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Dashboard Design
Welcome
START HERE --> What Type of Dashboard Do We Need?* (11:42)
What's Inside this Training Package* (7:06)
Dataviz & Dashboard Best Practices (27:12)
Set Up Theme Colors & Theme Fonts (8:12)
Icons & Symbols (62:12)
Download the Ebook
Download the Templates
What Will Your Dashboard Show? Ideas for Dashboard Content
Narrow Down the Dashboard's Focus with the Dashboard Cheat Sheet (4:53)
Compare Categories (Bars) (1:32)
Compare Categories (Stacked Bars) (2:56)
Compare Categories (Heat Tables) (2:30)
Before/After (Deviation Bars) (2:52)
Monitor Changes Over Time (Trend Lines) (1:53)
Track Progress Towards Goals (Progress Bars) (3:18)
Combo: Trend Lines and Bars (3:58)
Combo: Checkboxes and Deviation Bars (1:26)
Monitor Changes Over Time
Intro & Materials (1:48)
Step 1: Declutter the Table (4:17)
Step 2: Add the Visuals (7:48)
Step 3: Add Markers or a Dark-Light Contrast (4:02)
Step 4: Brand with Custom Fonts and Colors (1:31)
Step 5: Add a Title, Subtitle, and Date (5:28)
Step 6: Apply a Text Hierarchy (3:29)
Step 7: Add Icons (4:46)
Step 8: Get the Dashboard Ready to be Printed or PDF'd (2:15)
Step 9: Adjust the Orientation (1:15)
Step 10: Adjust the Margins (1:15)
Step 11: Adjust the Page Breaks (4:09)
Step 12: Add a Footer with the Page Numbers (4:14)
Step 13: Save the Completed Dashboard as a PDF (12:57)
Compare Categories with Bars or Stacked Bars
Intro & Materials (0:45)
Step 1: Add the Bars (5:20)
Step 2: Format the Bars (5:40)
Step 3: Transform the Bars into Stacked Bars (5:22)
Step 4: Continue Editing and Save as a PDF (18:29)
Compare Categories with Heat Tables
Intro & Materials (0:23)
Step 1: Add the Heat Table (3:54)
Step 2: Format the Heat Table (7:55)
Step 3: Continue Editing and Save as a PDF (13:27)
Before/After Comparisons with Deviation Bars
Intro & Materials (2:19)
Step 1: Add the Deviation Bars (1:45)
Step 2: Format the Deviation Bars (13:43)
Step 3: Continue Editing and Save as a PDF (11:29)
Track Progress Towards Goals with Progress Bars
Intro & Materials (1:06)
Step 1: Add the Checkboxes (6:38)
Step 2: Add the Progress Bars (10:30)
Step 3: Continue Editing and Save as a PDF (16:00)
Combo: Trend Lines and Bars
Intro & Materials (0:38)
Step 1: Add the Trend Lines (7:22)
Step 2: Add the Bars (5:42)
Step 3: Continue Editing and Save as a PDF (22:28)
Combo: Checkboxes and Deviation Bars
Intro & Materials (0:30)
Step 1: Add the Checkboxes (2:42)
Step 2: Add the Deviation Bars (7:59)
Step 3: Continue Editing and Save as a PDF (9:21)
Case Studies
A Library's Quarterly Report (8:00)
A Library's Monthly Report (5:52)
Visualizing Workshop Evaluation Results in a Short Report (10:50)
Visualizing Annual Survey Results in a One-Pager (12:26)
Reenvisioning a University’s Dashboard: Two Dashboards with Two Different Purposes
8 Ideas for Visualizing Change Over Time: A Newspaper's Case Study (17:54)
Public Health Outcomes (39:44)
Government Spending Over Time (29:41)
Visual Appendices (58:58)
Additional Case Studies from the 2020 Cohort's Graduation Party (35:54)
Homeowners' Association Data (60:24)
Rebecca L.'s Monthly CARES Dashboard (47:23)
Heather's Two Fundraising Dashboards (56:00)
Additional Case Studies from the 2022 Cohort's Graduation Party (35:34)
1:1 Consultations with Your Colleagues
Lillian's 10-Page Report about an Online Conference's Feedback Survey (40:11)
Lauren's Monthly Report (47:20)
Bob's Advanced Dot Plot Questions (73:00)
Terri's Dashboard & Dataviz Questions (38:55)
Next Steps
Design a Dashboard with *Your* Dataset
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Combo: Checkboxes and Deviation Bars
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