This module aims at introducing fundamental concepts of visual perception applied to information visualization. These concepts help the student ideate and evaluate visualization designs in terms of how well they leverage the capabilities of the human perceptual machinery.
This course is part of the Information Visualization Specialization
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English
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
2 hours to complete
Applied Perception for Information Visualization
2 hours to complete
14 videos (Total 95 min)
14 videos
Introduction to the Course Video1m
What is “Applied Perception”? Why Study It?9m
Human Visual Processing System9m
Saccadic Eye Movement5m
Role of Attention In Visual Perception8m
Visual Queries10m
What We Can Easily See7m
Recapitulation of Key Concepts7m
Mapping Between Data Properties6m
Expressiveness of Visual Channel8m
Example 1 of How to Express Quantity With Different Channels3m
Example 2 of How to Express the Idea of Order With Different Channels5m
Example 3 of How to Express Categories With Different Channels4m
1 practice exercise
Week 140m
3 hours to complete
Effectiveness of Visual Channels
3 hours to complete
15 videos (Total 91 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
15 videos
Experiments in "Graphical Perception"6m
Implications for Design (Accuracy)7m
Discriminability5m
Implications for Design (Discriminability)8m
Salience (Pop-out)6m
Non Preattentive Features7m
Implications for Design (Salience)4m
Separability4m
Implications for Design (Separability)7m
Grouping: Similarity and Proximity6m
Grouping: Connection and Enclosure5m
Hierarchy Within Grouping Techniques3m
Grouping: Closure and Continuity3m
Recapitulation4m
1 reading
Graphical Perception (Optional)45m
1 practice exercise
Week 245m
3 hours to complete
Color Perception and Color Spaces
3 hours to complete
10 videos (Total 73 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz
10 videos
Few Examples: Misusing Color in Visualization5m
Color Perception15m
Color Specification4m
Color Space: RGB7m
Color Space: HSV / HSL6m
Color Space: CIE Lab/ Luv Part 14m
Color Space: CIE Lab/ Luv Part 27m
Color Space: CIE Lch/ HCL9m
Quick Summary4m
3 readings
Subtleties of Color, Part 120m
How The Rainbow Color Map Misleads20m
How NOT to Lie with Visualization20m
1 practice exercise
Week 330m
4 hours to complete
Using Color in Visualization
4 hours to complete
14 videos (Total 117 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
14 videos
Quantitative Color Scales5m
Multi-hue Sequential Scales6m
Categorical Color Scales Part 17m
Categorical Color Scales Part 27m
Diverging Color Scales7m
Using Color to Highlight & Emphasize6m
Perceptual Issues With Color12m
Effect of Size4m
Contrast Effects4m
Luminance for Contrast3m
Background and Perception5m
Color Tools11m
Interview with Bernice Rogowitz27m
1 reading
Subtleties of Color, Parts 2-510m
Reviews
TOP REVIEWS FROM INFORMATION VISUALIZATION: APPLIED PERCEPTION
by RBMar 26, 2019
Excellent course for someone who is getting into data visualisation or business intelligence tools. Very well curated for the best of learning experience. Thanks a lot to Enrico Bertini and others!
by VSJul 11, 2019
This is a great continuation to the specialization, it seems to drag along longer though and maintaining interest is a little bit difficult sometimes. The PEER reviews are also a pain to complete.
by DGMay 19, 2020
I never thought, there would be so much to learn about color research & the way we perceive it. Excellent course, thanks to the team!
by TANov 12, 2018
Great course with essential material! The content is presented in a very thorough and engaging way by Bertini.
About the Information Visualization Specialization
This specialization provides learners with the necessary knowledge and practical skills to develop a strong foundation in information visualization and to design and develop advanced applications for visual data analysis.
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