Leah Giselle’s Data Visualisation Space

Week 12: Assessment 3B Style Guide

Week 11: Student Screen Use Story

Image: N, A. (2019). Isometric 3D responsive web design [Vector Design]. Retrieved from https://eu.clipdealer.com/vector/media/A:52208644

This weeks tutorial continues work on dashboards through Tableau with a focus on student screen use.

Analysis of a Data Visualisation: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Out of Sight, out of Mind – Visualisation by Pitch Interactive

Image: Pitch Interactive. (2019). Out of Sight, Out of Mind [Website]. Retrieved from https://drones.pitchinteractive.com/

Analysis by Leah Spadone and Leah Tavita.

Week 10: Dashboard – Our Time Data

Image: N, A. (2019). 24 Beautifully Designed Dashboards [Website]. Retrieved from https://econsultancy.com/beautifully-designed-web-dashboards/

Week 10 focused on learning to use the powerful dashboard tool available in Tableau. This was accomplished by making a number of different infographics and charts using OurTime data created the week before.

Week 8: Our Time Exercise: Make A Story

Image: N, A. (2019). Time VectorIcons [Vector Icons]. Retrieved from https://www.vecteezy.com/free-vector/time

This week, we progressed with our stories using the Our Time data compiled by our tutor, Sarah Waterson. Once we had decided on a narrative, we would then use this data to create appropriate graphs in Tableau.

Lecture Pod 08: Data Visualisation Case

Image: Miebach, N. (2011). Art From Data Ted Talk [Screenshot]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/nathalie_miebach?referrer=playlist-art_from_data

This week, the lecture pod focuses on artist Natalie Miebach who takes weather data from massive storms and turns it into complex sculptures that embody the forces of nature and time. These sculptures then become musical scores for a string quartet to play.

Week 7: Brainstorming MyTime Stories

This weeks tutorial focused on brainstorming ideas using the MyTime data collected from previous weeks. In groups of 3, we discussed how we could use the data to create a narrative for the next 2 assessments. Below is the initial brainstorm of my ideas.

Lecture Pod 07: The Beauty of Data Visualisation

Image: McCandless, D. (2010). The Beauty Of Data Visualisation [Screenshot]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization#t-87503

This week, David McCandless speaks about the beauty of data, and how he is able to turn complex data sets into simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections.

Week 6: Working with Gantt Charts

Image: N, A. (2019). Big Data Analytics [Vector Illustration]. Retrieved from https://stock.adobe.com/mt/images/big-data-vector-illustration-machine-learning-algorythm-for-information-filter-and-anaytic-in-flat-doodle-style/176557748

Progressing with the unit, we have successfully put together a MyTime spreadsheet detailing what each student has accomplished over a 7 day period. This was done through carefully considered categories and activities to ensure the most accurate data for each student. In this weeks class, we worked on this data to create a Gantt chart.

Lecture Pod 06: Data Journalism

*Image: Marzouk, L. (2019). Getting Started in Data Journalism [Illustration]. Retrieved from* https://birn.eu.com/outputs/birn-albania-publishes-data-journalism-manual-2/

This weeks lecture pod is presented by The Guardian and is an introduction into what is Data Journalism. The lecture is split in three parts:

What is Data Journalism?
The History of Data Journalism
Data Journalism in Action: The London Olympics