On the Usability of Parallel Coordinates Plots for Representing Behavioral Attributes in LMS Platforms

• Nathan Alves de L. Silva Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)
• Raphael A. Dourado Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
• Rodrigo L. Rodrigues Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)
• Aldo A. Cavalcanti Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/cbie.sbie.2018.1946

Resumo

This paper investigates the suitability of using Data Visualization, specifically Parallel Coordinates Plots (PCP), as an instrument for helping distance learning instructors identify students with poor performance. To answer this question, we developed a web application that lets users generate and interact with PCPs and evaluated it with usability tests inspired by the NOVIS framework — a usability framework specifically designed for evaluating data visualizations. The results show that PCPs and Data Visualization are perceived, by distance learning instructors, as an invaluable tool for following student progress on Virtual Learning Environments.

Palavras-chave: data visualization, parallel coordinates plots, usability, LMS platforms

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