eLearnAfrica
Data Visualisation: Core Elements and Theories
FutureLearn
  • Start Date: 12 Jul, 2021
  • 4 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


Learn the fundamentals of data visualisation – from core components to interactive elements.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
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Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.

Want to create meaningful data visualisations that fuel decision-making and growth within your business?


This course teaches you the basics – from individual elements and relationships through to data preparation in Tableau.


You’ll learn design theories and how to identify important dashboard elements before moving on to hands-on exercises.


Explore core data visualisation theories before creating beautiful dashboards


Identifying the components of an effective data visualisation is the first step to creating and presenting impactful dashboards for your business. You’ll cover design considerations and theories when creating charts and presenting complex relationships using data.


Learn how to import and prepare data in Tableau


Tableau is used by countless industries around the world, including companies such as Experian, Siemens, Coca-Cola, and Nissan. You’ll use this market-leading software throughout this course and ExpertTrack, starting with learning to prepare your data.


Build charts and interactive elements to supercharge your data visualisations


Once you’ve mastered the theory and the basics, you’ll move on to building up your dashboards with common chart types and interactive elements within Tableau, offering you a variety of ways to present and review your data sets.


By the end of this course, you’ll feel confident identifying useful areas of Tableau, you’ll have a foundation in data visualisation theory, and you’ll be ready to move onto creating your dashboards and distributing them within your organisation.


This course is for professionals who wish to build their data visualisation skills to successfully meet the demands of their roles or to progress into new opportunities.


This may include:



  • business professionals looking to progress in their current role

  • career starters wanting to develop their data visualisation capabilities to increase their chances of meaningful career progression and promotion

  • business or arts graduates who want to enter a professional role by adding quantitative skills, including data visualisation techniques and predictive modeling.


During the course we’ll be using Tableau Public and Excel. If you don’t have Excel, you might find this online version useful.


We recommend you use a computer to access this course.


Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

FutureLearn

This university is part of the partnership between eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn.

This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.

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