edX: Intro Course: Data Storytelling

Skills covered

Explain how data visualizations help people process and understand large amounts of information.

Determine the best type of visualization to use for a specific dataset and purpose.

Create data visualizations in Google Data Studio.

Customize data visualizations so that they are clear and visually appealing.

Explain why cognitive clutter in a report is detrimental to the audience.

Explain how the use of charts, supportive text, and layout all provide emphasis.

Build a report with visual design best practices in mind.

Create a copy to reuse as a template.

Share a report with colleagues for collaboration, or with stakeholders after the report has been completed.

Describe how dashboards are used in businesses.

Differentiate between reports and dashboards.

List principles of graphic design that are relevant to making a visually appealing dashboard that is easy to use.

Create a layout for a dashboard that meets a business need, is aesthetically appealing, and is easy to read and interpret.

Create charts in a dashboard in Google Data Studio that meet a business need and are easy to read and interpret.

Add filters and controls to a GDS dashboard that will allow users to customize the dashboard to their needs.

DGC1 L4: You can present analysis and visualisations in clear ways to communicate complex messages. 

DGC1 L5: You can turn complex data into compelling, clear and actionable stories. 

DAC5 L3: You can turn complex data analyses into clear and compelling messages and you can present those analyses with visualisations to communicate complex messages. 

DAC5 L4: You can present analysis and visualisations in clear ways to communicate complex messages.