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.

• Identify three major story elements and use them to share compelling stories with data.

• Explain the importance of effective storytelling.

• SA1.2 Beginner: Able to differentiate between dashboards and reports, explaining their appropriate use in non-technical terms.

• SA1.1 Intermediate: Can apply design principles such as Gestalt, information hierarchy, and minimalism to enhance the usability of dashboards and reports to convey complexities intuitively.