SketchingDIS

Abstract

Hand-drawn sketches can be an easy way for HCI researchers to communicate and express ideas, as well as to document, explore and communicate concepts between the researcher and user, collaborator, manager or client. These sketches are fast, lightweight, easy to create, and -by varying their fidelity -they can be used in all stages of the HCI research and design process. Here, we aim to explore themes around sketching in HCI with the aim of producing tangible outputs in the form of visual records, articles and papers that review and promote this technique in HCI as a field: 'SketchingDIS: Hand-drawn sketching in HCI' SketchingDIS.wordpress.com, a one-day workshop will bring together researchers from various disciplines that have incorporated hand-drawn sketching into their everyday research practice, to share knowledge and methodologies, generate ideas, practice collaborative sketching, and to discuss the future of hand-drawn sketching in HCI and DIS itself.

Sketchnote Components, Design Space Dimensions, and Strategies for Effective Visual Note Taking

“…Sketching and hand-drawn visual representations are important as a general method withing the HCI community, with Buxton, Greenberg, and colleagues outlining the many diverse sketching strategies (often borrowed from disciplines such as product design or engineering) that can be applied throughout the whole process of interaction design [13,22]. Similarly, Baskinger positioned sketching as an important method in interaction design [4], and Lewis et al emphasized the value of sketches to support interface design, participatory design, or reflective practice [31]. Hand-drawn sketching can also "be an integral part of focused research projects" [50,51], such as for studying situated visualizations [12], use of personal finance tools [30], and many other contexts.…”

Let’s Sketch! A Hands-on Introductory Course on Sketching in HCI

“…Sketching is often overlooked in many disciplines, or referred to as a 'soft' skill, however, it can support HCI researchers and practitioners to ideate [18], collaborate, document [23], and explore and discover complex themes and spaces [8,22]. This hands-on introductory course intends to celebrate and promote the diverse role of sketching to all practitioners, but also to generate discussion -encouraging participants to adopt sketching in their everyday research and practice.…”

Eliciting Sketched Expressions of Command Intentions in an IDE

“…Sketching -both on paper and on screen -has been suggested as a way to form, convey, and explore ideas in a broad variety of works in human-computer interaction (HCI) and software engineering [21]. In the subsections below, we discuss examples of works that use digital sketching to support software engineers in modeling, understanding and editing software, and we discuss how sketches are different from gestures as an input modality.…”