Final Project Beta Release
The beta release of your final project should include your alpha release prototype and one new visualization prototype of your final project dataset in any tool desired. This new prototype does not have to be one you plan to implement in D3 version 5.
Associated Assignments
Beta Release (Canvas Submission)
Beta Feedback (Tue) (Canvas Submission)
Beta Feedback (Thu) (Canvas Submission)
Requirements
Create a prototype of one visualization you plan to implement of your dataset and include it on your website. On your prototype page, make sure to include the following information along with your prototype:
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Include your goal for this visualization. This includes what you want users to learn from the visualization, and how it will fit in the overall narrative of your final project.
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Include your planned interactivity. The prototype itself does not yet have to be interactive.
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Include a description of how the data is encoded for your prototype. Be specific and use the appropriate visualization terminology. For example, “This is a scatterplot, where the date column is encoded as x position on a linear scale and…”
You may create your prototype in any tool, as long as it is based on actual data (so, a pen and paper sketch is unlikely to qualify).
Make sure to clearly mark which is your alpha versus beta prototype. You will receive feedback from the professor on your alpha prototype, and from other students on your beta prototype.
Submission
The website beta release is due on April 30 at 12:15pm. You must submit a link in Canvas to a release of your website repository before the deadline. Name the release using the pattern v0.2.x where x starts at 0 and is incremented each time you make another release before the deadline.
You must also submit a link to your project website for both the Beta Feedback (Tue) and Beta Feedback (Thu) assignments. This gives students access to your website to view your prototype and the ability to fill out the evaluation rubric.
Feedback
Each student must present their beta prototype in two consecutive 20 minute feedback sessions. Approximately 10 minutes of that time should be spent describing the dataset (why you chose that dataset and what you want to learn from that dataset), and the beta prototype (including the goal of the visualization, the specific encoding used, and planned interactivity). The other 10 minutes should be spent answering questions as the audience provides feedback. (Some of this will be down time for presenters while the audience is writing feedback, so please come prepared.)
When not presenting, students must instead give feedback on the beta prototypes of others. Feedback will be given via Canvas rubrics similar to the homework feedback assignments. Students may ask follow up questions of the presenters as they provide feedback via Canvas. Students do not need to provide feedback on the alpha prototype.
Schedule
There will be two days dedicated to feedback (Tue 04/40 and Thu 05/02). Each day there will be four feedback sessions. Each student will present their project for two sessions, and then provide feedback for the other sessions.
Here is the schedule for an idea of what to expect:
| Start | End | Duration | Session | Presenters Should… | Audience Should… |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:45p | 12:50p | 05 min | Group A Setup | Find your assigned lab computer and open your beta prototype on that computer. | Find your assigned presenter and open the feedback rubric on your laptop. |
| 12:50p | 01:00p | 10 min | Session A1 (Presentation) | Discuss your dataset and beta prototype goal, encoding, and planned interactivity. | Ask questions if you do not understand something, but wait to provide feedback. |
| 01:00p | 01:10p | 10 min | Session A1 (Discussion) | Answer questions and hang out while audience fills out the feedback rubric. | Ask followup questions and provide feedback via the evaluation form. |
| 01:10p | 01:15p | 05 min | Break | Stay put and take a break before the next presentation begins. | Find your assigned presenter and open the feedback rubric on your laptop. |
| 01:15p | 01:25p | 10 min | Session A2 (Presentation) | Discuss your dataset and beta prototype goal, encoding, and planned interactivity. | Ask questions if you do not understand something, but wait to provide feedback. |
| 01:25p | 01:35p | 10 min | Session A2 (Discussion) | Answer questions and hang out while audience fills out the feedback rubric. | Ask followup questions and provide feedback via the evaluation form. |
| 01:35p | 01:45p | 05 min | Group B Setup | Find their assigned lab computer and open their beta prototype on that computer. | Find their assigned presenters and open the feedback rubric on their laptops. |
| 01:45p | 01:55p | 10 min | Session B1 (Presentation) | Discuss your dataset and beta prototype goal, encoding, and planned interactivity. | Ask questions if you do not understand something, but wait to provide feedback. |
| 01:55p | 02:05p | 10 min | Session B1 (Discussion) | Answer questions and hang out while audience fills out the feedback rubric. | Ask followup questions and provide feedback via the evaluation form. |
| 02:05p | 02:10p | 05 min | Break | Stay put and take a break before the next presentation begins. | Find your assigned presenter and open the feedback rubric on your laptop. |
| 02:10p | 02:20p | 10 min | Session B2 (Presentation) | Discuss your dataset and beta prototype goal, encoding, and planned interactivity. | Ask questions if you do not understand something, but wait to provide feedback. |
| 02:20p | 02:30p | 10 min | Session B2 (Discussion) | Answer questions and hang out while audience fills out the feedback rubric. | Ask followup questions and provide feedback via the evaluation form. |
Assignments
See below for when you are assigned to present and who you are assigned to provide feedback for during each session.
| Tuesday 04/30 | Session A | Session B | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | 12:50 – 01:10p | 01:15 – 01:35p | 01:45 – 02:05p | 02:20 – 02:30p | |
| Jordan | Martha at #09 | Dustin at #04 | Presenting at #08 | Presenting at #08 | |
| Tracy | Darianne at #14 | Neal at #08 | Emmit at #14 | Brian at #28 | |
| Cristina | Kibeom at #23 | Martha at #09 | Diana at #23 | Corianna at #09 | |
| Samuel | Dustin at #04 | Martha at #09 | Presenting at #04 | Presenting at #04 | |
| Xue | Darianne at #14 | Kibeom at #23 | Emmit at #14 | Samuel at #04 | |
| Seyyed | Presenting at #28 | Presenting at #28 | Corianna at #09 | Emmit at #14 | |
| Dustin | Presenting at #04 | Presenting at #04 | Samuel at #04 | Corianna at #09 | |
| Sameer | Kibeom at #23 | Darianne at #14 | Diana at #23 | Emmit at #14 | |
| Tony | Neal at #08 | Martha at #09 | Jordan at #08 | Diana at #23 | |
| Kibeom | Presenting at #23 | Presenting at #23 | Samuel at #04 | Brian at #28 | |
| Darianne | Presenting at #14 | Presenting at #14 | Corianna at #09 | Jordan at #08 | |
| David | Seyyed at #28 | Neal at #08 | Brian at #28 | Jordan at #08 | |
| John | Darianne at #14 | Seyyed at #28 | Emmit at #14 | Jordan at #08 | |
| Nicolas | Seyyed at #28 | Dustin at #04 | Brian at #28 | Samuel at #04 | |
| Emmit | Martha at #09 | Neal at #08 | Presenting at #14 | Presenting at #14 | |
| Diana | Dustin at #04 | Seyyed at #28 | Presenting at #23 | Presenting at #23 | |
| Corianna | Dustin at #04 | Kibeom at #23 | Presenting at #09 | Presenting at #09 | |
| Martha | Presenting at #09 | Presenting at #09 | Samuel at #04 | Diana at #23 | |
| Gudbrand | Neal at #08 | Kibeom at #23 | Jordan at #08 | Brian at #28 | |
| Derrick | Kibeom at #23 | Seyyed at #28 | Diana at #23 | Brian at #28 | |
| Neal | Presenting at #08 | Presenting at #08 | Corianna at #09 | Samuel at #04 | |
| Brian | Martha at #09 | Darianne at #14 | Presenting at #28 | Presenting at #28 | |
| Divya | Neal at #08 | Darianne at #14 | Jordan at #08 | Emmit at #14 | |
| Tong | Neal at #08 | Dustin at #04 | Jordan at #08 | Corianna at #09 | |
| Roger | Seyyed at #28 | Martha at #09 | Brian at #28 | Diana at #23 | |
| Thursday 05/02 | Session A | Session B | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | 12:50 – 01:10p | 01:15 – 01:35p | 01:45 – 02:05p | 02:20 – 02:30p | |
| Jordan | Derrick at #09 | Roger at #08 | Gudbrand at #14 | John at #04 | |
| Tracy | Nicolas at #14 | Xue at #18 | Presenting at #09 | Presenting at #09 | |
| Cristina | Presenting at #04 | Presenting at #04 | John at #04 | Tracy at #09 | |
| Samuel | Cristina at #04 | Nicolas at #14 | Tong at #23 | Tracy at #09 | |
| Xue | Presenting at #18 | Presenting at #18 | Tong at #23 | John at #04 | |
| Seyyed | David at #28 | Sameer at #23 | Divya at #08 | Gudbrand at #14 | |
| Dustin | Sameer at #23 | Xue at #18 | Gudbrand at #14 | Tracy at #09 | |
| Sameer | Presenting at #23 | Presenting at #23 | John at #04 | Tong at #23 | |
| Tony | Roger at #08 | Derrick at #09 | Presenting at #28 | Presenting at #28 | |
| Kibeom | Sameer at #23 | Derrick at #09 | Divya at #08 | Tony at #28 | |
| Darianne | David at #28 | Roger at #08 | Divya at #08 | Tracy at #09 | |
| David | Presenting at #28 | Presenting at #28 | Tracy at #09 | Tony at #28 | |
| John | Nicolas at #14 | Roger at #08 | Presenting at #04 | Presenting at #04 | |
| Nicolas | Presenting at #14 | Presenting at #14 | Tracy at #09 | Gudbrand at #14 | |
| Emmit | Derrick at #09 | Nicolas at #14 | Tony at #28 | Divya at #08 | |
| Diana | Cristina at #04 | Xue at #18 | Tony at #28 | Tong at #23 | |
| Corianna | Cristina at #04 | Derrick at #09 | Tong at #23 | Tony at #28 | |
| Martha | Sameer at #23 | Cristina at #04 | Gudbrand at #14 | Tong at #23 | |
| Gudbrand | Xue at #18 | Sameer at #23 | Presenting at #14 | Presenting at #14 | |
| Derrick | Presenting at #09 | Presenting at #09 | John at #04 | Gudbrand at #14 | |
| Neal | David at #28 | Nicolas at #14 | Divya at #08 | John at #04 | |
| Brian | Derrick at #09 | David at #28 | Tony at #28 | Divya at #08 | |
| Divya | Xue at #18 | David at #28 | Presenting at #08 | Presenting at #08 | |
| Tong | Roger at #08 | Cristina at #04 | Presenting at #23 | Presenting at #23 | |
| Roger | Presenting at #08 | Presenting at #08 | Tracy at #09 | Divya at #08 | |