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Making Data into Something You Can See
"I have data, now what?” This course covers how you can take hundreds or thousands of rows and columns of data and visually communicate a powerful story that will make a lasting impact on your viewers.
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1 hour 12 minutes 
english
Online - Self Paced
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About Making Data into Something You Can See
How do you take hundreds or thousands of rows and columns of data and communicate a powerful story that leaves a lasting impact on viewers? In this course, Making Data into Something You Can See, you will learn how to prepare data for presentation. You will explore the best visual design principles for data, including how to properly use colors, shapes, font styles, and much more. You will learn how to parse and simplify data in Microsoft Excel, and make your visualizations coherent with a variety of charts. You will see Tableau and other tools you can use to make your data tell the story you want it to tell. By the end of the course, you will know how to visually communicate your data story to the world.
What You Will Learn?
- Course Overview : 1min.
- Gathering and Organizing Your Data : 19mins.
- Making Good Design Choices for Your Visualization : 16mins.
- Choosing the Right Chart : 16mins.
- Tools for Your Data Visualizations : 18mins.