Meeting 8 Agenda

Meeting Info

• Zoom Meeting Link
• Monday, August 14 at 1pm

Objectives

• Concepts: Semantic, Information Design vs Data Viz
• Project Design Process: Presentation of Project Outlines
• Define and discuss next steps

Activities

Presentation: Introduction to Information Design and Storytelling

• Discussion of W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life
• Overview of the The Data Visualisation Catalogue
• Introduction to Information Design Storytelling (PDF)

Intern Group Presentation (15 min)

Present your group’s project outline

Discussion: Class Project Deliverable

Case Study for College stake holders using StoryMaps?

Create a pitch for the College to improve materials distributed to new students and the overall experience for new students. Call attention to where information materials and experience falls short.

Use storytelling to highlight the experiences of new students with user personas.

Define the problems based on survey data and materials collected

Present the solution(s) using information design and visualization techniques

Create a Story Map by logging in with your CUNY login.

Discussion: Upcoming City Tech Orientation (5 min)

• August 17th – Tech and Design Orientation
• Report: Meeting Vanessa Villanueva in the Office of Student Life & Development about distributing the Orientation Exit Survey at the upcoming School of Tech & Design Orientation
  • Irin, Erikson and Abraham to coordinate with Or
• Review Student orientation survey questions (Dropbox – pdfs) from Fall 16 to Fall 19. Where is the data?? Ask Vanessa or Yimi for data
• Survey adjustments
• How to distribute the survey?

Next Steps?

• Meet with your group
• Prepare final Case Study using StoryMaps to present next week at the final meeting

To-Do For Next Meeting

Read/Watch:

TBD

Complete:

1. Meet with your group to finalize your Project in a shared Google Doc.
   • Create a Story Map for final Project Case Study presentations
   • Here are some tutorials and examples:  
   • StoryMaps getting started: https://learn.arcgis.com/en/projects/share-the-story-of-an-expedition/
   • Examples from colleges — student information guides type presentations: 
   • University of Maryland library https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/12be77b7a7ab4e068cb909b0ba75c6d4?item=1
   • Harvard University exhibithttps://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7fa8703759934185a4150510b69a8ea3
   • https://community.esri.com/t5/education-blog/showcasing-your-campus-using-story-maps/ba-p/1145229
   • https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c54162ae75cd471286793dde45807be9
   • https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ed7189370789402492918d11fbec62ba
2. Required Week 8 Journal Entry: Create a Post using the Category: Journal.
   Include the following:
   • Write a brief reflection on today’s lecture/discussion and the readings/media
   • Link to your Group’s Project StoryMap
   • Share links to any web resources, definitions, media, tutorials, or tools to add to the Course Resources on the Model Course Site.
3. Add 5 terms to the Glossary post (term, definition and source)
4. Submit the checklist below to document your contributions this week

Zoom Recording 

Zoom link to Week8’s meeting – 08/14/23
Passcode: 2MR!lQG.