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About the Course

In this first course of this specialization, you will discover what data visualization is, and how we can use it to better see and understand data. Using Tableau, we’ll examine the fundamental concepts of data visualization and explore the Tableau interface, identifying and applying the various tools Tableau has to offer. By the end of the course you will be able to prepare and import data into Tableau and explain the relationship between data analytics and data visualization. This course is designed for the learner who has never used Tableau before, or who may need a refresher or want to explore Tableau in more depth. No prior technical or analytical background is required. The course will guide you through the steps necessary to create your first visualization from the beginning based on data context, setting the stage for you to advance to the next course in the Specialization....

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HR

May 1, 2017

Amazing course, amazing instructors and assignments. I really enjoyed working with Tableau.

You may experience some confusion for some assignments but don't worry! Just use the discussion boards :)

DA

Aug 24, 2020

Am glad I learnt a lot from this module, which I know will sharpen my skills for my chosen career path as a data scientist. Am hoping to learn more new skills to improve on my already existing skills.

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By Jessica E

Jul 21, 2019

This section seemed to be more about the logistics of data connections and setting up your workbook than it did actually focusing on visualizations themselves. I think maybe changing the title to "Fundamentals of Tableau" or "Intro to Visualization with Tableau: Visualization Theory and Pre-work" might be more encompassing of what this section actually focuses on. That aside, it is still all very useful information and I do appreciate learning about the ideology behind visualization as a tool for telling a story with data. It really grounds the principles.

By CHYP B

Aug 19, 2021

The course was easy to follow with Desiree Abbott. I would recommend sharing the grading ruberic for the assignments prior to the submission so students/learners can manage their expectations. After all, professors /teachers do it at the college level. Also my version of Tableau was a little different from the teacher and a couple other students mentioned the same thing. Finally, there is a need for more teacher/staff support for questions in regards to projects and the material as opposed to relying on other students in the forum.

By Enna L

Jul 30, 2021

This course taught me a lot abou the basics of Tableau. It would be helpful to have a list of what softwares the course needs. In the first project, you need to download a Google Sheet but it was impossible for me to download it from my work laptop. I used my personal laptop to complete this portion of the program. For the final taks, you are required to use the MakeoverMonday submission trtacker. For this I needed to use my personal laptop since my work laptop wouldn't allow me to access this page.

By Debopam R

Aug 23, 2020

The course was good, teaches basics of tableau....That provides interest to go to google and see more exciting ways of data visualization using Tableau.

However, I have a big complaint on the assignments given specially the week 4 assignment. Instead of grading on the quality of visualization, the emphasis was on posting on twitter with hastags, descriptive sentence, posting picture of the viz etc.....Is it a exam on Twitter or Tableau ? I got marks docked because of not adding two hastags ??

By Christina E

Dec 8, 2021

I enjoyed the overviews of the essentials- exploring all the functions of Tableau, the best ways to look for help, and the functionalities not yet available. It was very clear instruction. The final peer-review project requires you to publish on Tableau Public and post your dashboard on social media. I was working in our company's licensed Tableau and had to create a new social media account to post in order to pass this credit (which I did not love).

By Mark D

Apr 3, 2017

I like the balance between learning the principles involved in creating effective visualizations and practicing them while learning to use Tableau. I was happy with the visualization I created for my final assignment. It would NOT have been as good had I not taken this course and learned to make use of pre Gestalt principles, attentive attributes and decluttering techniques to reduce the cognitive load involved in viewing my visualization.

By Poojitha P

Jun 27, 2020

I really enjoyed taking this course, it really provided me insights into the basics of Tableau. I'd refer this course to anyone. However, I didn't enjoy the last peer reviewed assignment where it was required to post your work on Twitter. Personally, I would have preferred to have an option of uploading your work to Twitter instead of it being required to post it. Apart from that, great course! Thanks so much.

By Peter G

Nov 2, 2021

there were a couple of items done in the examples with no instruction on how to accomplish them. It was a good challenge to have to learn on my own but it would have been good to have some guidance on where to look or how to find course recommended resources to find out. Ex. The years in the graphs were suddenly different colors from 1 video to the next. All told, was a great intro course.

By Vanitha

Oct 17, 2021

The course is very clear and fundamental. The instructions are very clear. However, I'm not happy with the assignment review process in coursera. Most of the time reviewers don't give ant feedback for why the points was reduced without which is it tough for the learner to understand his/her mistakes. Coursera should make feedback mandatory when the points are less than expected.

By Simon C

Oct 22, 2020

The course was good. The only suggestion for improvement are some instructions on how to use Twitter. The final assignment requires you to post something to Twitter. Having never used Twitter before it took me a while to work out what was needed. Also, some brief information on URL shorteners would be helpful (again part of the final assignment). Overall, a good course.

By Mariel A

May 15, 2020

In this introduction to the basics of Data Visualization with Tableau, the instructors broke down the information systematically and in a clear and coherent way. I now have a familiarity with Tableau and the community resources it offers. As a graphic designer, I am fascinated by data visualization, and taking this course has left me eager to advance in my training.

By Charles B

May 11, 2020

I expected the course to focus on Tableau. Instead it presented a very brief introduction to Tableau that is insufficient to do anything useful with it, and then led us through a process to better understand the thought process of creating visualizations. I found the latter valuable, but still feel I was misled about the intent and content of the course.

By Kyle S

Mar 27, 2020

This is a good course and specialization. It should be clear that this is NOT a course on Tableau. It's primarily on visualization principles, and uses Tableau as the software. It does teach you some Tableau, but not that much. If you just want to learn Tableau in-depth, look for other online courses or training, this isn't for learning Tableau.

By Nurshatjan S

Mar 14, 2021

Overall, this is a good course, but the first two weeks, it teaches the history of visualisation which I think is totally unnecessary for beginner-friendly, but would make it boring. I would recommend ppl taking this class play the video at 1.75 speed to quickly skip through the introductions and start from the practical part of the course.

By Aditya P S

May 4, 2020

Its a good course. But I believe that Week 4 should have come before introducing us to Tableau and visualizing data. This way we would have clearer contexts on about the "Big Story" and also on the WHO, WHAT and HOWs. It would have also helped us understand the various visualizations in Tableau while exploring the software.

By Kelly R

Jan 23, 2023

The vids are starting to be a little outdated from the current software version. Also, in the final assignment, the instructions say, "Tell people what your viz is about in just a sentence or two at most." If you have to have two sentences, it should say that in the instructions. But overall I found the course useful.

By Jennifer B

Sep 9, 2023

Very basic but a reasonable introduction to Tableau. However, the version used in the demonstration videos not longer correlates to Tableau Public and there was also no explanation of some of the changes that were made to the visualization. Which certainly introduces you early to going and looking online for help.

By R M B

Oct 6, 2022

The content was great, and progessed at a good pace. The downside is that I had to sign up for at least three different websites: one to get data for bus accidents in London, another for data.world and a third for Twitter. It would be better if the data and submissions were self-contained in the lecture series.

By Todd W

Dec 21, 2021

In general, the class was good - informative and a solid introduction. I understand that the purpose is not an in-depth "how to" on all things Tableau. But it still seemed to really rush through doing things there. I've used Tableau for more than a year and had a hard time following along at times.

By Laura K M A

Apr 11, 2018

It is a good course but more real life examples would be useful. It touches very little Tableau so maybe if someone is looking for fundamentals on how to make a visualization in Tableau this is not the right course because it goes more into theory of visualization rather than hands-on the tool.

By Oksana B

Nov 2, 2017

Great introductory course, but could be improved by providing more of step-by-step instructions on navigating the Tableau and its menus, addressing some typical error messages the user might receive, etc. If you have a prior working knowledge of some Tableau, this course could be a refresher .

By Chad F

Sep 7, 2022

Good course overall. The assignment at the very end requested students to do some off-the-wall things. For example, it requested the students to upload a screenshot (and graded that screenshot), but provided no place to upload it! This kind of thing seems unprofessional, in my opinion.

By Akshay P

Dec 19, 2021

Really good introduction to the world of Data Visualization. If you are expecting everything to be handed to you then you are in for a surprise. As with any graduate course fair amount of research and learning is expected from the students end and for me this made it even more fun

By Nikhil C

Apr 26, 2021

I liked the pacing, explanations and exercises. The only thing that could have been done better was perhaps a non insistence on posting to twitter about your project. I do not generally feel comfortable posting on social media myself and would prefer it if that step were optional.

By Rachel F

Nov 17, 2017

Overall this course was a very good introduction to Tableau. The instructions for the first peer-graded assignment were VERY confusing, and almost counter-intuitive. Instructors were very pleasant to watch and listen to, and they do a good job of discussing real-world examples.