Audience
You are an experienced Tableau user who wants to learn more about best practices for sharing information and insights. The Visual Analytics course helps Tableau users design visualizations that viewers can easily understand and use. This course uses Tableau to develop and discuss visualizations, but does not include instruction on how to use
Tableau products—we expect that you already know how to navigate and use Tableau.
Prerequisites
You should already know how to use Tableau well. Ideally, you have taken Desktop I: Fundamentals and Desktop II:
Intermediate courses, but this is not an official prerequisite. Be aware that we won’t introduce you to product features or walk you through step-by-step instructions.
Course Objectives
In this course, you will learn to design visualizations that effectively share information and insights with others. This course will strengthen your understanding of visual best practices.
Upon Course Completion
At the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
Design visualizations to effectively leverage sensory and short-term memory.
Design visualizations to inform viewers without misleading.
Effectively use chart types to answer specific questions.
Design dashboards and stories using visual best practices.
Course Outline
Visual analytics process
Describe the visual analytics process and its advantages
Memory and processing
Analyse how memory is used to interpret visualizations
Revise visualizations to reduce cognitive load
Effectively use pre-attentive attributes in visualizations
Course Outline :: Visual Analytics ::
Informing without misleading
Identify ways to design visualizations so they inform without misleading
Using chart types effectively
Identify the most appropriate chart types to answer specific questions
Identify best practices and considerations for a variety of chart types
Effectively use chart types to answer specific questions
Designing dashboards and stories
Identify visual best practices for dashboard and story design
Describe the process of designing a dashboard or story
Create a dashboard or story using visual best practices
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.