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Data Visualization for All
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- Free Access
- Free certificate
- 6 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on February 27, 2017
- Ends on April 10, 2017
Course details
Syllabus
Tell your story and show it with data. In this data visualization course, you will learn how to design interactive charts and customized maps for your website.
We’ll begin with easy-to-learn tools, then gradually work our way up to editing open-source code templates with GitHub. Together, we’ll follow step-by-step tutorials with video screencasts, and share our work for feedback on the web. Real-world examples are drawn from Trinity College students working with community organizations in the City of Hartford, Connecticut.
This course is ideal for non-profit organizations, small business owners, local governments, journalists, academics, or anyone who wants to tell their story and show the data.
This introductory course in data visualization begins with the basics. No prior experience is required.
What you'll learn :
- Choose the right tools to tell your story
- Design and embed charts on your website
- Share, edit, and host code templates
- How to build (and tell lies with) maps
- Convert and reshape your spatial data
Prerequisite
Instructors
Jack Dougherty
Professor of Educational Studies
Trinity College
Stacy Lam
Student Technology Assistant
Trinity College
David Tatem
Instructional Technologist
Trinity College
Editor
Trinity College
Platform
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