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InkPlanner: Supporting Prewriting via Intelligent Visual Diagramming.
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
|August 24, 2018
Summary
InkPlanner, a new visual tool, enhances prewriting by aiding idea generation and organization. This digital approach helps writers create more diverse and strategically structured content for improved document quality.
Area of Science:
- Writing Studies
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Educational Technology
Background:
- Prewriting is crucial for document quality but often neglected.
- Current prewriting tools lack effective ideation and organization support.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate current prewriting practices.
- To design and evaluate InkPlanner, a novel visualization tool for prewriting.
Main Methods:
- Conducted interviews with writing learners and experts.
- Developed InkPlanner with visual diagramming and a NarrativeLine widget.
- Performed expert reviews and a user study with university students.
Main Results:
- InkPlanner facilitated the generation of more diverse ideas.
- The tool improved writers' strategic organization of ideas.
- InkPlanner's NarrativeLine widget aided in creating document outlines.
Conclusions:
- InkPlanner effectively supports the prewriting process.
- Visual diagramming and narrative structuring enhance ideation and organization.
- The tool has the potential to improve overall writing quality.
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