Task 1 of Session 2 (Squids)

I choose figure 2 mainly because it use many diagrams for visual comparison of the length, the weight and the habitat, etc. of the squids. This helps save a lot of words. The visual comparison can also impress the audience much more easily within a shorter time.

But after class discussion, there are other points worth to note for an effective visual display:
(1) Appropriate choice of colours to catch attention, e.g. it would be easy to read a text with black colour rather than yellow colour on a white sheet of paper (Gabriel-Petit, 2006).
(2) Short and bulleted points of writings to enhance easy reading.
(3) Choose the audience properly in order to convey the target information.
(4) Choice of graphics, illustrations, photos and artworks consistent with the title. e.g. For figure 4, to match with the word 'live' in the title, more photos are used to let the audience acquire a 'real' experience of reaching squids at a closer distance and give them a surprise.
(5) Effective arrangement of text and visual display so the audience can feel a sense of spatial comfortable in the overall layout and know the logic or sequence they need to follow.

Reference:
Gabriel-Petit, P. (2006). Applying Color Theory to Digital Displays. Retrieved 5 March 2007 from http://www.uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000163.php