Peer Review

This website enables users to create charts, maps, and tables (seeral are interactive) to visualize data. The tool was designed by engineers, data visualizers and data practitioners, especially in journalism. The explanations are clear, and users can "play" with the existing examples to see how the tool works. There are also several current examples from publications to showcase their use. The site provides training resources, FAQs, a user group blog, and online help. Visualizations can be refined, annotated, or updated.  Requires that you upload data in excel, csv, or other format.The tool and site can be used independently and in the context of many disciplines and types of applications. The links work, and resources are attributed.

If people are not data literate at all, they may have difficulty determining what kind of visualization to make or how to organize data to be uploaded.

The website and tool directly reflect ICT literacy standards: data, visual, information, digital. The tool presents information and training very efficiently and engagingly. It provides step by step instructions, along with tutorials, that build knowledge progressively. The different kinds of charts are explained, and their relationships are somewhat shown. Data can be displayed in a wide array visuals. Visualizations can be freely downloaded into several formats. It is easy to create assignments that use this tool, across academic disciplines. The tool can be useful for academic and professional life.

The relationship between kinds of visualizations could be even more detailed.

The website is easy generally easy to navigate independently, and doesn't need sophisticated technical skill. The layout and interface are very appealing, interactive and professional. It is easy to select chart and viaual types. The web uses easy to understand description of how to use the site, and there are several help features: tutorials, examples, FAQs, blogs, and online help.

The site doesn't appear to be ADA-compliant.