Self-paced course

Visitor Heat Mapping

See where visitors move, linger, and drift away — and what those paths tell you about whether your galleries do what you meant them to.

Structure
4 parts · 11 lessons
Video
11 of 11 lessons

What you’ll be able to do

  • Plan an observation study a small team can actually staff
  • Collect movement data without turning it into a headcount
  • Build a heat map from what you recorded
  • Say what the map does and does not tell you

The lessons

Heat Mapping Introduction

  1. Heat Mapping Course IntroductionIncludes video

Section 1 - Planning For Your Study and Heat Map

  1. Lesson 1 - Reviewing the Goals of the CourseIncludes videoIncludes handouts
  2. Lesson 2 - Why Conduct Observations?Includes videoIncludes handouts
  3. Lesson 3 - Planning Your StudyIncludes videoIncludes handouts

Section 2 - Observation Data Collection

  1. Lesson 4 - What You Need to Conduct ObservationsIncludes videoIncludes handouts
  2. Lesson 5 - Creating Your Data Collection Map ToolIncludes video
  3. Lesson 6 - Developing Your Observation ProtocolIncludes videoIncludes handouts
  4. Lesson 7 - Pilot Test and Collect Your DataIncludes video

Section 3 - Analyzing Data and Creating a Heat Map

  1. Lesson 8 - Analyzing the DataIncludes video
  2. Lesson 9 - Creating Your Heat MapIncludes video
  3. Lesson 10 - Making an Impact with Your DataIncludes video

Reads well alongside Listening Deeply — one shows you where people went, the other tells you what they were thinking while they went there.