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Exercises for Information Visualization ITI [04:547:321]

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Students Answers to Exercises

Exercise 1 (10%)

 •       Short Paper - template
 •      Read one paper by Card AND one by Shneiderman out of the two papers available for each author and the available papers can be found here.
 •      Identify key concepts and what you have learned.
 •       Express in your words what Information Visualization is “all about”.
 •       3 pages. Be concise and to the point.

Due: February 8, 2007
(a) send email with URL for the exercise published as a webpage
to the instructor by 10am the latest.
(b) hand-in hardcopy at the start of lecture.

Exercise 2 (20%)

 •       Video Report
 •      Create “Information Visualization” highlights video.
 •      Communicate concisely “essence” of Information Visualization.
 •      Using the provided source videos, the task is to “edit it down” into 2 min video.
 •      At least 20 “cuts” = “shot” change, video transition or audio fade. Example: opening title with visual and audio fade = 3 cuts.

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Add text and possibly narration and/or music.
 •       Create web page that concisely describes intention of the video report as welll as the edits performed. The web page also has a hyperlink to folder that contains: Premiere file, exported AVI file as well as Titles, Stills you created, Sounds or other Videos you added.
Email a pointer to the summary page to the instructor.

Due: March 8, 2007 and Revision = March 29, 2007
(send email with URL for the exercise to the instructor by 6pm the latest.)

 

Exercise 3 (20%)

 •       Flash - Create Navigation Structure.
 •      Identify four to five primary navigation categories for Final Project
 •      Create interactive and animated navigation buttons for each category using Flash.
 •       Create flash file that uses primary navigation buttons
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For each category, provide a short paragraph describing what the content the category will cover.

 •       Consult Lectures 20, 21 and 22 for more specifics and suggestions on how to create Flash file that uses interactive buttons and uses a different scene for each category.

Due: April 5, 2007 and Revision = April 19, 2007
Send email with URL for the exercise to the instructor by 6pm the latest.