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PROJECT 3 SCHEDULE Weeks 7-9
Data Visualization
All work is due by 11:59 PM on the day indicated. Late assignments will lose one letter grade
(or the equivalent number of points) per day. All course materials are posted to the project
page.
Due Date Complete the Following
Week 7
Monday 2/18 PRESIDENT'S DAY - UI Closed
Sunday 2/24
1. Read: Assignment Sheet
2. Study: slidedocs 1 and 2
3. Watch Video Tutorial: The Most Common Design
Mistakes Made by Non-Designers
4. Investigate statistical data from original sources (use
links on the project page or find other sources).
5. Choose statistical data and focus the data story you
will tell in your infographic.
6. Peer Review Due: Textual Outline and Wireframe. Go to
the Peer Review Forum and follow the directions to
post your outline and wireframe.
Week 8
Monday 2/25
1. Go to the Peer Review Forum and follow the directions
to respond to a peer’s draft of the Textual Outline and
Wireframe.
2. Go to Tools and Resources, decide which tool you will
use for the Screencast, and do a test recording.
Follow troubleshooting steps, if you encounter
technical issues.
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Due Date Complete the Following
Week 8
continued
Sunday 3/3
1. Use feedback to revise textual outline and wireframe.
2. Go to Tools and Resources, decide how you will create
the Infographic.
3. Create your infographic.
4. Write the design justification script, practice it, and
record your screencast.
5. Peer Review: Infographic Due. Go to the Peer Review
Forum and follow the directions to post your
infographic.
Week 9
Monday 3/4
Go to the Peer Review Forum and follow the directions to
respond to a peer’s infographic.
Tuesday 3/5
1. Write the design justification script, practice it, and
record your screencast.
2. Peer Review: Screencast Due. Go to the Peer Review
Forum and follow the directions to post your
screencast.
Thursday 3/7 Go to the Peer Review Forum and follow the directions to
respond to a peer’s screencast.
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Due Date Complete the Following
Week 9
continued
Sunday 3/10
PROJECT 3 DELIVERABLES DUE. Submit your work as follows:
1. Write a self-evaluation.
2. Infographic: submit as an image (JPEG, PNG, etc. file);
PDF. If your file is over 1 MB, compress it.
OR
post the URL at the top of your self-evaluation if your
infographic is on a host site (such as by Visme).
3. Screencast: submit the URL to your screencast at the
top of your self-evaluation.
4. To avoid a point penalty, verify your submission.
Do not rely solely on bblearn’s confirmation that your
work submitted. You need to check that your work
submitted correctly.
This means you need to go back to the drop box after
submitting your work and 1) open your document files,
and 2) check that the URL will work by cutting and
pasting what you submitted into a browser.
