diff --git a/content/tableau-part-4/exercises/_index.md b/content/tableau-part-4/exercises/_index.md index 0368c97..634ced6 100644 --- a/content/tableau-part-4/exercises/_index.md +++ b/content/tableau-part-4/exercises/_index.md @@ -5,16 +5,25 @@ draft = false weight = 2 +++ -This chapter is focused on working with dates and creating beautiful and effective visualizations and stories in Tableau. So when it comes to practicing these functions, we want you to create a bullet journal in Tableau. +This chapter is focused on working with dates and creating beautiful and effective visualizations and stories in Tableau. We want you to create a bullet journal in Tableau to practice implementing these functions. -A bullet journal is a system designed by Ryder Carroll that has grown in popularity over the past decade with over 10 million posts on Instagram under #bulletjournal and countless Youtubers sharing their latest bullet journal spreads. Many attribute the popularity of the system to its flexibility. Ultimately, us as the journalers can decide to put in our journals whatever we need. We can create spreads to track our progress on financial goals, reading goals, or any other goals that matter to us. We can also be as artistic as we want to be with our bullet journals. +A bullet journal is a system designed by Ryder Carroll that has grown in popularity over the past decade with over 10 million posts on Instagram under #bulletjournal and countless Youtubers sharing their latest bullet journal spreads. Many attribute the popularity of the system to its flexibility. -While you will likely find many posts about the virtues of bullet journals as a creative endeavour, every bullet journal contains a lot of data and a lot of it is time-based, which is why we are asking you to create one in Tableau. +Ultimately, as the journalers, we can track whatever we want in our journals. + +We can create spreads to track our progress on financial goals, reading goals, or any other goals that matter to us. We can also be as artistic as we want to be with our bullet journals. + +While you will find many posts about the virtues of bullet journals as a creative endeavour, every bullet journal contains a lot of data and a lot of it is time-based, which is why we are asking you to create one in Tableau. ## Getting Started -Before you open up Tableau, take some time to brainstorm. You need to create at least three visualizations, representing three spreads in your Tableau bullet journal. If you are already a bullet journal advocate, do you want to recreate three spreads you have already made? Are you struggling to think of what data you could track with Tableau? People have created so many wonderful different spreads in bullet journals, so here are just a few ideas to get you started. +Before you open up Tableau, take some time to brainstorm. + +You need to create at least three visualizations, representing three spreads in your Tableau bullet journal. + +If you are already a bullet journal advocate, do you want to recreate three spreads you have already made? Are you struggling to think of what data you could track with Tableau? +Here are a few ideas to get you started: 1. water intake 1. exercise data, such as steps and workout trackers 1. hours of sleep @@ -24,14 +33,20 @@ Before you open up Tableau, take some time to brainstorm. You need to create at 1. goodreads 1. medicine tracker -In addition, you can also find even more ideas on Pinterest and Instagram. Once you have your three spreads planned, you need the data behind the spreads. If you do not want to share your own data, try to make a bullet journal for a fictional character. Your data can be in whatever form you find helpful whether it starts with a spreadsheet or pandas DataFrame. If you pull any data from Kaggle to add to your bullet journal, make sure to share the source. +You can find even more ideas on Pinterest and Instagram. + +Once you have your three spreads planned, you need the data behind the spreads. If you do not want to share your own data, try to make a bullet journal for a fictional character. Your data can be in whatever form you find helpful, whether it starts with a spreadsheet or a pandas DataFrame. + +If you pull any data from Kaggle to add to your bullet journal, make sure to share the source. ## Putting together Your Visualizations -As you assemble your three visualizations, recall the best practices we shared in the reading. How can you employ best practices to make your bullet journal stand out? +As you assemble your three visualizations, recall the best practices we shared in the reading. How can you employ these best practices to make your bullet journal stand out? + +Once you have three visualizations, you need to assemble your work in EITHER a dashboard or a story. Recall that dashboards can help users compare related visualizations while stories can combine visualizations that may seem unrelated to effectively relay our work. -Once you have three visualizations, you need to assemble your work in EITHER a dashboard or a story. Recall that dashboards can help users compare related visualizations while storys can combine visualizations that may seem unrelated to effectively relay our work. +[Here is a former student's submission to use as a general reference](https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/sally.steuterman/viz/shared/NG928CC77). ## Submitting Your Work -Once your work is complete, publish your story and submit the link on Canvas for the exercises. \ No newline at end of file +Once your work is complete, publish your story and submit the link on Canvas for the exercise. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/tableau-part-4/studio/_index.md b/content/tableau-part-4/studio/_index.md index 08acd26..c8aeae4 100644 --- a/content/tableau-part-4/studio/_index.md +++ b/content/tableau-part-4/studio/_index.md @@ -7,16 +7,19 @@ weight = 3 ## Getting Started -This is a group studio. Your group has been asked to create a visual for the International Fencing Federation (FIE). Work through the data analysis steps that you have been learning in this program to create your final viz. +**This is a group studio.** -As a group, explore your data and decide upon: +Your group has been asked to create a visual for the International Fencing Federation (FIE). You can learn more about the FIE [from their website](https://fie.org/). -1. A business issue or a question you want to explore further. -1. Next clean, and manipulate the data to create vizzes that provide insight to your business issue or question. -1. Your final output should be a dashboard that best provides insight on your discoveries. -1. You will present your dashboard at the end of class. -1. Suggested Topics to Explore: +As a group, explore your data and decide upon a business issue or a question you want to explore further. +Next, clean and manipulate the data to create vizzes that provide insight to your business issue or question. + +Your final output should be a dashboard that uses data visualization best practices to relay your discoveries. + +You will present your dashboard at the end of class. + +Suggested Topics to Explore: 1. Weapons 1. Handedness 1. Category @@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ Download [FIE Fencing Womens Foil data set](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/amic 1. You will explore this in the EDA section below. -1. Here is more information about the [International Fencing Federation](https://fie.org/). + ### EDA