Data Visualization with Tableau 专项课程

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.

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建议：4 weeks of study, 5-7 hours/week

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您将学到的内容有

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

100% 在线课程

立即开始，按照自己的计划学习。

初级

完成时间大约为20 小时

建议：4 weeks of study, 5-7 hours/week

English

字幕：English

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

1

Section

5 hours to complete

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

Course Introduction3m

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

3 hours to complete

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

Introduction to Key Metrics, Indicators, and Decision Triggers0m

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

5 hours to complete

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

Best Practices for Dashboard Design2m

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

4

Section

6 hours to complete

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

Tell the Story of Your Data Introduction1m

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

Instructors

Govind Acharya

Principal Analyst

Hunter Whitney

Sr. Consultant, Author, Instructor

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Data Visualization with Tableau 专项课程