Sketching & Ideation

Sketching and Ideation Module

Capacity Building

Understand

Sketching helps to iterate ideas quickly
Sketching allows you to talk about ideas in a concrete way
You do not have to be an artist to sketch ideas

Overview

Students will learn:

1. To use non-digital methods (no computers) to sketch/draw their first impressions of their data.

2. How to demonstrate the transformation of abstract ideas into visual representation.

3. How to use sketching as a proof of concept.

4. Sketching is a functional process that doesn’t need to focus on artistic qualities to be successful

Key Concepts

Sketching = Visual Thinking

Resources

Use the following external links for additional resources.

Sketching and Quick Ideation in the Design Process Ideation: Brainstorming & Sketchings

Practice

Brainstorming Techniques

Brainstorming

• Break it down and build it up.

Q&A: make up a list of questions and answer those questions.

Sketching

Free-hand, no computer-generated sketches
Color not required, but can be used
Consider your first sketch as a starting point

Design Thinking

Worksheet

Practice the module by completing the worksheet and revise what you learnt.

Sketching and Ideation Worksheet

Review

Horizonal assessment of the sketching and ideation stage across the data visualization process mapped to Bloom’s Taxonomy of Hierarchical Learning

What you should know:

Bloom’s Taxonomy Hierarchy	You should know
Remember	Sketching = Visual Thinking
Understand	That there are no rules (except no computer-generated sketches), as long as the sketches are doing their job of helping you develop and visually communicate your ideas.
Apply	Data visualization best practices

What you should be able to do:

Bloom’s Taxonomy Hierarchy	You should be able to do
Understand	How to visually represent ideas.
Apply	Demonstrate data visualization best practices.

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