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In this course, you will analyze and apply essential design principles to your Tableau visualizations. This course assumes you understand the tools within Tableau and have some knowledge of the fundamental concepts of data visualization. You will define and examine the similarities and differences of exploratory and explanatory analysis as well as begin to ask the right questions about what’s needed in a visualization. You will assess how data and design work together, including how to choose the appropriate visual representation for your data, and the difference between effective and ineffective visuals. You will apply effective best practice design principles to your data visualizations and be able to illustrate examples of strategic use of contrast to highlight important elements. You will evaluate pre-attentive attributes and why they are important in visualizations. You will exam the importance of using the "right" amount of color and in the right place and be able to apply design principles to de-clutter your data visualization.

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4.0Reviewed Mar 18, 2018

The course covers and lays a solid foundation on Visualization profession. The subject matter is good mix of theory and practice. The course content is presented in a very good standard.

5.0Reviewed Jul 30, 2018

Learned a lot about knowing who the audience is (that I am designing a visualization for), also about use-of-color and de-cluttering my visualization.

5.0Reviewed Dec 16, 2020

A great course indeed. Learned a lot about Gestalt principles, pre-attentive attributes, knowing your audiences and proper usage of other visual elements.

4.0Reviewed Oct 22, 2020

It is a good course, it invites you to think about the best ways of reporting information and to be aware of audience's needs when presenting information,

4.0Reviewed Apr 3, 2017

I enjoyed the class much, however I would suggest that a little more for feedback could be provided to questions raised by students. Also, PLEASE make the slides available for ALL the lessons.

4.0Reviewed Apr 29, 2021

Pros: you learn basic design principles that help you to make visual appealing visualization.Cons: It felt way too theoretical and high level. It would be nice to do more exercises with Tableau.

5.0Reviewed May 19, 2019

The course is not only focusing on the Tableau project, but also discussing key notes that need applying to make visualization become more effective. That is great course! Thanks!

5.0Reviewed Mar 10, 2018

The course uncovers the science of the design for data. It is certainly very helpful for my job where have to present a lot of data in different perspectives for senior management.

5.0Reviewed Apr 18, 2017

I found this course extremely useful as it helped me better understand design principles which can be put into good use in other visualization tools as well.

4.0Reviewed Oct 24, 2020

I would give 5 stars overall IF the whole Week 4 Peer Reviewed project would have been better explained. 5 stars for the instructors making Tableau understandable.

5.0Reviewed Jul 31, 2019

This was a great course, it had lots of information on design principle which not only helps for people working on Tableau but any other presentation tools

4.0Reviewed Dec 10, 2019

I enjoyed the second course as part of this five-course data analytics specialism. I am learning that effective data visualisation goes far beyond having a technical competence of Tableau.