PrintCritique #2
During this course, we will be completing several critiques. In Week One, we critiqued a map from an external source. Participating in these critiques will improve both how you think about cartographic design skills and your ability to critically evaluate the map design of others.
For this second critique, you will engage in a peer-to-peer review (or peer review). In this activity, you will be assigned a colleague's map from this class to critique. Your assignment for this peer review includes writing up a 300+ word critique of one of your colleague’s Lesson 2 Lab.
In your written critique please describe:
- three (3) things you think the map does very well
- three (3) suggestions you have for improvement
According to the two prompts above, a map critique is not just about finding problems, but about reflecting on a map in an overall context. Your critique should focus on things the map does well as much as it does on suggestions for improvement. In your discussion, you should connect your ideas back to what we learned in the previous lessons.
You may find these two resources helpful as you write your critiques:
- Daniel Huffman’s 2020 blog post on how to “Critique with Empathy"
- Ordnance Survey’s (Wesson, Glynn and Naylor, 2013) list of effective cartographic design principles
Submission Instructions
You will work on Critique #2 during Lesson 3 and submit it at the end of Lesson 3.
Step 1: When a peer review has been assigned, you will see a notification appear in your Canvas Dashboard To Do sidebar or Activity Stream. You should also receive an email notification. Upon notification of the Peer Review (Critique), go to Lesson 2: Lab 2 Assignment. You will see your assignment to peer review one other classmate.
Step 2: Download/view your classmate's Lab.
Step 3: Write up your critique using the prompts above in a Word document. Be sure to also review the rubric in which you will be graded for Critique #2 for more guidance. Save your Word document as a PDF. Use the naming convention outlined below. Please list the name of the student you have been assigned to critique at the top of the page.
- YourLastName_LastNameOfColleagueCritiqued_C2.pdf
Step 4: In order to complete the Peer Review/Critique, you must
- Add the PDF as an attachement in the comment sidebar in the assignment.
- Include a comment such as "here is my critique" in the comment area.
- PLEASE DO NOT complete the lesson rubric as your review, award points, or grade the map you are critiquing. Even though Canvas asks you to complete the rubric, PLEASE DO NOT COMPLETE THE RUBRIC OR ASSIGN POINTS/GRADE.
Step 5: When you're finished, click the Save Comment button. You may need to refresh your browser to see that you've completed the required steps for the peer review.
Note: Again, you will not submit anything for a letter grade or provide comments in the lesson rubric.