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Data Visualization with Tableau SpecializationUniversity of California, Davis

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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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Data Visualization with Tableau Specialization

Beginner Level

Familiar with Tableau and comfortable working with data and datasets.

Approx. 15 hours to complete

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Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish

What you will learn

Combine the data and follow the best practices to present your story
Create calculated fields for KPIs to build a figure that will be used to measure progress in the data
Assemble a dashboard
Analyze concepts and techniques for compelling storytelling with data

Skills you will gain

Storyboarding
Tableau Software
Data Virtualization
Data Visualization (DataViz)

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Course 4 of 5 in the

Data Visualization with Tableau Specialization

Beginner Level

Familiar with Tableau and comfortable working with data and datasets.

Approx. 15 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish

Instructors

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Govind Acharya

Principal Analyst

Budget and Institutional Analysis

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Hunter Whitney

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Design Strategy and Data Visualization

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University of California, Davis

UC Davis, one of the nation’s top-ranked research universities, is a global leader in agriculture, veterinary medicine, sustainability, environmental and biological sciences, and technology. With four colleges and six professional schools, UC Davis and its students and alumni are known for their academic excellence, meaningful public service and profound international impact.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

4 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!

4 hours to complete

11 videos (Total 71 min), 7 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

7 readings

A Note from UC Davis10m

Save Workbooks to Tableau Public10m

Journalistic Data Stories20m

Additional Readings20m

Project Brief5m

Sylvia and Terrence Personas5m

Sample - SuperStore Dataset5m

1 practice exercise

Module 130m

Week

Week 2

2 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.

2 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 52 min)

Week

Week 3

4 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.

4 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 81 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

7 videos

Best Practices for Dashboard Design2m

Dashboard Design Principles 1, 2, & 310m

Dashboard Design Principles 4, 5, & 67m

Hierarchies, Actions, Filters, and Parameters (Parts 1&2)26m

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

Week 4

5 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!

5 hours to complete

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 exercise

Module 430m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM CREATING DASHBOARDS AND STORYTELLING WITH TABLEAU

by EBJun 1, 2021

Course was good overall but the sections on Tableau tool were sometimes hard to follow. More step-by-step detail needed. Sometimes the transcripts didn't match what the instructor was staying.

by JNMay 27, 2021

It gives great practices to becoming better at storytelling. Also, it explains in a simple, yet complete way the Tableau Story points function. It felt a little theoretical and high level though.

by NNFeb 2, 2022

This course gives us a clear understanding of how to effectively use Dashboards and Stories. Thank you for your time developing this great course..

by DMJul 15, 2017

Overall, great instruction on setting up dashboards and stories in Tableau. The theoretical instruction on story building was not as helpful as the actual practice Tableau lessons.

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About the Data Visualization with Tableau Specialization

In 2020 the world will generate 50 times the amount of data as in 2011. And 75 times the number of information sources (IDC, 2011). Being able to use this data provides huge opportunities and to turn these opportunities into reality, people need to use data to solve problems.

This Specialization, in collaboration with Tableau, is intended for newcomers to data visualization with no prior experience using Tableau. We leverage Tableau's library of resources to demonstrate best practices for data visualization and data storytelling. You will view examples from real world business cases and journalistic examples from leading media companies. By the end of this specialization, you will be able to generate powerful reports and dashboards that will help people make decisions and take action based on their business data. You will use Tableau to create high-impact visualizations of common data analyses to help you see and understand your data. You will apply predicative analytics to improve business decision making. The Specialization culminates in a Capstone Project in which you will use sample data to create visualizations, dashboards, and data models to prepare a presentation to the executive leadership of a fictional company.

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