visualising the evidence - uq library workshop

visualising the evidence uq library | 2 dec 15

kate davis | @katiedavis | qut

katedavis.info slides, resource

& tool lists, useful reading

data visualisation infographics visual thinking information design

communicate sense-make make accessible unravel complexity clarify

i’m not a visual person

i don’t have a creative bone in my body

we’re wired for visualisation

blog.visual.ly/why-is-data-visualization-so-hot/

proliferation of tools drowning, not waving big data open data

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communicate data visually

bringing together data from different sources

20th century death. Information is beautiful informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/20th-century-death/

200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes

info

grap

hics

communicate stories visually

infographics are stories that incorporate visualisations

video image interactive

the digital lives of american mums. nielsen nielsen.com/us/en/newswire/2012/digital-lives-of-american-moms.html

13 reasons why your brain craves infographics

16 useless infographics theguardian.com/news/datablog/gallery/2013/aug/01/16-useless-infographics

76%

of the extreme poor live in rural areas

16 useless infographics theguardian.com/news/datablog/gallery/2013/aug/01/16-useless-infographics

16 useless infographics theguardian.com/news/datablog/gallery/2013/aug/01/16-useless-infographics

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our thoughts are like this

or maybe like this and we try to make them like this

DOG

sense-make in pictures

communicate ideas in pictures

infographics sketchnotes mind maps diagrams visualisations

info

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examples

tools

free & easy infographic tools piktochart

visua.ly infogr.am

visme canva

easel.ly

diy design you’ll need:

powerpoint / keynote maybe photoshop sources for icons

fonts inspiration

most useful thing you’ll learn about today:

the noun project

process

good infographics start with

good data

good analysis

a good story

good information design

visual impact

1. organise your data find, sort, organise data

go to original sources

organise references

2. find your story what is it you want to say?

then pull out the data that tells your story

3. plan work out dimensions

create a (very rough) wireframe

4. design how can you best

represent the data? graphs? numbers? images?

4. design consider:

size, typography, colour, shapes, images, layout

4. design tips:

keep it simple

choose a colour palette

balance visually heavy areas

play

activity design it!

activity share

library databases

which search tool do students use?

QUT | LIBRARY

quick find 66%

library databases 31%

library catalogue 0.3%

specific quick convenient

efficient easy

accessible

used because...

library databases

which search tool do students use?

QUT | LIBRARY

quick find 66%

library databases 31%

library catalogue 0.3%

why do they use these tools?

QUT | LIBRARY

specific quick convenient

efficient easy

accessible

thank you!

katedavis.info kate davis | @katiedavis | qut