Infographics and Data Visualisation
Code: 104733 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2503873 Interactive Communication | OB | 3 |
Contact
- Name:
- Ňscar Coromina Rodríguez
- Email:
- oscar.coromina@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
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Prerequisites
Students should be familiar with spreadsheet software and eager to tinker with technology. Also, English will be required for some of the mandatory readings.
Objectives and Contextualisation
- Apply theoretical principles to analyze and visualize data.
- Plan and perform visual data analysis in accordance with communicative, scientific or management objectives.
- Select and apply different methods to collect, analyze and visualize data.
- Present and critically discuss different types of data visualizations.
Competences
- Act with ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights and duties, diversity and democratic values.
- Act within one's own area of knowledge, evaluating sex/gender-based inequalities.
- Distinguish between and apply the principal theories, conceptual frameworks and approaches regulating interactive communication.
- Introduce changes in the methods and processes of the field of knowledge to provide innovative responses to the needs and demands of society.
- Manage time efficiently and plan for short-, medium- and long-term tasks.
- Search for, select and rank any type of source and document that is useful for creating messages, academic papers, presentations, etc.
- Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse a situation and identify its points for improvement.
- Communicate using language that is not sexist or discriminatory.
- Cross-check information to establish its veracity, using evaluation criteria.
- Distinguish the salient features in all types of documents within the subject.
- Evaluate the impact of problems, prejudices and discrimination that could be included in actions and projects in the short or medium term in relation to certain people or groups.
- Identify situations in which a change or improvement is needed.
- Plan and conduct academic studies in the field of theory and practice of computer graphics and data visualisation.
- Propose new methods or well-founded alternative solutions.
- Propose projects and actions that are in accordance with the principles of ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights and obligations, diversity and democratic values.
- Propose projects and actions that incorporate the gender perspective.
- Recognise the communicative and aesthetic norms of data visualisation.
- Submit course assignments on time, showing the individual and/or group planning involved.
- Weigh up the risks and opportunities of both one's own and other people's proposals for improvement.
Content
- Fundamentals of visual data analysis
- Statistical concepts and principles
- Processing and analysis of various forms of data
- Data visualization and analysis.
- Infographics, dahsboards and data visualization packaging
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Project exercises | 22 | 0.88 | 3, 4, 7, 11, 12 |
| Seminars | 9 | 0.36 | 7, 11 |
| Theory classes | 15 | 0.6 | 3, 4, 7, 11, 12 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Follow-up tutorials | 6 | 0.24 | 3, 4, 7, 11, 12 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Study and data search | 30 | 1.2 | 3, 4, 7 |
| Work process | 30 | 1.2 | 3, 4, 7, 11, 12 |
The subject is structured based on 3 teaching methodologies: Lectures, theoretical-practical seminars and the development of a data visualization project.
The master lessons have as their objective the transmission of the contents of the program.
The theoretical-practical seminars to link the theoretical concepts and their applications.
The project will consist of the analysis and visualization of a set of data and the creation of graphics and an infographic.
The detailed calendar and the content of the different sessions will be displayed on the day of the presentation of the subject and will also be posted on the virtual campus where students will be able to find the detailed description of the exercises and practices, as well as the various teaching materials and any information necessary for the appropriate monitoring of the subject.
Class attendance and participation in the sessions dedicated to the project and seminars is mandatory.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project | 30% | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
| Seminars | 30% | 6 | 0.24 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 |
| Theory test | 40% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 3, 4, 6, 11, 13 |
This subject can be passed on the basis of continuous assessment (AC).
There will be a written test (40%), a project (30%) and theoretical-practical seminars (30%).
To pass the subject you must pass the written test with a minimum grade of 4. There will be a written reassessment test.
The project is a mandatory delivery and does not give the option of re-evaluation.
The theoretical-practical seminars are mandatory and in case of absence, an alternative exercise will be required to be reassessed.
Plagiarism: In the event that the student commits any irregularity that could lead to a significant variation in the grade of an assessment act, this assessment act will be graded with 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be instituted . In the event that several irregularities occur in the evaluation acts of the same subject, the final grade for this subject will be 0.
This subject does not provide for the single assessment system.
Bibliography
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- Alberto Cairo. El arte funcional: infografía i visualización de la información. Alamut. 2010
- Alberto Cairo. The truthful art: Data, charts, and maps for communication. New Riders. 2016
- Marybeth Sandell. Visualización de Datos & Storytelling. Barbara Covarrubias, 2020
- Pere Rovira & Víctor Pascual. Analítica visual. Cómo explorar, analizar y comunicar datos. Anaya Multimedia. 2021
- Additionally, supplementary readings will be provided as well as short articles that may be required for seminars.
Software
- Affinity: Photo, Publisher i Designer
- Davinci Resolve
- Excel
- Powerpoint
- Tableau
Language list
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 61 | Catalan | first semester | afternoon |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 62 | Catalan | first semester | afternoon |
| (TE) Theory | 6 | Catalan | first semester | afternoon |