Module Timetable

This rough timetable is intended as a guide only to help you understand the structure of the course and the progress you should be making by different points. You should additionally be updating your personal portfolio throughout the project. The times indicated are just a rough guide and tasks may take longer.

Week 1: Introduction to Course

30 minute introduction lecture
15 minute intro to ImpVis lecture
15 minute intro to using Gather Town and Miro boards
30 minute ice breaker activity
15 minute creating assessment criteria on menti
Homework: Fill out short form to help assign you to groups.

Week 2: Project Introduction

30 minute lecture by Freddie with Q/A on design principles and Freddie's experience designing MOOC visualisations.
10 minute lecture explaining group project work and how groups have been decided
10 minute introduction with other team members on Gather Town
20 minute topic discussion with group (Discuss when you can all meet and how you want to work together.)
20 minute lecture introducing you to the portfolio and self reflection you should do each week.
Homework: Research your topic to explain to your group next week.
Homework: Miro brainstorm in groups ideas for educational design.

Week 3: Educational Design

30 minute lecture by subject expert + Q/A
30 minute group activity where each team member tries to explain their topic to each other
30 minute group discussion of the application of educational design ideas to their project
15 minute updating of assessment criteria and tasks tree (and skills matrix if necessary)
Homework: Miro brainstorm ideas for graphical design in groups

Week 4: Graphical Design

30 minute lecture by subject expert + Q/A
30 minute group discussion of application of graphical design ideas to their project and what elements they will need
10 minute updating the skills matrix/task tree and assessment criteria
Homework: Miro brainstorm ideas for interaction design in groups

Week 5: Interaction Design

An example of how students should critique their chosen visualisation.

30 minute lecture by subject expert + Q/A
30 minute hands on test of different visualisations and how they deal with interaction
30 minute group discussion of the application of interaction design ideas to their project
10 minute update of assessment criteria and skills matrix/task tree
Homework: Annotate your favourite visualisation with what you do and don't like.

Week 6: Project work

60 minute workshop session
10 minute talk on project timeline
20 minute discussion of skills matrix/task tree
20 minute discussion of important aspects of design related to each strand (education, graphical, interaction)
10 minute finalise assessment criteria for cohort and groups.
Homework: Group work

Recommended project status

A sketch of how the visualisation design should look in week 6.

Task tree mostly complete, individual tasks ready to be assigned
Personal Learning Goals complete (can be changed in the future)
Have a good idea of how your visualisation will look, what components, etc.
Adding info to wiki submission as you go along

Week 7: Project work

60 minute workshop session
20 minute lecture on how to give good feedback
30 minute rapid feedback session
10 minute update of assessment criteria and task tree/skills matrix
Homework: Group work

Recommended project status

An example of a more polished visualisation design, which you should have in week 7.

Wiki submission should be up to date with group's progress
Design should be mostly complete, graphics made to whatever standard is possible with the timeframe and resources

Week 8: Project work

30 minute rapid feedback session
60-90 minute group discussion of project design
Homework: Group work

Week 9: Project work

30 minute rapid feedback session
30 minute lecture introducing the self assessment
Homework: Create a poster and upload miroboard link to GatherTown
Homework: Critique your own visualisation design based on the 3 design strands (same format as week 5)

Week 10: Review

60 minute GatherTown poster presentation (feel free to leave comments on other team's posters as feedback)
30 minute final wrap up lecture reflecting on what has been done, and explain impvis wiki. Introduce students to Code & Crisps and give them the option to implement their designs.
Homework: Complete self assessment and reflection