Mastering: Data Driven Storytelling

About Course

Tell compelling stories with data by learning to define problem statements, identify biases, build ghost decks, and design visualizations that transform raw analysis into polished recommendations for stakeholders.

Data Visualization in Tableau
Univariate and Bivariate Chart Selection
Tableau Aggregations
Tableau visualizations
Tableau proficiency
Tableau Marks and Filters
Data Visualization Design Integrity
Interactive and Responsive Tableau Dashboard Design
Tableau hierarchies
Tableau Dashboard Creation
Connecting to Data and Setting Up Tableau
Tableau interactive dashboards
Tableau Chart Types
Tableau storypoint
Color and Visual Encodings
Tableau groups
Building and Saving Worksheets in Tableau
Tableau calculated fields
Dashboard Design
Data visualization design
Usability testing
Wireframes
Feedback loops
Business KPIs
Stakeholder analysis
Chart types
Data Storytelling
Data storytelling
Data limitations and biases
Problem statements
Professional presentations
Ghost decks
Roadmaps
Issue trees
Advanced Data Storytelling
Animated data visualizations
Flourish
Tableau pages
Data storytelling
Tableau storypoint
Tableau interactive dashboards

Course Content

Introduction to Story Telling
In this lesson, we will introduce the topic of Story Telling and also go over the course outline, including a sneak peek at the 2 projects that are part of the course.

Define Problem Statement
In this lesson students will understand how to clearly articulate the problem statement that is driving the analysis, and why it matters.

Issue Trees and Building a Ghost Deck
In this lesson students will learn to build an analysis roadmap to stay efficient with your analysis time. An analysis roadmap consists of two key elements: (1) an issue tree and (2) a ghost deck.

Build a Data Story Midterm Project
In this mid-term project, apply the skills in structuring a data story on a Movies Metadata and practice defining your own problem statement and the analyses you plan to do.

Limitations and Biases
The data you work with is flawed and in this lesson students will learn where bias can be introduced in the collection, processing, and analysis process and call these caveats out.

Visualizations and Tying it Together
This lesson ties everything together. It covers effective visualizations depending on the problem you are solving, and reviewing a data presentation end to end.

Build a Data Story Final Project
Building on the ghost deck, you will perform various analyses to identify the limitations and biases in data that affect the recommendations, and you will now create a final presentation.

Advanced Data Storytelling
Meet your instructor and learn about the pre-requisite skills of this course. You will also have an overview of the topics covered in this course.

Eight Data Story Types
You learn about sequential data stories, and how eight different story types can be used to find and tell interesting data stories.

Creating stories in Tableau
You will learn how to tell interactive stories by creating stories in Tableau. You will learn how to add a Hans Rosling bubble chart to Tableau and how to create a Tableau Storypoint Workbook.

Animate a Data Story Midterm Project
In this lesson, you will apply the skills you have acquired in this course to use the World Bank Indicators data file to create an interactive Tableau Story.

Animating Visualizations
You will use datasets for animating data and build out animations with Tableau pages and get introduced to Flourish.

Animation and Narration
You will learn how to add audio and narration to your data stories using Flourish, including setting up the files, charts, animation, and audio files to create interactive stories.

Animate a Data Story Final Project
In this lesson, students will create an animated data story and add an audio track to create a narrated Flourish story that they can add to their portfolio.

About Course

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Introduction to Story Telling In this lesson, we will introduce the topic of Story Telling and also go over the course outline, including a sneak peek at the 2 projects that are part of the course.

Define Problem Statement In this lesson students will understand how to clearly articulate the problem statement that is driving the analysis, and why it matters.

Issue Trees and Building a Ghost Deck In this lesson students will learn to build an analysis roadmap to stay efficient with your analysis time. An analysis roadmap consists of two key elements: (1) an issue tree and (2) a ghost deck.

Build a Data Story Midterm Project In this mid-term project, apply the skills in structuring a data story on a Movies Metadata and practice defining your own problem statement and the analyses you plan to do.

Limitations and Biases The data you work with is flawed and in this lesson students will learn where bias can be introduced in the collection, processing, and analysis process and call these caveats out.

Visualizations and Tying it Together This lesson ties everything together. It covers effective visualizations depending on the problem you are solving, and reviewing a data presentation end to end.

Build a Data Story Final Project Building on the ghost deck, you will perform various analyses to identify the limitations and biases in data that affect the recommendations, and you will now create a final presentation.

Advanced Data Storytelling Meet your instructor and learn about the pre-requisite skills of this course. You will also have an overview of the topics covered in this course.

Eight Data Story Types You learn about sequential data stories, and how eight different story types can be used to find and tell interesting data stories.

Creating stories in Tableau You will learn how to tell interactive stories by creating stories in Tableau. You will learn how to add a Hans Rosling bubble chart to Tableau and how to create a Tableau Storypoint Workbook.

Animate a Data Story Midterm Project In this lesson, you will apply the skills you have acquired in this course to use the World Bank Indicators data file to create an interactive Tableau Story.

Animating Visualizations You will use datasets for animating data and build out animations with Tableau pages and get introduced to Flourish.

Animation and Narration You will learn how to add audio and narration to your data stories using Flourish, including setting up the files, charts, animation, and audio files to create interactive stories.

Animate a Data Story Final Project In this lesson, students will create an animated data story and add an audio track to create a narrated Flourish story that they can add to their portfolio.