Data Visualization with Tableau 专项课程
Visualize Business Data with Tableau. Create powerful business intelligence reports
Data Visualization with Tableau 专项课程
5 coursesUniversity of California, Davis
Creating Dashboards and Storytelling with Tableau
4.6
213 ratings
Course 4 of 5 in the Data Visualization with Tableau Specialization
Leveraging the visualizations you created in the previous course, Visual Analytics with Tableau, you will create dashboards that help you identify the story within your data, and you will discover how to use Storypoints to create a powerful story to leave a lasting impression with your audience.
You will balance the goals of your stakeholders with the needs of your end-users, and be able to structure and organize your story for maximum impact. Throughout the course you will apply more advanced functions within Tableau, such as hierarchies, actions and parameters to guide user interactions. For your final project, you will create a compelling narrative to be delivered in a meeting, as a static report, or in an interactive display online.
What you will learn
- Apply advanced Tableau functions such as hierarchies, actions, and parameters
- Balance the goals of your stakeholders with the needs of your end-users
- Create dashboards that help you identify the story within your data
- Use Storypoints to leave a lasting impression with your audience
Skills you will gain
Tableau SoftwareStoryboardingData Visualization
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
1
Section
Planning and Preproduction: Aligning your Audience, Stakeholders, and Data
Welcome to the first module of this course! In the following modules, you will learn and work with concepts, tips, and techniques to help you explore data, identify meaningful findings, and then explain them through the power of data visualization and storytelling. In this module, you will be able to determine the who, what, why, and how of the story and discover the importance of planning before you start. You will be able to interview your stakeholders and assess your audience to find the right story in the data. By the end of this module, you will be able to define what a story is and build a basic framework for presenting your story. Let's get started!
11 videos (Total 71 min), 6 readings, 2 quizzes
11 videos
What is a Story?6m
Introduction to Planning and Preproduction for Visualizations1m
A Design Checklist of the Who, What, Why, and How7m
Start with Your Stakeholders3m
Addressing Your Audience and Their Context9m
Finding the Story14m
Prioritizing, Optimizing, and Designing the Data Story5m
Case Study - "The Tale of 100 Entrepreneurs" (Part 1)6m
Case Study - "The Tale of 100 Entrepreneurs" (Part 2)3m
Case Study - "The Tale of 100 Entrepreneurs" (Part 3)7m
6 readings
Save Workbooks to Tableau Public10m
Journalistic Data Stories20m
Additional Readings20m
Project Brief5m
Sylvia and Terrence Personas5m
Sample - SuperStore Dataset5m
1 practice exercises
Module 132m
2
Section
Key Metrics, Indicators, and Decision Triggers
Welcome to Module 2. In this module, you will identify the key metrics that will provide the answers to your business question. You will develop an understanding of the types of ways KPIs can be visualized. You will create calculated fields for KPIs to build a figure that will be used to measure progress in the data. By the end of this module, you should be able to set thresholds and create alerts to trigger a decision. We will also discuss the topic of quality and constraints of the data.
6 videos (Total 52 min), 1 quiz
6 videos
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)6m
Tableau Calculated Fields and KPIs4m
Creating Complex KPIs Using Tableau15m
Thresholds and Alerts6m
Data Quality18m
1 practice exercises
Module 2 Quiz22m
3
Section
Dashboard and Storytelling with Data
Welcome to Module 3. In this module, you will go from learning Tableau's six best practices for dashboard design. By the end of this module, you should be able to apply hierarchies, actions, filters, and parameters within Tableau. You will also review five videos associated with the topic and discover how to uncover the story in the data and be able to frame your story.
8 videos (Total 106 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes
8 videos
Dashboard Design Principles 1, 2, & 310m
Dashboard Design Principles 4, 5, & 67m
Hierarchies, Actions, Filters, and Parameters (Part 1)26m
Hierarchies, Actions, Filters, and Parameters (Part 2)24m
Hierarchies, Actions, Filters, and Parameters (Part 3)18m
Hierarchies, Actions, Filters, and Parameters (Part 4)12m
Important Considerations for Creating Dashboards3m
2 readings
Pre-Reading: Tableau Whitepaper10m
Recommended Readings30m
1 practice exercises
Module 320m
4
Section
Tell the Story of Your Data
Welcome to Module 4. Although this course focuses on Tableau, we will look at a wider range of examples and techniques to help you become a better data storyteller. By the end of this module, you should be able to leverage concepts and techniques designed to help you become a more focused and compelling storyteller with data as the foundation. We will discuss ways to avoid unintentionally creating false narratives with good data. You will also learn about what neuroscience research tells us about stories, audience engagement, and decision drivers. You will use structural story elements to help improve the relatability of the story and explore ways design and textual elements can affect the emotional tone of a story. Lastly, you will learn how to frame and format the data story based on your design checklist. Let's get started!
17 videos (Total 132 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes
17 videos
The Art of Storytelling (Past, Present, and Future)3m
Storytelling and the Human Brain5m
Bringing Data to Life: Emotions and Data Storytelling7m
Emotion Modulators: Color, Language, and Other Design Elements8m
Framing and Format4m
Framing, Conventions, and Priming8m
False Narratives and Data Storytelling6m
Telling the Stories within the Story (Part 1)5m
Telling the Stories within the Story (Part 2)4m
Story Considerations6m
Preparation of the Story Points11m
Setting Up the Story14m
Creating Points in the Story16m
Interactive Story6m
Create a Data Story in a Static Presentation20m
Course Summary1m
3 readings
Pre-Reading: Tableau Whitepaper and Training Video10m
Examples of Emotions in Data Storytelling10m
Additional Readings30m
1 practice exercises
Module 422m
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Top Reviews
By MH•Mar 16th 2017
Overall its a great course to be introduced with tableau's functionalities and its usage in Business analysis and then explaining stories, Discoveries via visuals,dashboards and story telling
By RK•Feb 12th 2018
Theory very well balanced with practice. A lot of practice tasks necessary to complete this module makes it one of the most valuable parts of the whole training path. Really good course.
Instructors
Govind Acharya
Principal Analyst
Hunter Whitney
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