSS 2 - Structure and Position - Blocks, Inlines, and Graphics - Alignments, Size, Margin, Padding - Absolute and Relative positioning - Stacking, backgrounds, transparency |
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| September 26 - Mon |
REVIEW & DISCUSSION - Review and Discuss Assignment III |
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| September 28 - Wed |
Prelude to a Problem - The energy context - Energyville game visualization - (Eric in Boston for conference) |
Play Energyville, Prepare to discuss |
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PART II : INFORMATION AS AGENT |
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| October 3 - Mon |
Serious Games - Interactive Information Systems - "Game" interfaces to complex problems - The Chesapeake Bay and the UVA Bay Game - a graphical and procedural way to show problem / solution |
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| October 5 - Wed |
Play the UVA Bay Game | Assignment IV - Asking questions graphically. Visual Informatics in the UVA Bay Game | |
| October 10 - Mon |
--- | Reading Holiday - No Class | |
| October 12 - Wed |
Analytic Design - Edward Tufte & The Grand Principles of Analytic Design - Examples: asking questions graphically |
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| October 17 - Mon |
Screen Dynamics - CSS and Javascript dynamics |
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| October 19 - Wed |
Graphics for Decision Making - Discussion of Assignment IV |
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| October 24 - Mon |
Energy: A Case Study in Information | Assignment V - Choose an Issue to Explore Visually and build it as an information web |
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| October 26 - Wed |
Spatial Interfaces - The Design of Everyday Things - Xerox PARC and the GUI - how people actually work. - Apple Human Interface Guidelines - The Building as Information, Constructed |
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| October 31 - Mon |
Discussion - Preliminary Sketches on Assignment V | ||
| November 2 - Wed |
Discussion - Preliminary Sketches on Assignment V | Final Project Assigned: A graphic proposal: Visualizing the dynamics of a system ... |
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| November 7 - Mon |
Orientation and Organization - "Cyber" Space - Order, Space, and Time - Physical and Virtual Organization - Finding your way - Signs and Wayfinding - Cognitive Mapping (the 2nd grade exercise) |
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| November 9 - Wed |
Procedural Data Mapping - PHP and other coding loops - processing large datasets quickly |
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| November 14 - Mon |
Tools for Data Processing and Visualization - Dataviz / Vidi / Drupal - Google toolkit / Google fusion tables - Processing - HTML 5 |
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| November 16 - Wed |
Preliminary Design Review - Review Final Project Ideas and Progress - Interim review of sketches / mock-ups |
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| November 21 Mon |
Preliminary Design Review - Review Final Project Ideas and Progress - Interim review of sketches / mock-ups |
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| November 23 Wed |
--- | Thanksgiving Holiday - No Class | |
| November 28 - Mon |
Working session | Individual meetings | |
| November 30 - Wed |
Working session | Individual meetings | |
| December 5 - Mon |
Final Class - Conclusions | ||
| December 16 - | 9am - 12pm : Final Project Review | ||