Miranda Kalbach

Adam Sage

First, I like how thorough Adam's CUT-DDV is. He managed to put the technical terminology in laymen's terms so that anyone in class could understand what he was trying to achieve. I think it was a good choice to limit the medication adherence to a simple yes/no question.

In regards to stylistics, I would recommend leaving it up to the user. If they want the labels, it should be an option. Otherwise I don't think they're necessary, especially if we're just trying to identify patterns. The labels would come in handy if closer analysis became necessary. I'm not a fan of the orange/blue color combination, but I recognize that it is colorblind friendly and that trumps my personal opinion.

The line graphs were a great option for this project because he is showing results over a period of seven days. I was hoping to see the class recommendations implemented in the final version, as they would have greatly enhanced the visualizations. I think the ability for the user to review their history from past months would be very beneficial so that long-term trends could be analyzed.

Kim Henze

I really enjoyed Kim's presentation. I was impressed with the final product, given all of the constraints she had to work within. The key to her success is her deep knowledge of the audience. It was insightful on her part to recognize that she had to get her message across to two types of viewers: the skimmers and the deep readers. Kim also had to make sure that her poster was aesthetically pleasing, since this was very important to the users.

I think the Gantt Chart was the perfect choice to show the project timeline. The colors went together nicely, and I like how she used a different shape to further differentiate the full team projects from those completed by the student fellows. For the Results infographic, I would recommend trying what Jessica suggested in class and using a row of ten larger people and partially coloring in the tenth to represent 94%. This should take up the required amount of space and show how effective the workshops are. The bar charts were very effective; I especially like how she used a sequential color scheme to further dig down into the results of the breakout sessions.

One thing I would recommend is removing the labels saying "Qualitative Data" and "Quantitative Data" because they don't really add anything to the visualization. I agree with Kim's idea to match the colors of the bars to their corresponding section labels in the side-by-side visualizations. This would help the readers connect the dots even more quickly, especially the skimmers.

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