February 2019
Beginner
2h 49m
English
Closed Captioning available in English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Overview
4+ Hours of Video Instruction
Put learning into practice with Tableau LiveLessons for the aspiring visual data storyteller.
There is a data revolution happening across the globe. From academics to politics and everywhere in between, the world’s stories are being told through their data points. Although telling stories about data isn’t new, we are now telling them in ways that are more meaningful and impactful than ever before as an emerging new class of visualizations attempts to tell the world’s stories through the power of data visualization. However, visual data storytelling is not an inherent skill, and data stories differ from traditional storytelling in many ways. Further, while robust visualization tools support rich and diverse forms of visual data storytelling capabilities, crafting a compelling data narrative is not a process that we can rely on a tool to do for us.
These lessons provide a hands-on foundation for users to learn how to craft visual data narratives using the most appropriate visualizations, apply visual design to engage their audience, and purposefully structure a narrative framework to deliver a compelling, actionable data story that invites discovery, solicits new questions, or offers alternative explanations–all using one of the most powerful and ubiquitous visualization tools on the market today, Tableau.
Skill Level
Beginner
Learn How To-
Tell visual stories that communicate insights and make an impact
Leverage questions to design logical and fruitful data collection and analysis
Create important graphs in Tableau and know which chart to use
Utilize concepts of design in data visualization and storytelling
Storyboard your story for your message based on your audience
Direct your audience's attention to the most important parts of your data story
Design effective business presentations to showcase your data story with Tableau
Who Should Take This Course
Analysts sharing the results of their data discovery or analysis
Students communicating data for reports or presentations
Teachers helping learners (of any age) to cultivate visual data literacy
Executives and business managers reporting data-driven results or metrics
Journalists giving data the starring role in their editorials
Course Requirements
A willingness to learn how to tell stories through data
Access to Tableau Desktop (Windows or Mac), version 10 or higher
Related Files
The supplemental content for this LiveLesson can be downloaded from Githuub at: https://github.com/lindymryan
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