Requirements for Information Visualization [17:610:554] Short Reports - 20% Group Topic Review - 20% Group Evaluation of InfoVis Tool - 20% Term Project - 40%
Short Reports (20%)  • "Modern Information Retrieval - Chapter 10: User Interfaces and Visualization" by Marti Hearst.  • Key Papers available electronically - see Schedule. Group Topic Review (20%) TBA Evaluation of InfoVis Tool (20%) Conduct Heuristic Evaluation of TBA using Nielsen's 10 Heuristics and provided template. Write short report (4-5 pages) that identifies usability issues and suggests improvements. Term Project and Presentation (40%)  • Review and analyze existing visualization tools. OR  • Evaluate Information Visualization tool: conduct a user study to evaluate a visualization tool. OR  • Create Information Visualization prototype: creating or enhancing a visualization tool. Proposal Deadline = Week 8 . Send instructor email with proposal. Term Project Report Deadline = Week 15 . Grading of Project  • Quality of actual project (60%).  • Class presentation (20%).  • Quality of write-up of results (20%).