Tableau - Visual Analytics Training

Duration

Duration:

Just 1 Day

Method

Method:

Classroom / Online / Hybrid

Next date

Next date:

30/9/2024 (Monday)

Overview

On this accelerated Tableau Visual Analytics course, you will discover the science behind the art of visualizing data in this example-rich course. You’ll learn which types of visualizations are best suited for different kinds of data, and the most effective ways to display your data insights in Tableau. Just as importantly, you’ll learn to avoid pitfalls that can result in misleading data presentation.

In just 1 days, you’ll also learn how to:

  • Design visualizations that reduce cognitive load to effectively leverage short-term memory.
  • Design visualizations that align with pre-attentive attributes to effectively leverage sensory memory.
  • Design visualizations to inform viewers without misleading.
  • Effectively use chart types to answer specific questions.
  • Design dashboards and stories using visual best practices.

At the end of this course, you’ll sit the Tableau exam, and achieve your Tableau Visual Analytics certification. Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get certified at twice the speed of the traditional training and get access to courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.

 

Audience

This course is ideal for:

  • An experienced Tableau user who wants to learn more about best practices for displaying information and insights in Tableau.  
  • Business Analyst, Consultant, Designer, End User, Marketer, Business User

Four reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training

  1. You'll be trained and certified faster. Learn more on this 1-day accelerated course. You'll get at least 12 hours a day of quality learning time in a distraction-free environment
  2. Your course is all-inclusive. One simple price covers all course materials, exams, accommodation and meals – so you can focus on learning
  3. Pass first time or train again for free. Your expert instructor will deliver our unique accelerated learning methods, allowing you to learn faster and be in the best possible position to pass first time. In the unlikely event that you don't, it's covered by your Certification Guarantee
  4. Study with an award-winning training provider. We've won the Learning and Performance Institute's "Training Company of the Year" three times. Firebrand is your fastest way to learn, with 134.561 students saving more than one million hours since 2001

Curriculum

Module 1: Visual Analytics Process

  • Visual Analytics
  • Visual Analytics Process
  • Advantages of Visual Analysis

 

Module 2: Memory and Processing

  • Memory and Processing Types

 

Module 3: Short-Term Memory 

  • Cognitive Load 
  • Focus and Guide the Viewer 
  • Remove Visual Distractions 
  • Organize Information into Chunks 
  • Design for Contiguity 

 

  • Module 4: Sensory Memory: Overview 
  • Pre-attentive Attributes 
  • Quantitatively-Perceived Attributes 
  • Categorically-Perceived Attributes 

 

Module 5: Sensory Memory: Form 

  • Form Attributes 
  • Length 
  • Width 
  • Size 
  • Orientation 
  • Shape 
  • Enclosure 

 

Module 6: Sensory Memory: Colour

  • Colour Attributes 
  • Colour Relativity 
  • Colour Vision Deficiency 
  • Colour Hue 
  • Colour Intensity 
  • Sensory Memory: Position 
  • Position Attributes 
  • 2-D Position 
  • Spatial Grouping 

 

Module 7: Informing without Misleading 

  • Gestalt Principles 
  • Visual Area Assumptions 
  • Axis Assumptions
  • Color Assumptions 
  • Amount of Detail

 

Module 8: Charts for Viewing Specific Values

  • Questions that Lead to Viewing Specific Values 
  • Chart Types for Viewing Specific Values 
  • Best Practices and Considerations for Viewing Specific Values

 

Module 9: Charts for Comparing and Ranking Categories 

  • Questions that Lead to Comparing and Ranking Categories 
  • Chart Types for Comparing and Ranking Categories
  • Best Practices and Considerations for Comparing and Ranking Categories 

 

 

Module 10: Charts for Comparing Parts to Whole 

  • Questions that Lead to Comparing Parts to Whole 
  • Chart Types for Comparing Parts to Whole 
  • Best Practices and Considerations for Comparing Parts to Whole

 

Module 11: Charts for Comparing Measures 

  • Questions that Lead to Comparing Measures
  • Chart Types for Comparing Measures 
  • Best Practices and Considerations for Comparing Measures

 

Module 12: Charts for Viewing Correlation 

  • Questions that Lead to Viewing Correlation 
  • Chart Types for Viewing Correlation 
  • Best Practices and Considerations for Viewing Correlation 

 

Module 13: Charts for Viewing Distributions 

  • Questions that Lead to Viewing Distributions 
  • Chart Types for Viewing Distributions 
  • Best Practices and Considerations for Viewing Distributions 

 

Module 14: Charts for Viewing Data Over Time 

  • Questions that Lead to Viewing Data Over Time 
  • Chart Types for Viewing Data Over Time 
  • Best Practices and Considerations for Viewing Data Over Time 

 

Module 15: Charts for Mapping 

  • Questions that Lead to Mapping 
  • Chart Types for Mapping 
  • Best Practices and Considerations for Mapping 

 

Module 16: Dashboards and Stories 

  • Development Process for Dashboards and Stories 
  • Plan the Visualization 
  • Create the Visualization 
  • Test the Visualization

 

Exam Track

At the end of this accelerated course, you’ll achieve your Tableau Visual Analytics Certification.

Tableau Visual Analytics Exam ( TVA101 )

What's Included

Your accelerated course includes:

  • Accommodation *
  • Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
  • On-site exams **
  • Exam vouchers **
  • Practice tests **
  • Certification Guarantee ***
  • Courseware
  • Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
  • 24-hour lab access
  • Digital courseware **
  • * For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
  • ** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
  • *** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Prerequisites

Before attending this accelerated course, you should have:

  • Ideally, taken the Tableau Desktop I: Fundamentals and Tableau Desktop II: Intermediate courses, but these are not official prerequisites. This course uses Tableau to develop and discuss visualizations, but does not include instruction on how to use Tableau.
  • Tableau Desktop I: Fundamentals and Tableau Desktop II: Intermediate are recommended but not required

Are you ready to get certified in record time?

We interview all applicants for the course on their technical background, degrees and certifications held, and general suitability. If you get through this screening process, it means you stand a great chance of passing.

Firebrand Training is an immersive training environment. You must be committed to the course. The above prerequisites are guidelines, but many students with less experience have other background or traits that have enabled their success in accelerated training through Firebrand Training.

If you have any doubts as to whether you meet the pre-requisites please call 09 - 31 587 431 and speak to one of our enrolment consultants, who can help you with a training plan.

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