Lesson 1
Introduction to Dashboard Design
In this lesson, we introduce the topic of Dashboard design, take a look at the outline for the course, and take a sneak peek at the final project.
Course
In this course, you’ll learn the process of designing and creating dashboards within an enterprise environment. You’ll learn to discover user needs, identify key metrics, and tailor your dashboard to a particular audience. You’ll learn to use design elements to maximize the effectiveness of the dashboard and how to iterate based on user feedback.
In this course, you’ll learn the process of designing and creating dashboards within an enterprise environment. You’ll learn to discover user needs, identify key metrics, and tailor your dashboard to a particular audience. You’ll learn to use design elements to maximize the effectiveness of the dashboard and how to iterate based on user feedback.
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4 weeks
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Last Updated June 4, 2024
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Lesson 1
In this lesson, we introduce the topic of Dashboard design, take a look at the outline for the course, and take a sneak peek at the final project.
Lesson 2
In order to design a dashboard that meets our users needs we need to first understand what they are after and what are their pain points. Early discussions are critical in the planning phase.
Lesson 3
Students will learn about the design phase of creating their dashboards. This includes considering graphicacy, chart choice, visual hierarchy. Tools like sketching and wireframing are practiced.
Lesson 4 • Project
In this project, you will build a dashboard prototype along with sketches and wireframes for the prototype. The dashboard will be designed based on the Superstore database from Tableau.
Lesson 5
In this lesson, students will learn how to design the final dashboard by attending to the text hierarchy, affordance, interactivity of the dashboard, annotations, and color scheme.
Lesson 6 • Project
In this final project, students complete the dashboard they designed in the mid-point. They will add color, annotations, interactivity and make it production ready.
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