Course Title: Data Literacy: Level 2 – How to Explore & Communicate Data
Description: Go beyond reading charts and graphs that others have made and learn how to work with data yourself in this 6 week online course. Discover how to think about data and pose meaningful questions, how to find relevant data or create your own, how to clean and prepare your data for analysis, how to explore, visualize and discover key insights, and how to present those insights effectively to your audience so that you can have an impact.
When: Six (6) Wednesdays from 3pm-6pm PST starting on June 5th, running through July 17th, 2019 (skipping July 3rd)
Where: Online via Zoom.us
Price: $525 / person ($475 / person early bird price)
Class Size: 25 seats
Tools Used: Over the course of this program, we’ll use spreadsheet software like MS Excel & Google Sheets, data preparation software like Tableau Prep and OpenRefine, analytics software like Tableau Desktop and Power BI (trial copies), and the data.world platform.
What you get: Registration entitles you to:
- A 6 week online course led by Ben Jones
- A printed copy of his book, Communicating Data With Tableau
- Access to instructor during weekly group office hours (1 hr / week)
- Access to session recordings for 90 days
- Links to helpful resources for further learning
Requirements: Trainees must connect to Zoom.us from a Mac or PC with the above software installed (links to download will be sent 2 weeks prior to the first day of training). No prior familiarity with these tools is necessary.
