Project Goals
Create accurate, clear, and ethical visuals from numeric data
Analyze visuals to support a specific point or argument
Apply principles of design to create a visually appealing, readable document
Write using a style that emphasizes clarity, concision, and accuracy
ASSIGNMENT
Choose one of the following scenarios and produce a
one to two-page, informative, visually interesting report
that uses the dataset provided to address the scenario. This report should incorporate at least three visuals that you have created along with a discussion/analysis of the data in your figures. In working on this project, you will engage with different types of visuals, as well as the conventions of writing with data and numbers. To achieve these goals, you will
select one of the scenarios listed below
. After reviewing the data set provide, you will write about and analyze that data in a brief,
informative
, visual report.
Preview/download:
Information Design Project Rubric
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Submit your draft of the Information Design Report to DRAFT--Information Design in
USF Writes
Links to an external site.
.
Note: You do not need to submit your reflective memo to the DRAFT assignment (it's due as a separate document with the final draft).
Click each accordion to view more details about the scenarios and the deliverables associated with them. You will also find resources that will help you with the deliverables.
Scenario 1
You are a current student in the College of Business program at USF. There is a recruitment fair coming up, which is an event led by school administrators, faculty, and students in order to encourage students to apply to USF. Many who have attended these fairs in the past have been high school students and their parents. Since you are one of the best students in your program, your advisor has asked you to help recruit potential students into the program. The data that USF uses for the recruitment event is from the National Center for Education Statistics.
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Integrated Postsecondary Education Statistics (IPEDS)
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