After successful completion of the course, students are able to design visualizations that conform to common design guidelines. They know and are able to apply selected evaluations methods. They are also able to conduct simple evaluations of information visualisations. They are able to apply theoretical ideas from relevant areas to the design and evaluation of visualizations. They are able to understand and present scientific texts.
The lecture will give an introduction into human perception and the design of usable visualisations. This lecture is based on the lecture Psychological Foundations of Visualization and is focused on the evaluation of visualisations. Practical aspects of evaluation processes will be discussed and exercises will be conducted. Students will search for literature and present this literature in written and oral form.
Reading of scientific literature, presentation of scientific papers, critical discussion, exercises in evaluations, writing of brief summaries of scientific papers, writing of reports about evaluations
CURRENTLY, THE LECUTRE WILL BE CONDUCTED ONLINE. THE KICK-OFF MEETING WILL BE ON MARCH 9, 10 A.M. ON APRIL 13, AT 10 A.M. THERE WILL BE AN INTRODUCTION INTO EVALUATION METHODS. ON JUNE 6, AT 10 A.M. THERE WILL BE A QUESTION/ANSWER SESSION.
The lecture will be conducted online.
ECTS Breakdown: 3 ECTS=75 hours
16 hours Lectures
10 hours Lectures + Presentations
10 hours Literature Research
7 hours Summary Literature Research
7 hours Presentation Preparation
19 hours Thinking Aloud Study
6 hours SummaryThinking Aloud Study
Paper presentation, Assignment - summary of scientific paper, report evaluation study
The single tasks will be collected as a portfolio.
The student has to be enrolled for at least one of the studies listed below
Ebert, A., Dix, A., Gershon, N., Pohl, M. (2011) Human Aspects of Visualization: Second IPIP WG 13.7. Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Visualization, HCIV (INTERACT 2009), Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer
Ware, C. (2008) Visual Thinking: For Design. Morgan Kauffmann Series in Interactive Technologies
