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Introduction to Using Tableau Desktop to Create Data Visualizations In-Person
- What: Learn to use a market-leading, point-and-click data visualization tool, Tableau Desktop, by creating visualizations such as a bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, and scatter plots.
- Why: Learning data visualization skills and tools will help you gain insights into your research data, help you communicate your findings, and make you stand out in the job market.
- Software: As a student or researcher doing non-commercial academic research or teaching, you can get a free, renewable, 1-year license key for Tableau Desktop.
- Who: This workshop is designed for those new to Tableau Desktop. Skills gained can help participants from any discipline: Humanities, Social Sciences, or Sciences. There are no prerequisites or assumptions of knowledge of statistics or programming.
- How: This is a 1.5-hour in-person workshop, consisting of a short lecture and then a series of demonstrations, which you can follow along with or just watch, interspersed with self-paced activities. There are no breaks.
- Where: Electronic classroom on the 4th floor of Robarts Library (room 4033). [NOTE: You will need to bring your own laptop computer with Tableau Desktop already installed in order to participate in the workshop, as the software is not available in the lab.] [Also available Online on a different day/time.]
- When: Wednesday, October 16, 10-11:30am.
- Code of Conduct: Map & Data Library (MDL) workshops are a welcoming and inclusive environment for learning. To learn more, check out our Code of Conduct.
- Accessibility: The MDL is committed to making our workshops accessible to everyone. If you require an accommodation to fully participate in the workshop, please contact Kelly Schultz (kelly.schultz@utoronto.ca) to discuss options.
- Complementary Learning Materials: Check out our Getting Started Guide for a recording of this workshop, more tutorials, and online data visualization courses.
Join your peers to meet new people and learn new skills in a welcoming and encouraging environment!
- Date:
- Wednesday, October 16, 2024
- Time:
- 10:00am - 11:30am
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Map & Data Library
- Campus:
- St. George (Downtown) Campus
- Categories:
- Data & Statistics Digital Tools Programming & Software
Registration has closed.
Event Organizer
Kelly Schultz
Kelly Schultz (she/her) is a Data Librarian at the Map & Data Library. She has a BASc (Computer Engineering) and a MI, both from UofT.
She supports Data Visualization; Qualitative Data Analysis; Data Cleaning; Text and Data Mining; Network Visualization and Analysis; Finding Data.
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