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edX: Intro Course: Data Storytelling
Certificate available: complete this course to be awarded a certificate
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Explain how data visualizations help people process and understand large amounts of information.
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Determine the best type of visualization to use for a specific dataset and purpose.
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Create data visualizations in Google Data Studio.
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Customize data visualizations so that they are clear and visually appealing.
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Explain why cognitive clutter in a report is detrimental to the audience.
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Explain how the use of charts, supportive text, and layout all provide emphasis.
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Build a report with visual design best practices in mind.
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Create a copy to reuse as a template.
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Share a report with colleagues for collaboration, or with stakeholders after the report has been completed.
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Describe how dashboards are used in businesses.
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Differentiate between reports and dashboards.
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List principles of graphic design that are relevant to making a visually appealing dashboard that is easy to use.
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Create a layout for a dashboard that meets a business need, is aesthetically appealing, and is easy to read and interpret.
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Create charts in a dashboard in Google Data Studio that meet a business need and are easy to read and interpret.
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Add filters and controls to a GDS dashboard that will allow users to customize the dashboard to their needs.
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MLC1 L3: Communicates key messages from analytical work in clear and concise terms for a variety of audiences.
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MLC1 L4: Communicates key messages to customers and translates research, analysis and results for a non-technical audience.
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MLC1 L3: Presents analytical work appropriately tailored to a range of internal and external audiences.
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MLC1 L4: Presents analytical work appropriately tailored to a range of internal and external audiences.
Additional information
Using existing spreadsheet and quantitative reasoning skills, learners will make their data tell a story. This course is ideal for learners who are just starting out in their careers, journalists looking to expand their skill set, and merits.
Resource details
| Contributed by: | NHS Data and Analytics Academy |
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| Licence: | More information on licences |
| First contributed: | 29 April 2025 |
| Audience access level: | General user |
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